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About Quakers

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The Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, trace their origins to a Christ inspired movement that sprang from the religious and social foment of mid-17th century, post-Reformation England.  In the succeeding 375 years that movement has evolved, under the Protestant umbrella, to include several distinct branches each with its own individualities.  Common to all is a core belief in ‘that of God’ in every person, a belief that informs its social testimonies on non-violence, equality and integrity. 

To learn more about Quaker history, faith and practice, we invite you to peruse the following links:

“This was Justice Bennet of Derby that first called us Quakers because we bid them tremble before the word of God.”
-George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends

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