NEWS
News from our member churches and the wider ecumenical movement, with our monthly roundup and a library of stories from ecumenical bodies around the world.
Quakers pray for peace around the world
For World Quaker Day on 4 October, the Friends World Committee for Consultation hosted a six-hour online meeting for worship on the theme “Let Peace Be Among Us”, with more than 900 registrations from at least 50 countries.
Beyond Small Talk: conversations across difference in Taranaki
Writing in the August Friends Newsletter, Margy-Jean Malcolm described Beyond Small Talk, an initiative of Taranaki Quakers that helps people practise respectful conversation across difference.
The 2026 Quaker Lecture: Gumboot Anthropology
The 2026 Quaker Lecture, held during Yearly Meeting in Dunedin on 11 April, took the form of a conversation between Dame Anne Salmond, Distinguished Professor in Māori Studies and Anthropology, and the Wellington Quaker Maddy Ash, under the title “Gumboot Anthropology”.
Quakers and the Week of Prayer
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Tim Gee, general secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, spoke on BBC Radio’s Daily Service.
A new year letter to Quaker meetings
In a new year letter to Quaker meetings, Tim Gee, general secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, reflected on peace in the life and teaching of Jesus, and announced that the committee’s next World Plenary Meeting is planned for 2030, two thousand years after Jesus began his ministry, on the theme “Blessed are the Peacemakers”.