Beliefs and traditions
Marisa Johnson affirms a Quakerism that is hospitable and inclusive
‘Where two or three are gathered together… there’s a schism.’ I don’t know where this saying originates, but I first heard it from the wife of an Evangelical Lutheran pastor. The sectarian tendency of Reformed Christianity has resulted in numerous different versions of a message that is diminished and obscured by exaggerated importance being given to uniformity of understanding and practice. Quakers do not escape this fate and there are many versions of our tradition, each able to claim direct connection with the original, life-changing insights of early Friends.
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