‘The Balby elders were warning against admitting people too quickly.’ Photo: A Quakers’ meeting, Egbert van Heemskerk, c1685
Re:members: Rosemary Moore looks for lessons from early Friends on membership
‘Reputation was very important to Quakers at that time.’
by Rosemary Moore
26th March 2021
The recent suggestion at Meeting for Sufferings that attenders should be eligible to sit on central committees has brought into focus the question of how Britain Yearly Meeting handles membership.
