Quakers Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Richmond Declaration=== In 1887, a Gurneyite Quaker of British descent, [[Joseph Bevan Braithwaite]], proposed to Friends a statement of faith known as the [[Richmond Declaration]]. This statement of faith was agreed to by 95 of the representatives at a meeting of [[Friends United Meeting|Five Years Meeting]] Friends, but unexpectedly the Richmond Declaration was not adopted by London Yearly Meeting because a vocal minority, including [[Edward Grubb (Quaker)|Edward Grubb]], opposed it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kennedy |first=Thomas C. |title=British Quakerism 1860β1920: The Transformation of a Religious Community |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page