General Quaker Resources
Quaker Organization
(For more detailed descriptions of the items below click here)
Monthly Meeting - This is the term given to local congregations which conduct monthly meetings for business. Each meeting is independent
Yearly Meeting - Monthly meetings arre generally members of regional groups called yearly meetings. Yearly meetings conduct annual meetings to conduct business and socialize.
umbrella organizations - In the United States, Yearly meetings are generally associated with one (sometimes two) group meetings having common faith and practices. These are:
- Friends General Conference (FGC)
- Conservative Friends (CF)
- Friends United Meetings (FUM)
- Evangelical (EFI)
For more information about each of these groups click here
Wider Quaker Organizations - Quakers have founded a number of serrvice organizations or groups of Quakers with common interests.
For a Description various national and internatonal Quaker Organizations click here
Quakers in North Carolina
Yearly Meetings
North Carolina Yearly Meeting (conservative)
Piedmont Friends Fellowship/Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting
Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association