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	Friends
		FGC meetings have about the same number of members as in 1900, but this is only because of the addition of new unaffiliated meetings and the addition of former Orthodox meetings.
		Friends soon realized that there were a substantial number of gay and lesbians attending FGC, and that they liked and admired them.FGC always took pride in its sense of inclusiveness, and the decision to provide a supportive environment came with what for Friends was surprising speed.
		For the FGC in the future, the question is whether diversity of opinion and lack of clear guidance on moral issues involving sexuality before and after marriage will cause parents and youth who look to religion for ethical norms to ignore the Society of Friends.
	www.swarthmore.edu /Library/friends/FGC2000.htm (11916 words)

	Quaker views of homosexuality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In general, since Quaker decision making is generally based on a consensus method termed "unity" or "sense of the meeting", the percentage of individual Quakers who support equality for homosexuals may differ from the percentage of groups, even when weighted by membership, which have taken such stances officially.
		Friends associated with Friends General Conference (FGC), the more liberal group of Friends encompassing a large number of yearly meetings, and approximately a fifth of all Quakers in the country, are the most tolerant with many monthly meetings, some yearly meetings providing full equality for homosexuals including marriage.
		Evangelical Friends Church Southwest, a yearly meeting and a member of EFI, states in its Faith and Practice that homosexuality is a sin and grounds for termination of employment in the church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quaker_views_of_homosexuality (981 words)

	Friends General Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Friends General Conference (FGC) is a North American Quaker organization primarily serving affiliated Quaker yearly and monthly meetings in the United States and Canada.
		Friends in FGC tend to be more socially and theologically liberal than Friends from other part of Quakerism (and than the general US Population).
		FGC hosts a very popular yearly gathering in early July for members of member organizations (although membership is not required to attend).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Friends_General_Conference (198 words)

	Encyclopedia: Religious Society of Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Other Friends, partly under the influence of movements such as liberal Protestantism, decided that it was possible to be truly led in ways contrary to scripture, and that in such cases scripture should give way.
		For example while Friends were some of the first to oppose slavery in the United States (Germantown Monthly Meeting minuted their opposition to slavery in 1733), a number of Friends continued to own slaves.
		Friends were some of the first to value women as important ministers and to campaign for women's rights, they became leaders in the anti-slavery movement, and were among the first to pioneer humane treatment for the mentally ill and for prisoners.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Religious-Society-of-Friends (8368 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: The Religious Society of Friends - Quakers
		Friends General Conference is a North American organization with an estimated membership of 32,000.
		FGC Yearly and Monthly Meetings are geographically distributed all across America, from the East Coast to the Midwest to the West Coast, and even to Alaska and Canada.
		Friends' ability to adapt to change in the world through their 350 year existence has enabled them to remain a strong and active part of the world's community.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/quak.html (4141 words)

	Friends United Meeting (Quakers)
		Friends United Meeting was organized in the United States in 1902 as a cooperative effort of "orthodox" yearly meetings (Quaker regional groupings) in North America to facilitate missions, evangelism, peace work and Christian education.
		The main organization through which the various branches of Friends have conducted their relief efforts in the 20th century and the present is the American Friends Service Committee, originally formed in 1917 to assist conscientious objectors and provide relief for war-torn Europe.
		Friends testify to the workings of God in everyone's lives and that God can be known, without the mediation of priests or ceremony, to everyone who seeks the divine presence.
	www.faithstreams.com /topics/members-and-partners/friends-united-meeting-quakers-.html (614 words)

	Binghamton Friends - Quakers
		Friends believe in the presence of God within each person, often referred to as the "Inward Light." God is directly accessible to all persons without the need of either a pastor or set ritual.
		Friends seek to remove the causes of conflict and war, striving to trust in love rather than to react in fear.
		Friends General Conference (FGC): Friends General Conference is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings.
	www.moonsight.com /bcfm (750 words)

	Friends Journal Board of Trustees
		In college she also started serving on FGC Gathering Committees, helping to strengthen the Adult Young Friends Program, and was also involved in the revival of the BYM Young Adult Friends community.
		Paul's principal religious concern these days is to better understand Friends' peculiar and prophetic message and its unique place in Christendom and the world's other religious traditions, especially as much of the world has adopted superficial elements of Friends' traits without experiencing the inner conviction that generates and sustains those characteristics.
		She was editor of Friends United Press for two terms, 1980-88 and 1998-2005; director of United Way of Whitewater Valley from 1988-1993: on staff at Pendle Hill 1993-95: and development and marketing director for the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, 1995-98.
	www.friendsjournal.org /about/board (3330 words)

	Remarks for Friends General Conference Plenary Session
		An Epistle to Employees at the IRS and to Friends everywhere
		Friends historically rejected the role of clergy; no ecclesia renders dogma which must be adhered to upon pain of excommunication or other sanction.
		For Friends, the ultimate authority governing the individual is the Spirit of God, or the Spirit of Truth, as she or he feels it and tests it and seeks to be obedient to it.
	www.rosapackard.org /co/conference.html (3652 words)

	ipedia.com: Religious Society of Friends Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Thus Friends believe that divine revelation is not restricted to the Bible, but rather continues even today (this doctrine is known as continuing revelation).
		This translated into several behaviours which offended those of high rank: "Friends" refused to doff their hat to those of higher status ("hat honor"), and also addressed high-ranking persons using the familiar forms of "thee" and "thou, instead of the respectful "you".
		The Friends General Conference is theologically the most liberal of the three groups, while the Evangelical Friends International is the most conservative.
	www.ipedia.com /religious_society_of_friends.html (2999 words)

	Friends General Conference -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It developed from the divisions among the Friends that began in 1827, when the Philadelphia yearly meeting separated into two groups because of theological and social differences.
		Yearly meetings of evangelical, or “orthodox,” Friends were in fellowship with one another and with the London and Dublin yearly meetings.
		Report on this conference among medical professionals and the general public organised in U.S. aimed at consensus on various aspects of hip replacement surgery including design and material used and techniques of surgery.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9000813 (878 words)

	Welcome to Dallas Monthly Meeting of Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Formed as a worship group in 1952 and becoming a monthly meeting in 1956, DFM is a community of friends with a spiritual basis.
		Waiting in silence, early Friends were inspired by that "still, small voice of God" to work for justice, for equality, for peace.
		Generally the meeting house is not opened until about 15 minutes before the start of worship.
	www.scym.org /dallas/welcome_to_DMMF.htm (1044 words)

	Friends General Conference
		Hospitality listings for Quakers worldwide are open to Friends and attenders traveling with a letter of introduction from their home meetings.
		FGC's songbook/hymnal with music reflecting the diversity of the Society of Friends.
		FGC's songbook/hymnal with music and music reflecting the diversity of the Society of Friends.
	www.quakerbooks.org /FriendsGeneralConference?xfsid=06ba81d6e30e83865cde1ea1a2bb5d5d (270 words)

	Quaker Finder : Finding local Quakers & Quaker Meetings
		Friends General Conference (FGC) serves Friends and Friends meetings in the United States and Canada.
		Unprogrammed meetings not affiliated with FGC are identified as Independent (generally universalist or Christian universalist), or Conservative (traditional Quaker, trusting in immediate guidance of the Inward Christ).
		Pastoral meetings not affilliated with FGC are identifed in the notes field as FUM (Friends United Meeting), where Christ is acknowledged as teacher and Lord, or Evangelical (Evangelical Friends International), where Christ is acknowledged as Lord and Savior.
	www.quakerfinder.org (515 words)

	The Religious Society of Friends
		Arlington Friends House - a Quaker cooperative house near Boston.
		Friends Camp, a Quaker summer camp for youth.
		FCUN was created "for Friends (and friends of Friends) of the environmental persuasion." It discusses the Friends Committee in Unity with Nature (FCUN) and other environmentally-related topics.
	www.quaker.org (2581 words)

	UMass Amherst : In the Loop : Weekly Bulletin : Campus hosts Friends General Conference
		At the family conference, adults and high school students will explore workshop topics such as racism, conscientious objection, dancing, activism, quilting, and the Bible.
		During the conference, Friends will have opportunities to visit points of interest, including Hancock Shaker Village, Historic Deerfield and the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst.
		Friends General Conference is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings and their members.
	www.umass.edu /loop/weeklybulletin/articles/4140.php (436 words)

	Quaker branches
		Conservative Friends are sometimes called "Wilburites." These meetings adhere to unprogrammed worship, and some members continue to practice traditional "plainness" of dress and speech.
		Evangelical Friends are similar to other Evagelical Christian bodies, with a strong emphasis on the authority of Christian scripture.
		These Friends practice programmed worship and are more likely to call their congregation a "church" rather than a "meeting." They are active in missionary, evangelical and service work, and are generally affiliated with Evangelical Friends International.
	www.quakerinfo.org /quakerism/Branches.html (603 words)

	Quakeryouth.org: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The weekend conference was organized by youth workers from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Friends General Conference and Pendle Hill and was funded by a grant from Friends Institute.
		Many Friends felt like there was a lot to be done, but they were reenergized by the faith and love that they felt during the weekend, and would return to their own communities with hope for the future.
		Quakeryouth.org is a project of Friends General Conference and its Youth Ministries Committee.
	www.quakeryouth.org (1567 words)

	HRC \| Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
		Friends have a history of fighting for social justice, and they traditionally welcome all people to their meetings.
		In addition, the Friends General Conference, one of three major national associations for Friends meetings and churches in the United States, issued a statement in fall 2004, “Minute on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Friends,” emphasizing that GLBT people were welcome in their religious community:
		Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns, founded in 1972, is a national Quaker faith community that holds biannual gatherings as well as regional meetings.
	www.hrc.org /TemplateRedirect.cfm?Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25802 (1881 words)

	Green Country Friends Meeting (Home)
		We serve the Tulsa and Northeast Oklahoma area and are associated with the South Central Yearly Meeting of the Friends General Conference.
		Friends believe there is something of God in every human being and that life is sacred in all forms.
		Friends Committee on National Legislation is a registered church lobby in Washington.
	www.scym.org /greencountry (636 words)

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		Friends strive to ensure that the social, economic, political, and environmental aspects of our lives are consistent with spiritual values and work together to secure justice and freedom for all people, at peace with one another and the earth.
		FGC Webpage Friends General Conference is an association of individual Friends, Monthly Meetings and Yearly Meetings who gather around specific concerns arising out of their religious life.
		YM Representative to the Texas Conference of Churches must be a member of the Religious Society of Friends and of SCYM.
	members.aol.com /kcckharas/reps.html (5648 words)

	FGC Quaker Library: The Quakers, or Our Neighbors the Friends
		It is now republished by Friends General Conference with permission from the author, who has also approved certain up-datings and minor changes in wording.
		Yet the 281,800 members of the Religious Society of Friends have demonstrated for more than three centuries how a small band of men and women can witness to the world out of all proportion to their numbers.
		Throughout the United States Quakers sponsor conferences and projects for social justice, a nuclear weapons freeze and disarmament.
	www.fgcquaker.org /library/welcome/whalen.html (698 words)

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		Friends General Conference is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings.
		The Friends General Conference was organized in 1900 as the representative body of seven yearly meetings of Hicksite Friends: Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Genesee and Ohio.
		A First-day Schools General Conference was held in Philadelphia in 1868, with representation from the Hicksite yearly meetings of Indiana, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
	www.swarthmore.edu /library/friends/ead/4025frge.xml (2127 words)

	Inner Light
		The attitude of the Friends toward the scriptures is a natural outgrowth of their belief in the Inner Light.
		Since the written word arose out of the inspiration of the spirit of God in humans, it is the spirit and not the word which is the final authority of truth.
		Since a sincere Friend aspires at all times and in all places to be conscious of the presence of God within, ceremonies and sacraments have but minor value.
	www2.gol.com /users/quakers/inner_light.htm (1021 words)

	Nontheist Friends
		Nontheistfriends.org presents the work of Friends (Quakers) who are more concerned with the natural than the supernatural.
		Friends General Conference (FGC) 2007 Gathering of Friends
		Both within and outside the informal association of Friends who call themselves nontheists, there is little common understanding of what the word nontheist means.
	nontheistfriends.org (659 words)

	Nontheist Friends » Reports
		The “Nontheism Among Friends” workshop was originally designed and led by Bowen Alpern (Scarsdale Meeting), the late Glenn Mallison (Ithaca Meeting), and myself (Scarsdale Meeting), at the Friends General Conference Gathering in 1996.
		Many Friends have led similar conferences at Woodbrooke Study Center in England, Pendle Hill, and at their Monthly and Yearly Meetings.
		The fifteen to twenty of us who joined this workshop did so out of the need to share ideas with others who are searching for an authentic personal religious framework.
	www.nontheistfriends.org /article/category/reports (265 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Society of Friends; Quakers
		The Society of Friends is a religious sect in which one of its primary goals is to help people, both themselves and others.
		In the first two examples, it is obvious that Friends went out of their way to help others when in need and to include them in their activities.
		After realizing how much the Society of Friends wanted to help people, it is a shame that they had to go through a period of sheer agony first.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/SAVED/quak_arch.html (1796 words)

	FGC: About Friends General Conference
		Friends General Conference is governed by a Central Committee composed of 170 Friends, 112 of whom are appointed by affiliated yearly and monthly meetings.
		Friends General Conference is an association of 14 yearly meetings and regional groups and 7 directly affiliated monthly meetings:
		FGC is governed by the a board known as the Central Committee.
	www.fgcquaker.org /info (264 words)

	Friends Meeting of Austin - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Friends Meeting of Austin, Texas invites you to join us for worship in the manner of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
		Friends believe that God is present in every person, and express this belief in our testimonies of peace, simplicity, equality and social justice.
		The Friends Meeting of Austin is part of South Central Yearly Meeting of Friends.
	austinquakers.org (221 words)

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