Quakers are an optimistic spiritual community in a divided and materialistic world. We reject war and the threat of war.
Our worship is based on silence and stillness. It speaks to many in a world overloaded with clamour.
We are open to different spiritual insights. We draw on the strengths of our Christian roots while accepting many paths and inspirations. By listening, waiting, and trusting, we are connected with the divine which we understand in many different ways.
We share responsibility across the whole group, we don’t have professional spiritual leaders.
Our concern for equality led us to be pioneers in women’s rights to speak and partake in public life. We were early campaigners against slavery; and now, we offer marriage to same-sex couples.
In the face of the environmental and economic crisis, we find the traditional Quaker emphasis on simple living comes into its own. Peace, the environment, the economy, and relations between peoples and countries are all linked.
Quakers do not have a fixed creed or set of beliefs, and different quaker communities in different parts of the world behave differently and have different priorities, while all remaining at peace with one another. For more about the behaviours and priorities of Quakers in Britain, as well as much more about what quakers do in the world and why they do it, the website of Britain Yearly Meeting is a good place to start.