|Religious Society of Friends| |Symbol used by Friends' service
organizations since the late 19th century|
|Theology||Evangelical, Liberal, Orthodox| |Distinct
fellowships||Friends World Committee for Consultation|
|Associations||Friends United Meeting, Evangelical Friends
International, Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, Conservative
Friends, Friends General Conference, Beanite Quakerism|
|Separated from||Church of England| Quakers, or Friends, are
members of a family of religious movements which collectively
are known as the Religious Society of Friends. Friends' central
doctrine is the priesthood of all believers, a doctrine derived
from a verse in the New Testament, 1 Peter 2:9. Most Quakers
view themselves as a Christian denomination. They include those
with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional
conservative Quaker understandings of Christianity. In today's
world, around 89% of Friends worldwide worship in churches that
have programmed worship —that is worship with singing unto God,
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