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- Paul — Apostle by Special Appointment, new edition published 30 October 2025
- SAQN 256, August 2025, now available 27 August 2025
- Epistle of the BBIPOC Gathering 7 July 2025
- Epistle from SAYM Yearly Meeting 2025 20 January 2025
- SAQN 255, October 2024, now available 30 October 2024
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Shelagh Willet passed away
Our much-loved Friend, Shelagh Willet of Botswana Monthly Meeting passed away on Monday 8 June at Bamalete Lutheran Hospital where she was admitted over the previous weekend. She will be laid to rest on Saturday 20 June with a preceding … Continue reading
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Quaker Action, Summer 2015 edition
The Summer 2015 edition of Quaker Action, from the American Friends Service Committee, includes AFSC-funded work in Zimbabwe. Have a look at it by clicking here: http://afsc.org/story/beyond-charity-toward-justice
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Quaker Faith & Practice, 5th edition
The fifth edition of Quaker faith & practice, the book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, is now available and can be accessed online at no charge by following this link: http://qfp.quaker.org.uk/ … Continue reading
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Book Review: This is Who I Am: Listening with Older Friends
Volume 9 of the Eldership and Oversight Handbooks, Quaker Books, London, 2004 Book Review by Rory Short, Johannesburg Monthly Meeting — April 2015 The book is aimed at helping older Friends grapple with the fact that they are aging, i.e. … Continue reading
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Book Review: Black Fire — African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights
Reviewed by Sam Mugambe, Johannesburg Monthly Meeting — 18 May 2015 When I started reading this book “Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights”, I expected to read about Quakers in America. But most of this book … Continue reading
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Epistle from the Quakers in Britain Yearly Meeting
You can get to the Quakers in Britain website to view all the documents from YM by clicking here: http://www.quaker.org.uk/ym Or you can download the Epistle directly by clicking here: http://www.quaker.org.uk/sites/default/files/YM-Epistle-2015.doc
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Statement on Xenophobic Violence in South Africa
28 April 2015 PRESS STATEMENT BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA YEARLY MEETING (QUAKERS) Statement on Xenophobic Violence in South Africa The Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is … Continue reading
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Quakers: The faith forgotten in its hometown
It was the faith of two US presidents and several prominent UK industrialists, yet the origins of the Quaker religion are little known today by people living in the English town where it began. However, a new heritage trail targeting … Continue reading
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Award-winning Mozambican Author Mia Couto’s Open Letter to Jacob Zuma on Xenophobia Crisis: “We Remember You in Maputo”
Mozambican author Mia Couto has written an open letter to Jacob Zuma concerning the current xenophobic violence in South Africa. Couto received the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, becoming the first Mozambican author to be honoured with the … Continue reading
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Friends Journal (USA) and The Friend (UK)
The US-based Friends Journal is published by Friends Publishing Corporation to serve the Quaker community and the wider community of spiritual seekers through the publication of articles, poetry, letters, art, and news that convey the contemporary experience of Friends. The website of … Continue reading
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