Founded in early 1994 as the first general-purpose Quaker site on the Internet, this site contains Quaker writings and other documents such as minutes and resource guides, as well as a message board. The archive offers a keyword search function, and links to other sites of interest to Friends are also provided.

The site is maintained by George Amoss Jr., a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

BIBLICAL ISSUES

• George Fox: some remarks on the Bible
  
• Samuel Fisher on the Bible
  
• Isaac Penington on the Bible
  
• "One Quaker's View" -- Papers by George Amoss on biblical issues

BOOK REVIEWS

• Michael Christianson on Marcus Borg's Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time
  
• Rhoda Gilman on Phyllis Mack's Visionary Women

HISTORIC MATERIAL (See also BIBLICAL ISSUES and JOURNALS.)

• Barclay's fifteen theses, from his Apology for the True Christian Divinity  (1675)
  
• "The testimony of Margaret Fox, concerning her late husband, George Fox" -- an excerpt
  
• George Fox on Ministry
  
• George Fox -- an epistle on peace
  
• George Fox -- Three annotated selections from The Great Mystery
  
• George Fox -- The Pearl Found in England and The Wrath of the Lamb (annotated)
  
• James Nayler's last testimony
  
• Isaac Penington on the ground of unity and liberty
  
• Two brief passages on silent worship by Caroline Stephen
  
• Excerpt from a letter on Quakers by Voltaire
  
• John Woolman's "A Plea for the Poor" (Part X)
• John Woolman's universalist credo
  

INTRODUCTIONS TO QUAKERISM

• "A Guide to Quaker Worship" - intro. leaflet from Homewood Friends Meeting, MD, USA
  
• "What Friends Believe" - from Little Falls Meeting, MD, USA
  
• "Nine Questions About Friends"
  
• "Facts About Friends" by T. Hoare of Australia Yearly Meeting
  
• "Friendly Answers to Questions About Quakers" - link to San Francisco Friends Meeting page
  
• "Quakers in Brief" by David Murray-Rust
  
• Adaptation of a welcome leaflet from Oxford (Ohio, USA) Meeting
  
• Quaker Views -- an excellent series of leaflets (link to the Britain Yearly Meeting page at www.quaker.org.uk)
  
• An introduction to meeting for business, from Glasgow Meeting, Scotland
  
• A brief description of the main branches of USA Quakerism by Bill Samuel
  

JOURNALS

• Excerpts from George Fox's Journal  and other writings
  
• Autobiography of George Fox - (link to Christian Classics Ethereal Library)
  
• Journal of John Woolman - (link to U of VA)
• "Members of One Body" -- Vol. 1 of excerpts from the Journal of George Amoss Jr.
  
• "Reflections on Quaker Worship and Business Meetings" -- Vol. 2 of excerpts from the Journal of George Amoss Jr.
  
• "Transcriptions of Messages Given in Worship" -- Vol. 3 of excerpts from the Journal of George Amoss Jr.
  
  

MINUTES, QUERIES, EPISTLES, FAITH & PRACTICE (See also SAME SEX ISSUES.

• "Some Thoughts on Minutes" - an essay by John Little Randall
  
• Minute on the death penalty, from Green Country M.M.
  
• Minute on the death penalty, from Providence M.M.
  
• Minute on the death penalty/Declaration of Life, from Lexington M.M.
  
• Minute from Illinois Yearly Meeting on human reproductive issues
  
• Minute from Illinois Yearly Meeting on issues involving human sexuality
  
• Quaker Faith & Practice: Britain Yearly Meeting (1995) (link to Norwich)
  
• Quaker Faith & Practice: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (1997: PDF format) (link to PYM)
  
• Queries of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (1988)
  
• Queries for prospective members, from Stony Run, MD
  
• An epistle on peacemaking from Bethesda Meeting, MD
  

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL

• "Echoes from a M&W Committee Retreat Concerning Eldering"
  
• "The Feather of Peace" - a story from Quaker history, re-told for children. (Religious Ed. pamphlet)
  
• An Easter (1994) message from Friend David Finke
  
• "The Making of a Quaker Atheist" by George Amoss Jr. -- link to Quaker Theology site
  
• "The Power of Suffering Love: James Nayler and Robert Rich" by George Amoss Jr.
  
• "Reforming Christianity," a Universalist Friends editorial by George Amoss Jr. (link to QUF) 
  
• "The Whipping of the Quaker Women" (Link to Dover Library)
• Reactions of an American Friend to business meetings in England
  
• On Quaker Weddings (from Glasgow, Scotland)
  
• "John Woolman: The Story of a Quaker Conscience" (Religious Ed. pamphlet)

OUTREACH SERVICES

• "Pendle Hill on the Road" announcement of service from Pendle Hill
  
• The Quaker Universalist Fellowship page
  
• The Wider Quaker Fellowship -- excerpt from a pamphlet

POEMS AND PRAYERS

• Richard Bear: "George Fox," a poem
  
• Judy Brutz: a prayer
  
• Michael Christianson: "Art School," a poem
  
• "Daily Prayer" by Brian Dunn
  
• "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" by Tommy Dunn
  
• Camilla Hewson Flinterman: two poems
  
• Francis of Assisi: two (attributed) prayers
  
• Gary Gillespie: two poems
  
• Jody Hopkins: seven poems
  
• Arthur O. Roberts: "When I Am Very Old," a poem
  
• Tony Scilipoti: six poems
  
• Michael E. Thompson: two poems
  
• Roger Wilson: poem

RESOURCE GUIDES

• A short list of resources on rapid population growth as a Friends concern
  
• Some print and electronic resources for persons interested in Quakerism
  

SAME SEX ISSUES:

Link to the Archive's Same Sex Issues page.

OTHER LINKS:

American Friends Service Committee

Fellowship of Friends of African Descent

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Friends General Conference

Friends Journal

Peaceweb

Pendle Hill

QuakerFinder.org -- locates FGC meetings

A Quaker Page

Quaker Universalist Fellowship

Link to other Quaker Web sites through www.quaker.org.

Amnesty International

The Catholic Worker

War Resisters League

The Engaged Buddhist-Dharma site

Link to other peace and justice sites through the Bread Not Bombs page

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