FUM [Friends United Meeting] After Kenya (First posted on June 1, 2007) [See the response linked below from Patrick Nugent, former head of the Friends Bible College, Kenya.] Current Quote on Quaker dealings with Kenya Friends groups: “While somewhat less colonial, the [Friends United Meeting] work in East Africa is still structured around economic disparities … Continue reading Wrestling With A Roomful Of Elephants:
By Chuck Fager Dear Friends, One of the finest, most eloquent ministers of this generation of liberal Quakers has left us. William J. “Bill” Kreidler, of Beacon Hill Meeting in Boston, died on June 10, 2000. This is a time to mourn, and also a time to remember, and to pay tribute, which is what … Continue reading Bill Kreidler: A Personal Tribute
The 1989 Friends Ministers Conference was the fourth in a series that were held every five years. The event had started out as the Friends Pastors Conference, but this was changed for the 1984 gathering in a bow to traditional Quaker nomenclature, and to accommodate the sensibilities of the handful of attenders who came from … Continue reading Fleecing The Faithful – Prelude: Down the Garden Path & Opening Pandora’s Box
By Chuck Fager Wichita, KS — Although Priscilla Deters insisted that, “I consider myself innocent of these charges,” adding that “I have a heart of grief, because I have been a victim too,” federal judge Monti Belot insisted on Friday, May 22 that she start serving her eleven-plus year sentence for wire and mail fraud … Continue reading Quaker Church Fraud Sentencing Update: May 22, 1998
Update by Chuck Fager Wichita, KS — On this Friday the 13th, U.S. Judge Monti Belot accepted Priscilla Deters’ plan for remaining free on bail until her sentencing, but imposed tough restrictions on the now convicted felon, and spoke darkly of her likely jail sentence. Belot also predicted that there might be additional prosecutions in … Continue reading March 13, 1998: Tough Deters Bail Conditions Set;Possible Future Indictments Seen