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Yearly Meeting is a term used by members of the
Religious Society of Friends Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's abili ...
, or Quakers, to refer to an organization composed of constituent meetings or churches within a geographical area. The constituent meetings are called Monthly Meetings in most of the world; in England, local congregations are now called Area Meetings, in Australia Monthly Meetings are called Regional Meetings. "Monthly" and "Yearly" refer to how often the body meets to make decisions. Monthly Meetings may be local congregations that hold regular Meetings for Worship, or may comprise a number of Worship Groups (and equivalent congregations with other designations). Depending on the Yearly Meeting organization, there may also be Quarterly Meetings, Half-Yearly Meetings, or Regional Meetings, where a number of local Monthly Meetings come together within a Yearly Meeting. There are also parallel Yearly Meetings for young Quakers,
Junior Yearly Meeting Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) is a gathering for young Quakers. There are various JYM groups worldwide, which cover the same geographical boundaries as their respective Yearly meeting. Most countries have one Yearly meeting which corresponds to nati ...
s.


General description

Yearly Meeting gatherings are times for Friends from a wide geographical area to come together to worship and to seek God's guidance on decisions and on issues facing Friends in that region. Yearly Meetings publish guiding principles, organizational processes, and collected expressions of faith of the constituent Friends. These publications are called '' Faith and Practice'', and/or Books of Discipline.


Origin

Like many aspects of Quakerism, the organization into Yearly Meetings arose gradually.
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Friends began to meet shortly after their beginning in a large group starting in the 1650s. The oldest Yearly Meeting in Britain,
Britain Yearly Meeting The Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, also known as the Britain Yearly Meeting (and, until 1995, the London Yearly Meeting), is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, S ...
(originally London Yearly Meeting), considers the year 1668 its official founding.
New England Yearly Meeting New England Yearly Meeting (officially the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends) is a body of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) founded in 1661
dates its founding from 1661. In the early days the business of the meeting was to receive answers to the Yearly Meeting's queries to the Quarterly Meetings, to read epistles from traveling Friends, and to seek God's guidance on actions. They also proposed and planned the establishment of Quaker institutions, such as schools. As the Religious Society of Friends grew and spread around the world, new Yearly Meetings were established. While often influenced by the activities of other Yearly Meetings, each of the Yearly Meetings is autonomous.


Procedure

A session of a Yearly Meeting, as with all Quaker business sessions, is considered a time of worship in dealing with matters of business. When a matter has been presented and explained, the Friends who are gathered wait in silence, listening to the leading of God's spirit within them. Those who feel led to do so share their insights, while the others listen. Eventually a "sense of the meeting" begins to emerge. The
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of the meeting (a type of facilitator) or the Recording Clerk (a person who writes the minutes) tries to formulate a minute that reflects the sense of the meeting. More input may follow. When it is clear that there is agreement, the sense of the meeting is recorded in the minute. Some Friends at the meeting may have reservations about the matter but choose to defer to the others. Friends believe and hope that the minute is God's will on the matter. However, nothing is considered a permanent and inviolable law among Friends and every matter is open to future change. Before the close of a yearly meeting, Friends write an
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to communicate to other Friends world-wide. It is the custom to read out selections from epistles the Yearly Meeting has received from other Quaker bodies during yearly meeting sessions. All Friends who are members of a constituent Meeting are members of the corresponding Yearly Meeting and may attend and participate on an equal basis—there is no hierarchy within the Religious Society of Friends. Many specific issues of concern to Quakers are dealt with by committees appointed by Yearly Meetings.


Names

Yearly Meetings are named for where they meet: a nation (e.g., Canadian Yearly Meeting), a region within a nation (e.g.,
New England Yearly Meeting New England Yearly Meeting (officially the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends) is a body of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) founded in 1661
), a state (e.g. Indiana Yearly Meeting), or a large city that serves as a hub (e.g.,
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or simply Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, or PYM, is the central organizing body for Quaker meetings in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, area, including parts of Pennsylva ...
). The entire name of a Yearly Meeting usually includes the words "of the Religious Society of Friends" (e.g., New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends) although some do not (e.g., Northern Yearly Meeting).


Larger groups

Many Yearly Meetings are members of larger groups. In the United States and a few other countries the three main groups of Friends are
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
,
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
, and
Evangelical Friends International Evangelical Friends Church International (EFCI) is a branch of Quaker yearly meetings (regional associations) around the world that profess evangelical Christian beliefs. Mission statement The mission of the Evangelical Friends Church, Internation ...
. A broader group that crosses theological, organizational, and national lines and encourages communication and cooperation of the different groups is Friends World Committee for Consultation.


List of yearly meetings


Africa

See also
Quakers in Kenya There are about 196,800 members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, in Africa. African Friends make up around 52% of Friends internationally, the largest proportion on any one continent. Kenya has the largest number of Quakers in a sin ...
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**Bware Yearly Meeting, based in Suna **Central Yearly Meeting, based in Kakamega **Chavakali Yearly Meeting **East Africa Yearly Meeting (Kaimosi), based in
Tiriki Tiriki is one of sixteen clans and dialects of the Abaluyia people of Western Kenya. The word ''Tiriki'' is also used to refer to their Geographical Location in Hamisi Division, Vihiga County, in the Western province of Kenya. Hamisi Constitue ...
**East Africa Yearly Meeting (North), based in
Kitale Kitale is an agricultural town in northern Rift Valley Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills at an elevation of around . Its population is 106,187 as of 2009. Kitale is the headquarter town of Trans-Nzoia County. Kitale is r ...
**Elgon East Yearly Meeting, based in Kitale **Elgon Religious Society of Friends (West), based in
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Via
Webuye Webuye, previously named Broderick Falls, is an industrial town in Bungoma County, Kenya. Located on the main road to Uganda, the town is home to the Pan African Paper Mills, the largest paper factory in the region, as well as a number of heav ...
**Kakamega Yearly Meeting **Lugari Yearly Meeting, based in
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**Malava Yearly Meeting **Nairobi Yearly Meeting **Tuoli Yearly Meeting, based in
Kapsabet Kapsabet is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Nandi County and is located 40 kilometres southwest of Eldoret on the way to Chavakali. The name Kapsabet comes from "Kap"- 'belong to/area of' and "sabit" or "sobet" – 'live' and has come to ...
**Vihiga Yearly Meeting **Vokoli Yearly Meeting, based in Wodanga *Outside of Kenya **Burundi Yearly Meeting **Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting **Congo Yearly Meeting **East Africa Yearly Meeting **Tanzania Yearly Meeting **Uganda Yearly Meeting


Americas

See also Quakers in Latin America *
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**Iglesia Evangélica Amigos Central (Central Evangelical Friends Church) **Iglesia Evangélica Unión Boliviana "Amigos" (Bolivian Union Evangelical Friends Church) **Iglesia Nacional Evangélica Los Amigos de Bolivia (National Evangelical Friends Church of Bolivia) **Iglesia Evangélica Misión Boliviana de Santidad Amigos (Bolivian Evangelical Mission Church of Holiness Friends) *
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
** Canadian Yearly Meeting *
Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
**Cuba Yearly Meeting *
Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
**Iglesia Evangélica Embajadores Amigos (Evangelical Ambassadors Friends Church) **Iglesia Evangélica Nacional Amigos de Guatemala (National Evangelical Friends Church of Guatemala) **Junta Amigos de Santidad (Friends of Holiness Yearly Meeting) *
El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
**Iglesias Evangélicas de los Amigos en El Salvador (Evangelical Friends Churches in El Salvador) *
Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
** Junta Annual Amigos de Santidad (Friends of Holiness Yearly Meeting) *
Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
**Jamaica Yearly Meeting *
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
**Asociación Religiosa de las Iglesias Evangélicas de los Amigos (Religious Association of the Evangelical Churches of Friends) **Reunion General de los Amigos en México (General Meeting of Friends in Mexico) *
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** Iglesia Nacional Evangélica Los Amigos del Perú (National Evangelical Friends Church of Peru) *
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Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
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Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
Meetings for Worship in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. *
North Carolina Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in North Carolina, Virginia Beach, VA, and Florida. *
Ohio Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. This Meeting offers "affiliate membership" for individual Friends or small congregations worldwide isolated from other Conservative Meetings. Affiliates are as far away as Midlands in England and Athens, Greece. **
Evangelical Friends International Evangelical Friends Church International (EFCI) is a branch of Quaker yearly meetings (regional associations) around the world that profess evangelical Christian beliefs. Mission statement The mission of the Evangelical Friends Church, Internation ...
*
Alaska Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Alaska. *
Evangelical Friends Church—Eastern Region
Meetings for Worship in Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. ***Evangelical Friends Church—Mid-America—Meetings for Worship in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. *
Evangelical Friends Church—Southwest
Arizona, California, and Nevada. *
Northwest Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington State. *
Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Arizona, Colorado, and Nebraska. **
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
***Alaska Friends Conference ***
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Baltimore Yearly Meeting (officially the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends) is a body of the Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers) headquartered in Sandy Spring, Maryland that includes Friends from Virginia, Maryland, ...
—Meetings for Worship in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) *
Illinois Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. *
Intermountain Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah. *
Lake Erie Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. ***
New England Yearly Meeting New England Yearly Meeting (officially the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends) is a body of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) founded in 1661
—Meetings for Worship in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) ***
New York Yearly Meeting New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or simply New York Yearly Meeting or NYYM, is the central organizing body for Quaker meetings and worship groups in New York State, northern and central New Jersey, and southwestern C ...
—Meetings for Worship in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) *** Northern Yearly Meeting—Meetings for Worship in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) ***
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is one of the seven bodies that represent the five different branches of the Society of Friends in Ohio. It is affiliated with Friends General Confere ...
—Meetings for Worship in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. ***
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or simply Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, or PYM, is the central organizing body for Quaker meetings in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, area, including parts of Pennsylva ...
—Meetings for Worship in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. *
Piedmont Friends Fellowship
(PFF is a fellowship of monthly meetings and a yearly meeting)—Meetings for Worship in North Carolina, Virginia and Lyman, South Carolina. *
South Central Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. *
Southeastern Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) *
Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting Association
Meetings for Worship in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. **
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
***
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Baltimore Yearly Meeting (officially the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends) is a body of the Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers) headquartered in Sandy Spring, Maryland that includes Friends from Virginia, Maryland, ...
—Meetings for Worship in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) *
Great Plains Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. *
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. *
Iowa Yearly Meeting (FUM)
Meetings for Worship in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. *
New Association of Friends
Meetings for Worship in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. ***
New England Yearly Meeting New England Yearly Meeting (officially the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends) is a body of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) founded in 1661
—Meetings for Worship in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) ***
New York Yearly Meeting New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or simply New York Yearly Meeting or NYYM, is the central organizing body for Quaker meetings and worship groups in New York State, northern and central New Jersey, and southwestern C ...
—Meetings for Worship in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) *
North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM)
Meetings for Worship in North Carolina and Virginia. *** Northern Yearly Meeting—Meetings for Worship in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) *
Southeastern Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. (Participates in both
Friends General Conference Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 11 monthly meetings. "Monthly meetings" are what Quakers call congregations; "yearly meetings" are organizations of mon ...
and
Friends United Meeting Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its home pages states that it is "a collection of Christ-centered Quakers, embra ...
) *
Western Association of the Religious Society of Friends (WARSF)
Meeting for Worship in Whittier, CA. *
Western Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Illinois and Indiana. *
Wilmington Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Ohio and Tennessee. **Independent *** Central Yearly Meeting—Meetings for Worship in Arkansas, Indiana, North Carolina, and Ohio. According to Quaker historian Ben Pink Dandelion, "Central Yearly Meeting has little or no contact with the rest of the Quaker world. It broke away from Five Years Meeting in 1926 and represents a
Holiness Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a ...
Yearly Meeting." ***Missouri Valley Friends Conference *
North Pacific Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Worship in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. (A
Beanite Beanite Quakerism refers to the independent tradition of Quakerism started by Quaker ministers Joel and Hannah Bean in the western United States in the late 19th century, and in a more specific sense refers to the three Western yearly meetings that ...
yearly meeting with informal ties to Friends General Conference, some Monthly Meetings are affiliated with FGC). *** Pacific Yearly Meeting—Meetings for Worship in California, Hawaii, Mexico, and Guatemala. (A
Beanite Beanite Quakerism refers to the independent tradition of Quakerism started by Quaker ministers Joel and Hannah Bean in the western United States in the late 19th century, and in a more specific sense refers to the three Western yearly meetings that ...
yearly meeting with informal ties to Friends General Conference, some Monthly Meetings are affiliated with FGC). ***Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends—Meetings for Worship in Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho. It broke from Northwest Yearly Meeting in 2017.


Asia

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
**General Conference of Friends in India **
Bundelkhand Yearly Meeting Bundelkhand Yearly Meeting (''Bundelkhand Masihi Mitr Samaj'') is a yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state in mid-India. It was formed from Friends Churches set up by missionaries fro ...
(''Bundelkhand Masihi Mitr Samaj'') **
Mid-India Yearly Meeting Mid-India Yearly Meeting is a yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Madhya Pradesh state in mid-India. Quakerism came to mid-India as a result of missionaries from London Yearly Meeting who were members of the Friends Foreign Mis ...
**Bhopal Yearly Meeting *Outside of India **Cambodia Yearly Meeting **Indonesia Yearly Meeting **Japan Yearly Meeting **Middle East Yearly Meeting **(Nepal) Evangelical Friends Church **Philippine Evangelical Friends Church **Taiwan Yearly Meeting


Australia and Oceania

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Australia Yearly Meeting Australia Yearly Meeting is the body of members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia. Quakers within Australia Yearly Meeting generally follow the unprogrammed style of worship. Australia Yearly Meeting comprises seven Regi ...
* Aotearoa/New Zealand Yearly Meeting (Te Hāhi Tūhauwiri)


Europe

See also
Quakers in Europe The Quaker movement began in England in the 17th Century. Small Quaker groups were planted in various places across Europe during this early period (For instance, see the Stephen Crisp article). Quakers in Europe outside Britain and Ireland are n ...
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Britain Yearly Meeting The Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, also known as the Britain Yearly Meeting (and, until 1995, the London Yearly Meeting), is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, S ...
*Denmark Yearly Meeting *(Hungary) Evangelical Friends Church *Finland Yearly Meeting *France Yearly Meeting *Germany Yearly Meeting (', or ')—Quaker communities were established in 1677 and 1678 in what is now Germany at Emden and Friedrichstadt (extinct in 1727). English and American Friends organized a Quaker colony in Friedensthal (Peace Valley), which existed from 1792 until 1870 in what is now Bad Pyrmont, a city in the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont, in
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
(Niedersachsen), Germany. Land was donated for a meeting house in January 1791 and the Quaker House (') was built. In 1933, it was reconstructed and relocated from its original site to Bombergallee 9, Bad Pyrmont. The German Annual Meeting (') was organized in 1880. Relief work following World War I revitalized German Quakerism. The German Yearly Meeting (' or ') resulted from the 1923 mergers of the German Annual Meeting with the Friends of Quakerism (') and, in 1925, the Federation of German Friends (') and serves as an umbrella organization for the small liberal Quaker presence in
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
and
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. This body uses a translation of
Britain Yearly Meeting The Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, also known as the Britain Yearly Meeting (and, until 1995, the London Yearly Meeting), is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, S ...
's current book of discipline ''Quaker Faith and Practice: The book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain'' entitled ' *
Ireland Yearly Meeting The Ireland Yearly Meeting is the umbrella body for the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland. It is one of many Yearly Meetings (YM's) of Friends around the world. A notable aspect of the Ireland YM is that it encompasses meetings with widely ...
*Netherlands Yearly Meeting *Norway Yearly Meeting *Sweden Yearly Meeting *
Switzerland Yearly Meeting Switzerland Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or simply Switzerland Yearly Meeting or SYM, is the organizing body for Quaker groups and meetings in Switzerland. History The first known Swiss member of the Society of Friends is ...


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