FUM News

Turkana Friends Mission Appoints New Board Members

The Turkana Friends Mission held their board meeting on 30 March 2024 at Lodwar Friends Church, which is currently the mission’s headquarters.

God is at work in Belize City.

FUM-Belize started as a small school for at-risk boys, and now it is something much larger and more dynamic. Not only does the school welcome girls, but the church is also growing, and the Friends Center is having a significant impact on the south-side of Belize City.

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Ask Tom: The Friendly Persuasion

How accurately does the movie, The Friendly Persuasion, portray nineteenth-century American Quakerism?

Affirmation

In an attempt to be a civic-minded Quaker, I recently took advantage of the opportunity to work at a polling station during the highly contentious Indiana primary elections of 2016. One of my earliest memories of voting was a conversation I had with my father as we drove to the polling station after I had turned 18.

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An Enduring Truth

Throughout our history, the people known as Friends (or Quakers) keep rediscovering an essential and enduring truth: There is one who speaks to our most basic needs and most significant hopes—Christ Jesus the Lord. Both individually and communally, we are learning to know and follow the Voice that guides us in the way we should go. Together, we seek to understand and obey that truth which sets us free. As a people, we share in the experience of that powerful life which makes all things new. Maybe you are searching for an authentic and transforming faith and community to call home—if so, come in and join us as we seek to know and follow Christ.