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‘Above all, uphold us prayerfully.’

Now we are six: Mary Woodward on the Book of Discipline Revision Committee

‘Above all, uphold us prayerfully.’

by Mary Woodward 14th February 2025

Six years ago this month, a group of twenty-four Friends from all over mainland Britain, whose ages ranged from seventeen to well over seventy, were appointed to serve on the new Book of Discipline Revision Committee (BDRC). Together with our co-clerks and secretary, we gathered in Friends House in May 2019 to begin working together.