Other Quaker Organizations
Hartford Meeting is affiliated with the following two Quaker Organizations through its membership in New England Yearly Meeting:
Friends General Conference fgcquaker.org(FGC) is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends that primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings. FGC holds an annual gathering the first week in July at different locations. FGC provides resources and opportunities that educate and invite members and attenders to experience, individually and corporately, God's living presence, and to discern and follow God's leadings. FGC reaches out to seekers and to other religious bodies inside and outside the wider Religious Society of Friends.
-- FGC Minute of Purpose, Central Committee, October 1998
Friends United Meeting friendsunitedmeeting.org(FUM) is an international association of Friends Meetings and Churches, organized for evangelism, global partnership, leadership development and communications. FUM's purpose is "to energize and equip Friends through the power of the Holy Spirit to gather people into fellowships where Jesus Christ is known, loved and obeyed as Teacher and Lord." Friends United Meeting, founded in 1902, includes 27 Yearly Meetings (regional associations) of Friends, along with several smaller groups, local meetings (churches) and affiliated organizations. Friends United Meeting includes both programmed and unprogrammed meetings. FUM works in cross-cultural missions and cooperative ventures with its member yearly meetings through offices in Richmond, Indiana (USA) and Kisumu, Kenya.
National and International Quaker Organizations:
The American Friends Service Committee afsc.org(AFSC) carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures. AFSC's work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. The organization's mission and achievements won worldwide recognition in 1947 when it accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with the British Friends Service Council on behalf of all Quakers. The AFSC is directed by a Quaker board and staffed by Quakers and other people of faith who share the Friends' desire for peace and social justice.
The Friends Committee on National Legislation fcnl.org(FCNL) is a public interest lobby founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends. FCNL seeks to bring the concerns, experiences and testimonies of Friends (called Quakers) to bear on policy decisions in the nation's capitol. People of many religious backgrounds participate in this work. FCNL’s staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of thousands of people to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government. FCNL is a 501(c)4 public interest lobby, not a political action committee (PAC) nor a special interest lobby. FCNL's multi-issue advocacy connects historic Quaker testimonies on peace, equality, simplicity and truth with peace and social justice issues which the United States government is or should be addressing. FCNL seeks to follow the leadings of the Spirit as it speaks for itself and for like-minded people. FCNL is governed by a General Committee of 240 Friends, the majority of whom have been appointed by 26 Yearly Meetings and seven national Friends' organizations. The General Committee meets each November to conduct business. This includes establishing legislative policy and priorities. An Executive Committee and several other subcommittees oversee the program and administration of FCNL between Annual Meetings.
The Friends World Committee for Consultation fwccworld.org (FWCC) is the international Friends organization which works with all the Yearly Meetings of Quakers worldwide. It exists to facilitate loving understanding of diversities among Friends while discovering, with God's help, common spiritual ground and to facilitate full expression of Friends testimonies in the world. Its work is primarily among the many Yearly Meetings of Friends worldwide. FWCC's four sections serve the various regions of the world, providing service and ministry opportunities for Friends throughout the world through conferences, publications and other programs that express our common faith and tradition.