Conservative Friends

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branch of Quakerism religious group

Conservative Friends are a traditional branch of Quakers that emphasize plain worship, adherence to historic Quaker beliefs and practices, and a generally theologically conservative outlook.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Conservative Friends association	1
Conservative Friends in North Carolina	1
Conservative Friends yearly meetings	1
Conservative Quakerism	1
Conservative Quakers	1
Conservative yearly meeting	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Quakerism ⓘ religious group ⓘ
aim	preservation of historic Quaker faith and practice ⓘ
associatedWith	Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) ⓘ North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) ⓘ Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) ⓘ
distinguishesFrom	evangelical Friends ⓘ liberal Friends ⓘ
doctrine	authority of Christ’s inward teaching ⓘ continuing revelation through the Inner Light ⓘ
emphasis	adherence to historic Quaker beliefs ⓘ adherence to historic Quaker practices ⓘ continuity with early Friends ⓘ plain worship ⓘ traditional Quaker testimonies ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Central America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageUse	traditional Quaker forms in some communities ⓘ
organizationalForm	yearly meetings ⓘ
organizationalPrinciple	Quaker discipline and advices ⓘ
originContext	Quaker separations of the 19th century ⓘ
originPeriod	19th century ⓘ
practice	corporate discernment ⓘ meetings for business in a worshipful manner ⓘ waiting worship ⓘ
relationToOtherQuakers	one of several major Quaker branches ⓘ
religiousTradition	Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakerism
selfDescription	Conservative ⓘ plain ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	theologically conservative ⓘ
values	plainness ⓘ simplicity ⓘ traditional Quaker discipline ⓘ
viewOnScripture	high regard for the Bible ⓘ
viewOnTradition	respect for early Friends’ writings ⓘ
worshipLeadership	absence of paid clergy ⓘ reliance on lay ministry ⓘ
worshipStyle	silent worship ⓘ unprogrammed worship ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) → affiliation → Conservative Friends ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative Friends yearly meetings

North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) → affiliationType → Conservative Friends ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative Friends association

Quaker discipline and advices → associatedWith → Conservative Friends ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative Quakers

North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) → classification → Conservative Friends ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative yearly meeting

Liberal Friends → contrastWith → Conservative Friends ⓘ

North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) → coreIdentity → Conservative Friends ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative Friends in North Carolina

Quaker discipline and advices → denominationalContext → Conservative Friends ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative Quakerism

Religious Society of Friends → hasBranch → Conservative Friends ⓘ

Friends Church → relatedMovement → Conservative Friends ⓘ

Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) → religiousBranch → Conservative Friends ⓘ

North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) → religiousTradition → Conservative Friends ⓘ

Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) → theologicalOrientation → Conservative Friends ⓘ