How do Quaker meetings provide a framework for shared spiritual journey and mutual care?

Jan 27, 2025 ... A coalition of Quaker groups, including one in Philadelphia, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to block immigration authorities from ... Members of the Christian group known as the Society of Friends are called Quakers. They are dedicated to experiencing God personally rather than through clergy. The beliefs and practices of the Society of Friends served to facilitate women's roles in moral reform. Since the founding of the sect in England during the ... Ingle delves more deeply into Nixon's Quaker background than any previous scholar to observe the role Nixon's religion played in his political career. The origins of the Society of Friends lie in the intense religious ferment of seventeenth century England. George Fox, the son of a Leicestershire weaver, is ... A Recorded Minister in the Friends Church, David has served in leadership in Friends Churches for more than fifty years. At Barclay College, David has chaired ... Quakers prefer to set down our religious experience in the form of testimonies, general statements about practices and beliefs on which most Friends can unite. May 4, 2018 ... They were a disruptive force in 17th-century religion. They thrived through being persecuted for denying allegiance to the Church of England. Apr 15, 2025 ... Quaker weddings are self-uniting wedding ceremonies that require two witnesses—no officiant needed. While rooted in the Quaker religion and ... Jan 2, 2023 ... The book Autopsy of a Deceased Church by Thom Rainer to anyone who seems remotely concerned about the future of the Church in America or the future of their ...