June 10 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace
Learn about the Quakers and Congratulate Louisville's Quaker Meeting; Today is its 50th Anniversary!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends
The Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, is a body of Christians that originated in 17th century England under George Fox. In 1988 the society had 200,260 members, with heavy concentrations in the United States (109,000), East Africa (45,000) and Great Britain (18,000). Quakers unite in affirming the immediacy of Christ's teaching; they hold that believers receive divine guidance from an inward light, without the aid of intermediaries or external rites.
Meetings for worship can be silent, without ritual or professional clergy, or programmed, in which a minister officiates.
Although their antecedents lie in English Puritanism and in the Anabaptist movement, the Society of Friends was formed during the English Civil War. Around 1652, George Fox began preaching that since there was "that of God in every man," a formal church structure and educated ministry were unnecessary.
Learn about the Quakers and Congratulate Louisville's Quaker Meeting; Today is its 50th Anniversary!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends
The Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, is a body of Christians that originated in 17th century England under George Fox. In 1988 the society had 200,260 members, with heavy concentrations in the United States (109,000), East Africa (45,000) and Great Britain (18,000). Quakers unite in affirming the immediacy of Christ's teaching; they hold that believers receive divine guidance from an inward light, without the aid of intermediaries or external rites.
Meetings for worship can be silent, without ritual or professional clergy, or programmed, in which a minister officiates.
Although their antecedents lie in English Puritanism and in the Anabaptist movement, the Society of Friends was formed during the English Civil War. Around 1652, George Fox began preaching that since there was "that of God in every man," a formal church structure and educated ministry were unnecessary.
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