Friends General Conference - Definition and Overview

The Friends General Conference (FGC) is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings in the United States. and Canada.

FGC hosts a very popular yearly gathering in early July for members of member organizations (although membership is not required to attend). It also operates a bookstore and a publishing house and provides lots of resources for Meetings and invididuals in the unprogrammed tradition of Friends.

The main offices for FGC are in Philadelphia, PA.

See also

• Friends United Meeting (FUM)
• Evangelical Friends International (EFI)
• Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)

External links

• Friends General Conference homepage (http://www.fgcquaker.org)
• Quakerbooks.org (http://www.quakerbooks.org), the FGC Bookstore
• Quakerfinder.org (http://www.quakerfinder.org), FGC's site for finding unprogramed Friends in the U.S. and Canada
• FGC's Gathering of Friends (http://www.fgcquaker.org/gathering), held every year in early July
• FGC's Quaker Library (http://www.fgcquaker.org/library): online pamphlets & articles on Quakerism
• Quaker Gathering information (http://www.fgcquaker.org/gathering/)