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George Fox’s 400th Birthday

Celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the birth of Quaker co-founder George Fox will take place throughout 2024. Many of these events can be joined…

World Plenary Meeting / Reunión Plenaria Mundial

Registrations are open for the FWCC World Plenary. All Yearly Meetings associated with FWCC are invited to send nominees, as are nominees of partner groups….

Quaker organizations call for a ceasefire in Israel-Palestine

Friends World Committee for Consultation has joined Quaker agencies, humanitarian charities, Jewish and Muslim peace groups and Christian leaders in the Middle East, in calling…

QPN representative Hezron Masitsa - a black African man with glasses and a white shirt

Quaker Peace Network (QPN) Africa Gathering, 2023

From 19 – 22 October 2023 Friends from Burundi, the DRC, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Norway, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe met in Bujumbura, Burundi…

Friends at Asia West Pacific Section Gathering 2023

Epistle of Asia West Pacific Section Gathering

From 19 – 23 October 2023 Friends from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Nepal, India, the Philippines, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand, met on Cheung Chau…

World Quaker Day 2023

The theme for World Quaker Day 2023 was Living the Spirit of Ubuntu: Responding with Hope to God’s Call to Cherish Creation and one-another. Quakers…

Quakers and ubuntu

  Most of the world’s Quakers live in Africa. It is also the continent with the largest number of Christians in the world. The 2024…

Young Adult Friends at the Asia West Pacific Section gathering, 2023

Global Young Adult Friends Gathering Announced

A gathering for Young Adult Friends from around the world has been announced, to take place from 1 – 5 August 2024, immediately before the…

Contents list for World Quaker Songbook Published

The contents of the 2024 World Quaker Songbook have been agreed. The selection has been made by the worship working group of the 2024 World…

Consultation on Future Directions Launched

The Friends World Committee for Consultation has launched a consultation on its proposed direction following next year’s World Plenary Meeting in South Africa. Rooted in…