St. Francois County Christian Quaker Fellowship

I would like to meet other women of all ages in the Farmington (and St. Francois County-wide area) who would be interested in learning about the faith and practices of conservative Christian Quakers (Religious Society of Friends). Activities would include fellowship, study of early Quaker writings, and Bible study from a uniquely Quaker perspective in the hope that this group may one day be lead to become an established Meeting affiliated with one of the larger Quaker bodies. For the time being it would be essentially an Independent Quaker group seeking a truly apostolic, primitive Christianity. Please contact me by e-mail at one of the following addresses:

boxerhaus@socket.net
semo_quaker@yahoo.com

What Friends Believe

Friends have traditionally rejected creeds, but today's Quakers generally agree on these tenets:

- There is That of God in all persons, often called the Seed or Christ Within or Inward Light, which can guide and shape each life in accordance with the will of God.

- God is directly accessible to all persons without the need of either an intermediary priest or ritual. God speaks in a manner that is personal, direct and certain - a continuing revelation. This discernment is clarified through collective worship.

- The Scriptures can be understood only by entering into the Spirit which produced them. Divine revelation did not end with the publication of the Bible but has continued through history and remains available to the person or worshipping group open to receive it.

- True religion cannot be learned from books, set prayers or rituals alone, but comes from direct experience of God.

- The infinity of Divine Truth cannot be confined by a creed or dogma. To do so would trivialize it and deny the importance of experiencing it directly.

- Friends continually work to remove the causes of conflict and war, striving to trust in love rather than to react in fear.

- God's creation should be respected and preserved. Concern for the environment and right sharing of resources are evidence of this respect.

- The power and love of God is over all, erasing the artificial division between the secular and religious. All of life, when lived in the Spirit, becomes sacramental. Quakerism is thus a way of life, putting faith into daily actions.

For more information on the Religious Society of Friends, early Quaker writings, faith and practices of Friends, check out the sister website at: http://us.geocities.com/semo_quaker


"Wait for the gift my Father promised for John baptized
with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy
Spirit...You will receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes on you; and you will be my witnesses..." Acts 1:4-8


"And when all my hopes in men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, nor could I tell what to do, then, oh! Then I heard a voice which said, 'There is One, even Christ Jesus that can speak to thy condition.' And when I heard it my heart did leap for joy." - The Journal of George Fox, 1647





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