What is the Evangelical Friends Church?
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Evangelical Quakers! That’s who makes up the membership of the Evangelical Friends Church. In this video we’ll discuss their doctrine and practice.
00:00 Friends Church in Yorba Linda, CA
00:35 American Quaker Landscape
01:36 North America Yearly Meetings
03:10 Christian Liberty
03:40 Core Christian Theology
04:00 Ordinances
08:05 Scripture
08:17 Creation & Evolution
10:40 The Fall & Original Sin
11:07 Salvation
12:56 Eternal Security View
13:36 Sanctification
15:11 Spiritual Gifts
15:37 Speaking in Tongues
16:49 Eschatology
16:59 Marriage & Divorce
17:46 Life Issues
18:16 Worship Style
20:00 Alcohol, Tobacco
20:47 Gambling, Tithing
21:13 War & Politics, Oaths
22:35 Doctrine of the Church
22:51 Church Polity, Ministers
23:33 Women in Ministry
24:19 Educational Institutions
24:39 Affiliations & Statistics
24:59 Conclusion on Friends Church Yorba Linda
I was a Quaker for 6 months and absorbed 20 books of their literature, theology, and history. As taught by George Fox, Pure Quakerism is heresy of syncretism, trying to combine eastern mysticism of an inner light in all humans with Christian teaching. Early Quakers were still the first great slave abolitionists in America and had a long history of Holy works, so many of them were Christians. Modern-day Evangelical Quakers are mostly non-denominational/ Wesleyan in theology and have gotten rid of the most distinct Quaker theology. Which is a good thing. I still have a soft spot for them, though, and Robert Barclay still remains my favorite theologian since he got a lot right in his writings besides Quakerism, ironically. Their emphasis on regeneration and sanctification, the power of the Holy Spirit, and rejection of all external pomp and arrogance struck a chord with me. Still, alas, I could not remain a Quaker. I still get nourishment from Barclay from time to time, though; excellent video! Very well done!
Thanks great info!
My dad grew up in a Quaker church in Anaheim, CA. It was probably part of this denomination of Quakers. He had a biblical worldview as a result of it.
These Evangelical Friends provide a great example to the wider Evangelical world of how to make room for people of good will who reach or hold differing views on non-essentials. In my experience (family members), they are eager to promote the unity of the Spirit and affirm others' rights to differ.
Now that the Global Methodist Church officially exists, will that be the next video topic?
I’m always excited for information on Quakers, and learning about this particular grouping is rather striking. As someone from Ireland I would almost exclusively associate the Friends with: small Meetings; quiet, totally unprogrammed, non-sacramental, worship; theological liberalism and historical-critical views of scripture; political and social activism; strong emphasis on LGBT inclusion; etc.
Interesting to see such a large group from the same tradition look so different.
I'm losely affiliated with Britain Yearly Meeting, so I know what you mean.
Historian David Starkey was raised a Quaker. He said that as a young man, hearing people speak as the Holy Spirit moved them in church, the thought occurred to him, “Who knew God read the Manchester Guardian?”
Excellent and fair. As an EFC pastor (since 1990) and a Friends College administrator (Barclay), I appreciate that this video is thorough and accurate. Including Dr. Crawford's research to reinforce and underpin quotes from Faith and Practice (across North American Regions) was effective. The internet is full of Quaker/Friends information from the liberal /Hicksite split (FGC) point of view (See your previous video "Quakers: Most asked Questions"). EFC and FGC are two different denominations (for the last 200 years) with shared founding and early development (first @175 years). It is nice to have a high-quality presentation of the EFC. Thank you, Ready to Harvest, for your work, specifically this video.
A Quaker megachurch. Who knew?
When i lived in california, friends church yorba linda was my home church. I did not know of their denomination until much later, but they did not stray from the Bible. Or at least their Biblical interpretation was always more literal. And their beliefs on ‘hot’ topics didn’t stray, even when they found themselves highly contested by the world and even some other churches. It truly is great church. Pastor Matthew Cork and Chris Ward are great pastors there.
Could you please make a video about the Pentacostal Churches of Christ denomination?😉 I think it would make for an interesting video😉
Thank you, Joshua. Always well-presented and informative. 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thanks for presenting a very good overview!
You should do a video on united house of prayer for all people.
It's worth noting that President Herbert Hoover attended Friends Pacific Academy and a building at George Fox University is dedicated in his memory. Also his childhood home is a few blocks south of the campus and is preserved as a museum.
While GFU is a Friends university (and NWYM is headquartered there) most students are non-Quaker evangelicals, and this includes GFU's Portland Seminary at the Tigard campus.
“Must agree on the essentials” Ok but who decides the essentials?
The Creation & Evolution part reminds me of what I witch on the Babylon Bee's video about the ark experience and creation museum.
I attended Friends University in Wichita but could never really nail down what they believed. The Quaker University Church seemed to be evangelical with a pastor and music. They did have the quiet time of prayer and sharing but also a message from the Bible. I think they were anti war but never spoke of such a thing. I think they were very strong on the Priesthood of the believer.
That quote at 12:40 by Northwest Friends is the essence of Quakerism. The teaching drew me to desire the inward power of the Holy Spirit and the part about "virtually destroying" priestly religion through the indwelling of God's Spirit in all believers. *sigh*. So much good in the Quakers and so much bad.
never heard of them, interesting
Richard Nixon probably went to that Yorba Linda church at some point. He was a Quaker, and Yorba Linda is his birthplace.
He went to First Friends in Whittier. Extended members of the family still attend there. Its my church.
I would love to see another Nazarene video.
Now would be a good time to do an overview of different views on abortion between denominations.
How about the very small Pentecostal Fire Baptized Holiness Church, that left the Pentecostal Holiness Church in 1919?
I am an Irish Quaker, also called The Religious Society of Friends.
We have no creed, no paid clergy, no sacraments and meet in silence in an unprogrammed Meeting for Worship.
It seems that we have very little in common with The Evangelical Friends
Eventually you're going to run out of these fringe denominations, what do you plan to do to keep this great channel going?! I have one idea or suggestion although it may not be as interesting to others as it is to me....but run through the larger denominations again with one twist: what did they espouse, teach, practice, etc. in 1823 or even in 1923?? I realize this would take a LOT of work but the insight it would give today I think would be invaluable to help us see what we came from and how we got where we are today.
That would be interesting, though it's a lot harder to get accurate info on that since you have to rely on stuff that is not in print and often not digitized. The good news is that I really won't run out of denominations to cover, and there's even still many major denominations I have not made videos about yet. (Like, I don't have a "What is the Catholic Church" or Eastern Orthodox, Disciples of Christ, United Church of Christ, Moravian Church, etc.) I currently have a to-do list of over 50 denominations and it is getting longer more often than it gets shorter.
@@ReadyToHarvest Thanks Joshua! Sounds great! But if you ever want to pursue the historic aspects of sects and denominations I have a pretty good library ;)
I can affirm that NWYM is anti-evolution - while with them I was discriminated against as a biology teacher because I adhere to the scientific understandings. Not that everyone has to adhere to this - but that the meeting as a whole is against it.
"Each of these has [its] own".
"This church says that the bible is without error" sounds like my sort of church 👌
6:58 Quakers at *Jerry Falwell's* Liberty University???
Evangelical Quakers have utterly lost their distinctives and come off like Baptists, so yeah.
I grew up in the EFC-ER. It was a solid church, and the doctrinal statement is indeed othordox, evangelical, protestant, and Christian. But, I must admit that we were prone to many errors you'll find in the seeker sensitive movement, trend chasing, abandoning the Bible on certain points. Then, there are the other "quaker" movements which are not even close to Christianity.
How old is this church? Would President Nixon have been a member?
Yes, he was.
Could this be the original Quaker church? Idk it just sounds like what George Fox was into then todays kinda non-Christian Quakerism.
What's Quaker about it?
not much really, it’s pretty mainline non-denominational Christian, they just don’t really emphasize water baptisms and less focus on communion. they are christian first , quaker second. grew up in one of these churches.
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It's always we believe the Bible is perfect. Except for this part it doesn't mean what it says lol be a Bible believer you don't need a pope.
Evangelical fren 🐸
It's one thing to misunderstand the purpose and nature of baptism, as the denominations who practice so called "believers' baptism" do.
It's another thing to outright tell Jesus "no Lord, I will not be baptized, nor will I have my children baptized ever, even though you said to do it."
Those who totally reject baptism, the preaching office, and indeed the Bible itself cannot be considered Christians. It is for that reason that I don't consider the vast majority of Quakers throughout history to have been Christians, even before a bunch of them went socially liberal.
Quaker orthodoxy rejects baptism entirely, pretty much rejects the preaching office entirely, and the Bible is all but completely jettisoned as a source of theology. Their "services" are focused on sitting around waiting for private revelations and silently looking at each other like weirdoes. You cannot remain in such an environment for long and remain a Christian.
The denomination discussed in this video is one of the few Quaker sects to ever exist that I would consider to be a Christian denomination, despite being deeply heterodox.
Why is it everyone who makes fun of silent worship doesn’t know how to shut the hell up?
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
The Baptism of John was with water that of Jesus with the Holy Spirit.
@@christiner4213 Many of the early Quakers also believed in Christ and the movement of the Holy Ghoat. Many today are just a proto-New Age movement.
@@timamor915 The water refers to John's outward act. The baptism of the Spirit refer's to God act. But it is God's act in the water baptism. There is no "two baptisms" happening here: water baptism is Spirit baptism.
I think if you want to be honest about the interpretation of the verse quoted in reference to John's and Jesus’s baptism both traditional views and Quaker views are inlaying their own beliefs. The real question is what is the minimal requirement of scripture to be able to recognize true faith. That is what I have been taught as an Evangelical Friend.
We allow freedom to those that believe it is required for their own faith, but we do not want to make requirements when there are potential exceptions in scripture (the thief on the cross)