The Quaker peace testimony

The peace testimony is about deeds not creeds; not a form of words but a way of living.

It is the cumulative lived witness of generations of Quakers…… the peace testimony is not about being nice to people and living so that everyone likes us.

It will remain a stumbling block and will itself cause conflict and disagreement.

The Quaker peace testimony

The peace testimony is a tough demand that we should not automatically accept the categories, definitions and priorities of the world… the peace testimony, today, is seen in what we do, severally and together, with our lives.

We pray for the involvement of the Spirit with us that we may work for a more just world. We need to train to wage peace.

The Quaker peace testimony

Peacemaking isn’t about being meek or passive – instead, it means finding ways to interrupt injustice without mirroring it