Quaker Testimonies

Quaker Testimonies

"Quaker faith springs from a deeply held belief in living our lives according to our spiritual experience  ... ... read full article )

(Testimonies Committee of Quaker Peace & Social Witness, 2005 )

Quaker Testimonies Video: Quakers explain their understanding of the Testimonies to Peace, Equality, Understanding and Integrity

The Quaker Peace Testimony

We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fighting with outward weapons for any end or under any pretense whatsoever; this is our testimony to the whole world .
The Spirit of Christ by which we are guided is not changeable, so as once to command us from a thing of evil and again to move us into it; and we certainly know and testify to the world that the Spirit of Christ which leads us into all truth will never move us to fight and war against any man with outward weapons, neither for the Kingdom of Christ nor for the kingdoms of this world...therefore we cannot learn war anymore.

"I told them I knew from whence all wars arose...and that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars; and that I was come into the covenant of peace which was before all wars and strife."

George Fox, founder of Quakerism (1650)

Testimonies to Peace : Equality : Simplicity : Integrity  (see article)

Testimonies to Peace  -  Victor McGregor: Rosemary Elliot :  SAGM

Life Testimonies - Mary Ellis : Mary Butler : Shelagh Towert

Nozizwe Madlala- Routledge : A Quaker Defence Minister

Global Health Report : Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge

Cape Argus : George Ellis