Friends General Conference
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The Friends General Conference (FGC) is a North American Quaker organization primarily serving affiliated Quaker yearly and monthly meetings in the United States and Canada.
FGC-affiliated meetings are in the "unprogrammed" Quaker tradition, which means without human pastoral leadership, or a "programmed" order of worship. By comparison, Friends United Meeting serves programmed Quaker meetings. Friends in FGC tend to be more socially and theologically liberal than Friends from other part of Quakerism (and than the general US Population).
FGC hosts a very popular yearly gathering in early July for members of member organizations (although membership is not required to attend). It also operates a bookstore and a publishing house, and provides lots of resources for meetings and individuals in the unprogrammed tradition of Friends.
The main offices for FGC are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
See also
- Evangelical Friends International (EFI)
- Friends United Meeting (FUM)
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
- Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)
External links
- Friends General Conference homepage (http://www.fgcquaker.org)
- Quakerbooks.org (http://www.quakerbooks.org), the FGC Bookstore
- Quakerfinder.org (http://www.quakerfinder.org), FGC's site for finding unprogramed Friends in the U.S. and Canada
- FGC's Gathering of Friends (http://www.fgcquaker.org/gathering), held every year in early July
- FGC's Quaker Library (http://www.fgcquaker.org/library): online pamphlets & articles on Quakerism
- Quaker Gathering information (http://www.fgcquaker.org/gathering/)