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Quakers in Europe outside Britain and Ireland are not very numerous (2023) although new groups have started in the former Soviet Union and successor countries. By far the largest national grouping of Quakers in Europe is in Britain. As of 2017, there were around 32,100 Quakers (Friends) in Europe. [1]
The Friends of East Africa were at one time part of a single East Africa Yearly Meeting, then the world's largest. Today, the region is served by several distinct yearly meetings. Most are affiliated with the Friends United Meeting, practice programmed worship and employ pastors. Friends meet in Rwanda and Burundi; new work is beginning in ...
Quakers were motivated by high ideals, played down the role of conversion to Christianity, and worked well side by side with the Indians. They had been highly organized and motivated by the anti-slavery crusade, and after the Civil War were poised to expand their energies to include both ex-slaves and the western tribes.
Some women chose husbands who were "sympathetic" to their religious pursuits. [2] Female missionaries were mandated to work in pairs of the same sex. Some of these paired women remained close friends for years or even the rest of their lives. Mary Capper and Mary Beesley were one such pair. [3] A Quaker diary in the Orient. Quaker pioneers in ...
A Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), German educator who rescued Jews during the Holocaust Damon Albarn (b. 1968), English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Harry Albright (living), Swiss-born Canadian former editor of The Friend, Communications Consultant for FWCC Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660), English Quaker instrumental in setting up the first meeting in the Doncaster area Horace ...
The Bewleys were one of Ireland's most well known Quaker families. Bradshaw's, Victorian and Edwardian publisher of the most widely used railway timetables in Britain, Europe and India, founded by Quaker George Bradshaw; Bryant and May, former match manufacturing company, founded by two Quakers, Francis May and William Bryant
Following an outbreak of war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, Earlham College issues three responses in past month regarding the war.
Friends schools are institutions that provide an education based on the beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers.. Friends schools vary greatly, both in their interpretation of Quaker principles and in how they relate to formal organizations that make up the Society of Friends.