Friends World Conference

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Friends World Conference

A Friends World Conference sponsored by British Friends was held in London in 1920 and described as an All Friends Conference. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, after years of division within the Society of Friends, concerned Friends began to work towards unity, cooperating in a number of joint conferences both in the United States and Europe. The second of these world conferences, held in 1937, established the Friends World Committee for Consultation.

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