North Carolina Schism
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Back From The Brink: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Says No To A Split
The North Carolina Yearly Meeting (NCYM) recently decided against splitting over longstanding tensions between evangelical and liberal meetings, choosing instead to reorganize with subgroups under one umbrella. This decision ends a two-year purge effort and opens the possibility for future peaceful coexistence, although challenges such as declining youth participation and ongoing theological diversity remain. The…
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Thunder In Carolina, Part Two: North Carolina Yearly Meeting – FUM And “Unity” vs. Uniformity
This article details the 2014-2015 theological and organizational conflict within North Carolina Yearly Meeting – Friends United Meeting (NCYM-FUM), centered on efforts to enforce doctrinal uniformity and the resulting push for separation by liberal and “dually affiliated” meetings. It recounts the failed attempts to expel these meetings, the formation of new associations by departing congregations,…
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Is There Life after Death in Quaker North Carolina?
This article provides a detailed account of the dissolution of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of the Friends United Meeting (NCYM-FUM) after 320 years, highlighting the internal conflicts over theology, authority, and inclusivity that led to its demise. It examines the birth of two successor groups—the Friends Church of North Carolina (FCNC) with an evangelical…
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Attachments: NC Yearly Meeting Documents
The article presents a series of attachments documenting the theological conflicts and resulting organizational challenges within the North Carolina Yearly Meeting (NCYM) of the Religious Society of Friends. It details proposals for separation due to irreconcilable theological differences, letters from quarters and meetings, dissenting opinions against splitting, and the eventual plan for reorganization into two…
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Thunder In Carolina: North Carolina Yearly Meeting – FUM
The article explores the internal conflict within North Carolina Yearly Meeting-FUM (NCYM-FUM), focusing on a potential schism driven by disputes over mission, morality, marriage, and money. It details the conservative evangelical push led by Poplar Ridge Meeting to enforce doctrinal unity and exclude liberal/quasi-universalist meetings, contrasted with the resistance from targeted meetings such as New…
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Letters From Meeting Demanding Disciplinary Action Against Meetings With Which They Differ – And Responses
The post details a series of letters and responses concerning deep theological and organizational divisions within the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends (NCYM). Central issues include disputes over biblical authority, Christian doctrine, and the enforcement of Faith and Practice, leading some meetings to call for separation to preserve unity and others to defend diversity…
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Links to NCYM-FUM letters online
This article provides direct links to various letters related to the NCYM-FUM, including protesting letters from different Quaker meetings and responses to those protests. It serves as an online resource for accessing these historical and contemporary communications.
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Links to NCYM-FUM letters online
This article provides direct links to various historical letters from the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends United Meeting (NCYM-FUM). The letters include both protests and responses related to Quaker meetings and issues within the community.
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A Conservative Yearly Meeting is Born
The post details the origins and reasons behind the formation of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) in 1904, emphasizing the theological and practical disagreements that led to its separation from the main yearly meeting. Key issues included resistance to revivalist evangelism, the adoption of the Uniform Discipline, and maintenance of traditional Quaker worship and…