Open Quakers

Dedicated to Openness and Inclusivity in Quaker Meetings

Welcome to the Open Quakers Website

The Quakers claim to promote peace, equality and truthfulness. Sadly, their own reality can be very different.


About

How I came to write this website. Click here.


The Quaker Legacy

A brief account of the role of Quakers, their spiritual and practical achievments, their decline and the need for change. Click here.


The Lie

The story of how I changed from being a more–or–less uncritical supporter of The Society, and a very active one, into a deeply disillusioned critic. Click here.


Quaker Language and Jargon

How Quakers confuse themselves and others with unnecessary gobbledegook and jargon. Click here.


Quaker Business Method

How a very understandable desire to seek God' will (or consensus?) has morphed into an unwieldy system that frustrates action and excludes anybody without a huge amount of time on their hands. Click here.


Quaker Membership

How a vetting system discourages people who might otherwise get involved, and which sometimes encourages existing members to be rather less than modest. Click here.


Articles

Stories and letters by various people concerning membership issues and conflict amongst Quakers. Click here.