Friendly unity

David Parlett reports on a successful gathering of Friends at Woodbrooke

by David Parlett 23rd March 2018

A key question addressed at a conference organised by the Nontheist Friends Network (NFN) and held at Woodbrooke on 9-11 March was the future of Quakerism in Britain:

In 2005 Quaker Studies analysed the trends of falling membership of the Society of Friends as dwindling to zero by 2032, when British Quakerism would become history. We are more optimistic today. But what will our Society look like in 2032? How will it change socially, theologically, and influentially?