Correspondence and other material relating to the decision by the Society of Friends to subscribe to the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, collected by Stuart Woodhouse. 1986-1998.

Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...

Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland

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British council of Churches

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The British Council of Churches was formed in 1942. Most of the Anglican and Protestant churches in the British Isles are members of the council, as well as some interdenominational groups including the YMCA [Young Men's Christian Association] and the YWCA [Young Women's Christian Association]. The Greek Orthodox church joined the council in 1965. The council has several departments that carry out cooperative work for the churches in various areas, including youth work a...

Woodhouse, Stuart John, 1928-2001.

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Stuart John Woodhouse was born at Tulse Hill in London in 1928 and was educated at Sidcot School, 1940-1945, and the Royal Academy of Music, 1945-1947. He attended Goldsmiths College from 1949 to 1952 and obtained a 1st Class Teacher's Certificate in 1951, and followed a career teaching handicrafts from 1952 to 1980. (In 1955 he became a registered Gold and Silversmith.) From 1980 onwards he worked as an engineer. He married Catherine Margaret Airey in 1952. He was a member of Ilkley Preparative...