Another Quaker thread

Some years ago the moderators of Christian forums created an Anabaptist forum (I think to keep pacifist and non-resistant discussions out of the Baptist forum) and lumped Quakers in with it.

WayneinMaine is correct.

I attend Meeting irregularly as I am an islander; no local Meeting. I do however keep in contact with other like~minded Quakers through blogs & forums & on~line Meeting times.

I pastor a Friends meeting / church and we always encourage people to active in fellowship.

As an unprogrammed meeting Quaker I would simply add that sometimes there is not a meeting or group in your area so that some are either independent or members of the Wider Quaker Fellowship etc.

If there are no Quaker meetings in a particular area, I would encourage Friends who live in such places, to plant a Meeting.

Searching_for_Christ said:

So apparently the Anabaptist area seems to be the place to ask questions about Quakers for some reason

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Quakers (Society of Friends), Mennonites, and Church of the Brethren are known as "historic peace churches.' That common identity has drawn them to work together on occasions. The seminaries have worked together in peace studies. When I was at Earlam (Quaker) we travelled to Elkhart (Mennonite) for some joint seminars.

QuakerOats said:

There are Quakers who don't attend a meeting, however, the reason is typically because there's no meeting in their area, either at all, or of their particular affiliation (conservative, liberal, evangelical, etc.). Community has always been an important factor in the function of Quakers, so while there may be some who don't attend meeting regardless, I wouldn't imagine they're many.

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Yep. There's no such thing as an "anti-Meeting" Quaker. In my situation as a "pastoral" orthodox Quaker, the nearest like-minded Meeting is 120 miles away in either direction. There's an 'unprogrammed' meeting of liberal Friends here in town with the usual "not everyone here is a Christian" caveat; as such, I do not attend a Meeting, but I do not consider myself an 'Independent.' I'm just not down with the local flavor.