Registration for the 2025 Quaker Theological Discussion Group panels is now available! You can register at this link!

Our sessions will be: December 12-13, 8-10am PST / 11am-1pm EST / 4-6pm GMT/ 7-9pm Eastern African Time, all on zoom. Links will be sent in a few weeks.

Quaker Public Ministry: History, Practice, and Challenges is our theme this year, and here are the panels:

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

Business meeting, Dec 13: If you can, stay after the panel on Saturday to learn more about Quaker Theological Discussion Group and Quaker Religious Thought, and help us brainstorm topic ideas for next year!

We hope you can attend!

Shalom,
Christy Randazzo and Cherice Bock, QTDG Co-Chairs