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Pickett Fund closes after 29 years

In February, the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Endowment for Quaker Leadership announced that it is closing and moving its… FJ News Editor

Visa denials impact Scattergood Friends School

Scattergood Friends School has a long history of welcoming international visitors, most notably serving as a hostel for refugees from… FJ News Editor

Viral coming-out video raises LGBTQ issues at George Fox University

Reid Arthur, a senior theater major at George Fox University (GFU) in Newberg, Ore., was already out as gay to… FJ News Editor

English ecumenical group blocks Quaker in same-sex marriage from president position

Churches Together in England (CTE) announced on November 22, 2019, its decision to have British Quaker nominee Hannah Brock Womack… FJ News Editor

Guilford College responds to Westboro Baptist protest

hen three members of Westboro Baptist Church—a church in Topeka, Kans., known for its harsh anti-LGBTQ beliefs—came to protest… Staff

New York Yearly Meeting adopts yearly meeting membership

ew York Yearly Meeting (NYYM) approved “at large membership” (membership through the yearly meeting instead of through a local… Staff

Pacific Yearly Meeting joins Friends General Conference

n October, Pacific Yearly Meeting’s request to join Friends General Conference (FGC) was accepted by the FGC Executive Committee. “We… Staff

FWCC secretary to lead world ecumenical organization

retchen Castle was named the next chair of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions at its meeting… Staff

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