QTDG was delighted to host two fascinating panels in mid-December 2025. If you missed the opportunity to hear these presentations in real time, we cordially invite you to listen to the Zoom recordings. Both the Friday panel and the Saturday panel are available for viewing on the QTDG YouTube page.

Our theme this year was Quaker Public Ministry: History, Practice, and Challenges:

Panel 1 –  Dec. 12, 2025, 8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GM

Stephen Angell: Martha Simmons, James Parnell, and James Nayler: Public Ministry in the First Period of Quakerism, 1653-1656
George Busolo Lukalo: Reflection on Joel Litu’s Public Ministry
Shawn Lazar: Joseph John Gurney’s Pneumatology of Public Ministry
Rady Roldan-Figueroa: The AFSC, Decolonization, and the Critique of Militarization in Puerto Rico

Panel 2:  Dec. 13, 2024, 8–10am PST / 11am–1pm EST / 4–6pm GMT

WindyCooler:Speculations for the Future of Public Ministry: Quaker Experiments and the Wider Church
MyronGuachalla:Can We Stop the Decrease in Attendance in Quakerism? 

JohnMuhanji:Reimagining Quaker Public Ministry in the African Context: A Christ-Woven Witness
Ashley Wilcox:A New Recording Process for the 21st Century