Showing the way: Geoffrey Durham on ‘Discovering Quakers’

11 Apr 2024 | by Geoffrey Durham

‘There may be good news just around the corner’

‘Talking about Quakerism doesn’t only mean “giving out” – it is just as important for us to listen.’ | Photo: by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

In his recent letter to this magazine (29 March) Gerard Bane asked some questions that matter to me. ‘Why are Quakers in decline?’, he writes. ‘Is it their aging population?… Are apparent outsiders put off by Quaker activism?… Are people put off because of Quaker beliefs? Or are people put off by the apparent lack of beliefs?’

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