[2] Programmed Quakers may refer to their congregation as a church.
Decisions are made as a form of worship, where each individual sits in contemplative silence until moved to speak on a subject.
[3] At these meetings, Quakers attempt to reach unity on a subject, in a form of religious consensus decision-making, to find "the sense of the meeting".
Each meeting usually nominates members to serve in certain volunteer positions to facilitate administration, including:[1] A monthly meeting is usually associated with a particular place of worship; in many cases, the associated meeting house has a distinctive style of architecture and interior design, to represent the Quaker testimony of Simplicity.
[5] Some meeting houses in the United States are among the earliest remaining religious structures in the country, and the oldest meeting house in America is likely the Third Haven Meeting House in Talbot County, Maryland, built between 1682 and 1684.