Quakers | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-17

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00:03:53 1 History
00:04:02 1.1 Beginnings in England
00:08:05 1.2 Immigration into North America
00:11:38 1.3 Quietism
00:12:46 1.4 Splits
00:13:08 1.4.1 Hicksite–Orthodox split
00:15:21 1.4.2 Beaconite controversy
00:16:09 1.4.3 Rise of Gurneyite Quakerism, and the Gurneyite–Conservative split
00:18:42 1.5 Richmond Declaration
00:19:21 1.6 Missions to Asia and Africa
00:20:56 1.7 Theory of evolution
00:22:33 1.8 Quaker Renaissance
00:23:48 1.9 Conscientious objection
00:24:33 1.10 Formation of Friends World Committee for Consultation
00:25:13 1.11 Evangelical Friends
00:26:04 1.12 Role of women
00:28:45 1.13 Friends in business
00:29:34 1.14 Friends in international development
00:30:26 1.15 Friends in education
00:32:29 1.16 Friends and slavery
00:34:39 2 Theology
00:37:06 2.1 Conservative
00:39:03 2.2 Evangelical
00:41:11 2.3 Gurneyite
00:43:25 2.4 Holiness
00:44:44 2.5 Liberal
00:47:41 2.6 Universalist
00:49:24 2.7 Non-theist
00:51:27 3 Practical theology
00:55:17 3.1 Calendar and church holidays
00:57:32 4 Worship
00:57:52 4.1 Programmed worship
00:59:55 4.2 Unprogrammed worship
01:02:44 5 Governance and organisation
01:02:55 5.1 Church government and polity
01:04:43 5.2 International organisation
01:05:56 5.3 Yearly meetings
01:07:01 5.4 Membership
01:08:57 6 Meetings for worship for specific tasks
01:09:08 6.1 Memorial services
01:10:07 6.2 Marriage
01:13:21 7 National and international divisions and organisation
01:14:34 7.1 Africa
01:15:34 7.2 Australia and New Zealand
01:17:16 7.3 Asia
01:18:08 7.4 Europe
01:19:52 7.5 Middle East
01:22:20 7.6 North and South America
01:24:34 8 Relations with other churches and faiths
01:24:45 8.1 Ecumenical relations
01:27:23 8.2 Relations with other faiths
01:29:12 9 Film
01:30:19 10 See also



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Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends or Friends Church. Members of the various Quaker movements are all generally united in a belief in the ability of each human being to experientially access "the light within", or "that of God in every one".Some may profess the priesthood of all believers, a doctrine derived from the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity. There are also Nontheist Quakers whose spiritual practice is not reliant on the existence of gods. To differing extents, the different movements that make up the Religious Society of Friends/Friends Church avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2007, there were about 359,000 adult Quakers worldwide. In 2017, there were 377,557 adult Quakers, with 49% in Africa.Around 89% of Quakers worldwide belong to the "evangelical" and "programmed" branches of Quakerism—these Quakers worship in services with singing and a prepared message from the Bible, coordinated by a pastor. Around 11% of Friends practice waiting worship, or unprogrammed worship (more commonly known today as Meeting for Worship), where the order of service is not planned in advance, is predominantly silent, and may include unprepared vocal ministry from those present. Some meetings of both types have Recorded Ministers in their meetings—Friends recognised for their gift of vocal ministry.The first Quakers lived in mid-17th-century England. The movement arose from the Legatine-Arians and other dissenting Protestant groups, breaking away from the established Church of England. The Quakers, especially the ones known as the Valiant Sixty, attempted to convert others to their understanding of Christianity, travelling both throughout Great Britain and overseas, preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some of these ...