Friends General Conference (FGC) is a North American Quaker organization primarily serving the Quaker yearly and monthly meetings in the United States and Canada that choose to be members. FGC was founded in 1900.
FGC-affiliated meetings are typically in the "unprogrammed" Quaker tradition, which means that such meetings take place without human pastoral leadership, or a prepared order of worship. In 2002, there were 32,000 members in 832 congregations in the United States affiliated with FGC.
FGC's programs include a traveling ministries, religious outreach, interfaith relations, book publishing and sales, and an annual conference.
The main offices for the FGC are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Read more about Friends General Conference: Mission Statement, Structure, The Gathering, Other Organizations, Locations of Upcoming Gatherings, History of FGC
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