Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Main article: Religious Society of FriendsThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), is considered historically to be a Protestant Christian denomination. It has gone through a small number of doctrinal schisms in its history as a Christian church. Today, it exists as several separate and distinct Quaker branches, and it also has an emphasis on Christian belief and practice which ranges from evangelical to liberal.
- Friends United Meeting
- Evangelical Friends International
- Central Yearly Meeting of Friends
- Conservative Friends
- Friends General Conference
- Beanite Quakerism
- Britain Yearly Meeting
- Ireland Yearly Meeting
- New Foundation Fellowship
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