• Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), previously known as the Friends Service Council, and then as Quaker Peace and Service, is one of the central committees...
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    Committee (AFSC), the Quaker United Nations Offices, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, Friends Committee on Scouting, the Quaker Peace Centre in Cape Town...
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    the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for peace and against participation in war. Like other Quaker testimonies, it is not a "belief", but a description...
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  • Eric Baker (activist) (category British Quakers)
    (Quakers), and served as head of the Quaker Peace and Social Witness, an organization of Quakers in Britain working to promote and practise the Quaker...
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  • believed were bound for Saudi Arabia. Walton is a Quaker and used to work for Quaker Peace and Social Witness. In September 2017 Walton was a key organiser...
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    service; it continues today, after numerous name changes, as Quaker Peace & Social Witness. Envisioned as a service outlet for conscientious objectors...
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  • Queensland Police Service, Australia Quaker Peace and Service, former name of Quaker Peace and Social Witness, a UK Quakers organisation committee Quincy Public...
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  • Peace and Social Witness. FWCC holds consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and the Quaker UN Offices in New York and Geneva...
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    families for Nobel Peace Prize". The Irish Post. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023. "Quaker groups nominate Florida...
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    Quakers (or Friends) are members of a Christian religious movement that started in England as a form of Protestantism in the 17th century, and has spread...
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  • Yearly Meeting; whilst Quaker Peace and Social Witness is an outward-looking department, mainly working for peace and social action outside of the Yearly...
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    Committee (AFSC) and the Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) (previously known as the Friends Service Council) jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf...
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    present, acting as both celebrants (after a fashion) and witnesses. Outsiders sometimes criticised Quaker couples for living in sin because they married each...
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  • development for Quakers in Britain, activities for children and young people. Quaker Peace and Social Witness deals with Quakers' peace and development work...
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    Quaker views on women have always been considered progressive in their own time (beginning in the 17th century), and in the late 19th century this tendency...
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  • Lutheranism, Methodism, Moravianism, Quakerism, Pentecostalism, Plymouth Brethren, Reformed Christianity, and Waldensianism. Reformed Christianity itself...
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  • Friends World Committee for Consultation (category Quaker organizations established in the 20th century)
    and Friends are active in attempts to build peace at the grass roots in this troubled area. Britain Yearly Meeting's Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW)...
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  • arm of the Quakers Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) the corresponding Quaker department in Britain John Woolman College of Active Peace Reverend Sun...
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  • American Friends Service Committee (category Quaker charities)
    Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) founded organization working for peace and social justice in the United States and around the world. AFSC was founded...
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    Testimony to integrity and truth refers to the way many members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) testify or bear witness to their belief that...
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    a New York prison in 1975 American Friends Service Committee, Quaker peace and social justice organization founded in 1917 Amnesty International, human...
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    Inward light (category Quaker practices)
    within us, Light within, and inner light are related phrases commonly used within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) as metaphors for Christ's...
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    The Quaker Tapestry consists of 77 panels illustrating the history of Quakerism from the 17th century to the present day. The idea of Quaker Anne Wynn-Wilson...
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    Jocelyn Bell Burnell (category Quakers from Northern Ireland)
    Bell Burnell served on the Quaker Peace and Social Witness Testimonies Committee, which produced Engaging with the Quaker Testimonies: a Toolkit in February...
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    George Fox (category Quaker writers)
    the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political...
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    Danilo Dolci (category Recipients of the Lenin Peace Prize)
    the British Friends Service Council, now called Quaker Peace and Social Witness, on behalf of all Quakers worldwide. Among those who publicly voiced support...
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    human society morally corrupt and under the influence of Satan, and most limit their social interaction with non-Witnesses. The denomination is directed...
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    List of Friends schools (category Quaker schools)
    beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers. Friends schools vary greatly, both in their interpretation of Quaker principles...
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    The Quaker movement began in England in the 17th Century. Small Quaker groups were planted in various places across Europe during this early period (For...
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    of the world's Quakers. Latin American Friends are concentrated in Bolivia and Central America. Most of these Friends are evangelical and are affiliated...
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