Category Archives: Quaker Colleges

Re-Re-Re-Inventing The Wheel: 170 Years of “Convergent” Quakerism

As Robin Mohr, the younger Friend who coined the “Convergent” label put it, the idea appeals to “Friends from the politically liberal end of the evangelical branch, the Christian end of the unprogrammed branch, and the more outgoing end of the Conservative branch.”

But what has happened repeatedly is that the “politically (and theologically) liberal end of the evangelical branch” gets lopped off, and those involved either hunker down, or join an exodus.

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Fleecing The Faithful: An Exclusive In-Depth Investigative Report

A Friendly Letter Since 1981: Quaker stuff, civil rights and other issues, hopeless causes, jokes, photos, stories Our Motto: “And it’s all right, even if you’re old and gray, ‘Cuz it’s all right, you still got something to say . . .”                            –Traveling Wilburys Chuck Fager — Writer, Editor Fleecing The Faithful: An Exclusive … Continue reading Fleecing The Faithful: An Exclusive In-Depth Investigative Report

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