About Quakers
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Want to learn more about the Religious Society of Friends? One place to get information is Friends General Conference. You can find a meeting, read about Quakers, and explore other resources.
The Quaker Way
Quakers practice a religion of experience, a contemporary, simple, and radical faith. Quakers are also called Friends.
Quakers believe . . .
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Every person is known by God and can know God in a direct relationship.
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The Quaker faith has deep Christian roots. Many Quakers consider themselves Christians, and some do not. Many Quakers find meaning and value in the teachings of many faiths.
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Quakers strive to live lives that are guided by a direct encounter with the Divine, more than by teachings about the Divine. Quaker terms for the Holy include God, the Seed, the Light Within, and the Inward Teacher, among others.
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Testimonies are ways that Quakers have found to express our experience of the Divine in our lives. Some of the best recognized testimonies include simplicity, integrity, equality, community, and peace.