[1] The New Association (NAF) was formed in 2013 by members of fifteen congregations which conjointly left Indiana Yearly Meeting.
NAF seeks to maintain a similar picture of subordination and mutual submission described in Ephesians 5:21, "submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ Jesus.
The IYM believed that Quakerism has a presbyterian system of church governance (one rule for everyone).
[5] IYM’s active membership in 2012 was 3,017 members; after the creation of the NAF it fell to 1,969.
[6] NAF is a voluntary association of monthly meetings, churches and individuals that support worship, ministry and service through the cultivation of Christian faith in the Quaker tradition.