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Since Quaker decision making is generally based on seeking "unity" at the level of a Monthly meeting (convened periodically for business, and more often for worship, and is the basic unit of Quakerism – a meeting is equivalent to a single congregation, sometimes to a parish or group of churches in an area), determining a particular Quaker attitude is difficult on this or any topic.
Quakers in these countries have become active in the fight for equality of marriage for same-sex couples, and perform same-sex commitment or marriage ceremonies as part of Quaker business. In 2009, several Quaker meetings including the Twin Cities Friends Meeting (St. Paul and Minneapolis) announced they would stop signing certificates for ...
Friends often focus on trying to feel the presence of God. As Isaac Penington wrote in 1670, "It is not enough to hear of Christ, or read of Christ, but this is the thing – to feel him to be my root, my life, and my foundation..." [105] Quakers reject the idea of priests, believing in the priesthood of all believers. Some express their ...
James and Jane Wardley and others broke off from the Quakers in 1747 [5]: 20 [6]: 105 at a time when the Quakers were weaning themselves away from frenetic spiritual expression. [7] The Wardleys formed the Wardley Society, which was also known as the "Shaking Quakers". [8] Future leader Ann Lee and her parents were early members of the sect.
Quakers were at the center of the movement to abolish slavery in the early United States; it is no coincidence that Pennsylvania, center of American Quakerism, was the first state to abolish slavery. In the antebellum period, "Quaker meeting houses [in Philadelphia] ...had sheltered abolitionists for generations." [2]: 1
Reddit's 97.2 million daily unique active users in its latest quarter would make it roughly comparable to a pre-IPO Facebook in the third quarter of 2008, when the future social media king had ...
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) [210] [211] [212] (Not all Quakers view themselves as Christian; they are however an historically Christian religious group.) International Council of Community Churches [144] Methodist Church of Great Britain [213] (The Methodist Conference voted to permit same-sex marriages on Methodist premises by ...
The company also said that people who have any of the affected products can call Quaker Consumer Relations at 1-800-492-9322 or visit the Quaker Granola Recall website for additional information ...