‘I chose to accept the invitation because I believe peace is more important than Biblical point scoring, and whatever differences I might have are less important than a shared love of God and neighbour.’…
by Joseph Jones
The theme for World Quaker Day (4 October) 2026 is to be ‘Let Peace Be Among Us’, announced Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)last week. The theme stems from…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is ‘profoundly troubled by the Israeli Knesset’s passage of a law making the death penalty the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of…
Faith leaders across Britain, including Quakers, have written to Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, urging her to resist permanently restricting refugee family reunion.
There was ‘standing room only’ at Lewes Meeting House last month for the launch of We Are Still Here. The book comprises poems and prose written by students in Gaza.
Friends made pancakes at the gates of the RAF base at Menwith Hill last month, as part of their witness against its ‘secretive and unaccountable’ work. Quakers join the Menwith…
Philip Austin, longstanding coordinator of Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB), will be retiring at the end of 2026.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is backing a new call for the UK and Ireland to end all trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine.
US Friends gathered in Chicago to protest against rising authoritarianism and the increasing violence in US domestic and foreign policy.
A Quaker-founded Nottinghamshire care home celebrated its sixtieth birthday last month.
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