Then what is its function? Who decides its membership? Is it international or local? Just curious.
I'm not really the one to ask. I told you almost everything I know about the guy in my previous post. Two Jews, three opinions; you must know the joke. Even within an organized section of Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and makebelieve) there isn't any agreement generally about what the group really accepts on faith and what it does not. But there is a Wikipedia article!
ML/NJ