• Gurneyite is a term assigned to certain members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers. The name originates because of the sympathy of the views...
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    been strongly Gurneyite in the 19th century, did not join either of these. In 1924, the Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, a Gurneyite yearly meeting...
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  • world. This branch makes up many Evangelical Quaker meetings from the Gurneyites. They are more conservative in their orientation than other Quaker meetings...
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    conservative and plain dress-wearing, but since they are part of the Gurneyite branch of Quakers, they are not classed under the designation of Conservative...
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    Communion in 1870 The Richmond Declaration in 1887, upheld by Orthodox Gurneyite Quakers The Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths in 1916...
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    Arkansas and Ohio. Central Yearly Meeting of Friends is a part of the Gurneyite wing of the Orthodox branch of Quakerism, and is aligned with the conservative...
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  • it was IYM that led the call for more centralization among Orthodox Gurneyite Friends, leading to the calling of the Friends Conference of 1887 and...
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    decades, a number of Wilburite–Gurneyite separations occurred. Starting in the late 19th century, many American Gurneyite Quakers, led by Dougan Clark Jr...
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  • Inward Light as they believe it leads them. While Evangelist Quakers (see Gurneyite–Conservative split) were seen as holding to human reason, Liberal Quakers...
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    Wilburite Gurneyite...
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    wear a deaconess cap. The Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, part of the Gurneyite-Orthodox branch of Quakerism, teaches that in 1 Corinthians 11 Saint Paul...
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    modern Quakers (including the Conservative Friends, Evangelical Friends, Gurneyite Friends and Holiness Friends) believed that promptings which were truly...
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    Society of Friends, being made by 95 Quakers (representatives of all Gurneyite Orthodox Friends Yearly Meetings) from around the world in September 1887...
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  • their support of John Wilbur. The larger body came to be called the "Gurneyites" for their support of Joseph J. Gurney. In succeeding years, other yearly...
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  • and Gurneyite Meetings). These separations resulted in multiple groups using the name "Ohio Yearly Meeting". In 1917 the evangelicals (Gurneyites) moved...
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    line with Gurney became known as Gurneyites. Those Orthodox Friends who did not agree with the practices of the Gurneyites, lead by John Wilbur of Rhode...
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