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New Worldwide Quaker Map Released
Friends World Committee for Consultation released a new map of worldwide Quaker population figures, its first such release since 2012.
Posted in: Blogs, Unfeatured
We Think We’re Separate
Quaker honesty requires us to acknowledge what we are addressing and what we are ignoring.
Robin Mohr has served as executive secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas since 2011. She and her husband, Christopher, are members of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., and have two sons, now in high school and college.
Posted in: Crossing Cultures, Features
What Unites Us
If we want a world without war, we must first accept our own Quaker family.
Gretchen Castle serves as general secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation–World Office in London, which works across the four section offices around the world and represents Friends at the world level. Gretchen is a member of Doylestown (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Crossing Cultures, Features
News March 2016
News of Friends, including a Quaker art exhibit in Montana and the FWCC World Plenary in Peru. 🔒 Friends Journal […]
Posted in: Disability and Inclusion, News
News December 2015
Interfaith peace conference, Shepard Fairey mural, more. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ member? To read […]
Posted in: December 2015: Economic Justice and Poverty, News
Seeking Salt and Light Among Friends
A video documentary of the Sixth World Conference of Friends
Dana Kester-McCabe is a member of Wicomico River (Maryland) Meeting on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. Documentary © 2013 Dana Kester-McCabe.
Find out more about the Sixth World Conference of Friends including another fine documentary chronicling the event at: http://www.saltandlight2012.org.
Posted in: Online Features, Video
Where We Are Changed
If ever the world needed the authentic, life-giving challenge that animated our spiritual ancestors, it needs it now. 🔒 Friends […]
Noah Baker Merrill seeks to be faithful in the living Quaker tradition of gospel ministry— the practical spiritual work of encouraging faithfulness and awakening hearts. Putney (Vt.) Meeting has released him for service encouraging the future of Friends. Noah is an associate with Good News Associates and a founding board member of Quaker Voluntary Service. In 2009, Utne Reader magazine recognized him as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.”
Posted in: Features, September 2012
April News 2012
FWCC General Secretary nomination Gretchen Castle of Philadelphia nominated to serve as FWCC General Secretary. The Central Executive Committee of Friends […]
Posted in: Departments
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