‘Pastoral Friend’ was one of the terms Friends are using to replace ‘overseer’.

Meeting for Sufferings: Replacing ‘overseers’

‘Pastoral Friend’ was one of the terms Friends are using to replace ‘overseer’.

by Rebecca Hardy 9th December 2022

At December’s Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) last week, Friends agreed to explicitly ask Area Meetings (AMs) to cease using the name ‘overseer’ and to replace it with another suitable term.