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Say Hello to Progressive Friends!

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Progressive Friends - The Most Important Quakers Most Of Us Never Heard Of

[First posted in 2014.] Sometimes it can feel like a stretch, but there are at least a few of us who still believe the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, has some useful contribution to make in the world.

If this faith is not entirely in vain, that makes the group’s history potentially useful too: where it came from, how it has persisted, what it has and has not accomplished, and what that tale might suggest about its potential. Continue reading Say Hello to Progressive Friends!