Formation
The Yearly Meeting may authorize the grouping of new or existing local churches with their sponsored extension churches and mission points into administrative entities known as Areas. Division into Areas is made on the basis of geographical proximity or accessibility, with consideration given to local preferences.

Membership
An Area consists of all the local and extension churches and mission points within its limits and all their listed members.

Officers
The Area officers, active resident members appointed annually, are as follows: the secretaries, representing the boards of the Yearly Meeting, one from each board; the Area representative on the Yearly Meeting Executive Council; and a recording secretary. The secretary for the Board of Evangelism serves as Area superintendent; the secretary for the Board of Stewardship, as treasurer. Except for the recording secretary, these officers are appointed as members of their respective Yearly Meeting boards. They are chosen on the basis of a vital and knowledgeable interest in the board’s responsibilities and their willingness and ability to attend regularly the announced meetings. All officers are nominated to the Area in business session by a committee composed of Friends named by each of the constituent local and extension churches (local / extension). The Area superintendent convenes and instructs the Nominating Committee, presiding until a clerk is named. If for any reason an Area fails to make appointments to Yearly Meeting boards, those appointments will be made by the boards themselves.

Rallies and Conferences
Each Area holds rallies or conferences three times a year: fall, winter, and spring. These rallies or conferences are planned and supervised by the Area superintendent in cooperation with the other officers so that the work of the various boards may be adequately presented. The Areas also provide opportunity for public information and support of special programs of the Yearly Meeting. Worship and inspiration should be balanced with program promotion.

Business Meetings
Areas have at least one business session a year in order to elect officers, hear the financial report, receive and approve the annual budget, and consider and approve concerns to be forwarded to the churches or the Yearly Meeting. Adjourned sessions may be scheduled if ample notice is given to the churches. A special business session may be called by the Area superintendent at the request of two or more clerks of local churches or the Yearly Meeting general superintendent. Notification and agenda are sent to the clerks of local and extension churches in time for announcement in a Sunday meeting for worship.