This page aims to give some points for exploration of both historic and contemporary aspects of the Quaker peace testimony, with material from a variety of Quaker perspectives. Quaker testimonies are lived and developing aspects of our faith – we hope this gives some useful additional insight. (see also the text of our short leaflet “Quaker Approaches to Peace”)
Quaker’ Historic Testimony
- Our peace testimony | Quaker faith & practice (Quakers in Britain)
- Quakers in Britain leaflet (2019 edition)
- Examining the Quaker Peace Testimony – QuakerSpeak video
- Testimony to peace | The Friend Sep 2009 |article by Helen Steven)
- Peace and Nonviolence (quakersintheworld.org)
- Friends (Quakers) and Peace, by Bill Samuel – QuakerInfo.com (includes good international links)
- Text of 1660 declaration
- The Original Quaker Peace Testimony | Steve Smith, Western Friend
- Inward Light – an online library about Quakerism
Personal Testimony
- Quaker Peace Witness – Past & Present – video featuring Quakers in Leeds
- What It Means to Be a Quaker Peace Activist- YouTube
- Holding the Peace: Quaker Nonviolence in the Time of Black Lives Matter – YouTube
- Why I am still a pacifist
Quakers and peace in the news
- Violence is not the greatest force in the ‘real world.’ People of faith know this.- January 2026
- Quakers mark UN anniversary and warn world cooperation is under threat – January 2026
- “Your prayers are very important”: Quakers appeal for peace as war empties the city of Uvira – December 2025
- Quakers hold peaceful worship outside arms fair profiting from war and genocide – September 2025
- ** see also page of material relating to Ukraine, which includes links to Quaker content **
- FAITH VIEWPOINT: Kendal Quakers call for Gaza peace – June 2025
- Twelve new nuclear submarines will not keep us safe, Quakers say (June 2025)
- Quakers first British church to state belief that genocide underway in Gaza – May 2025
- FCNL and Partners Pen Letter to Congress Urging a “Positive Vision” for Peace in Ukraine – May 2025
- UK military spending hike a blow for global peace and justice, Quakers say – February 2025
- Put peace education in curriculum, Quakers urge government – Nov 2024
- Quaker peace work aims to turn the tide in East Africa – August 2024
- Silence on the city streets – Quakers and their fight for peace – July 2024
- Peace is Every Step: thousands join silent peace walk – January 2024
- How do we bring about peace in a world of war and chaos? Quakers like me might have the answer – December 2023
- Quakers in Britain call for respect for conscientious objection rights – August 2023
- Quakers oppose Armed Forces Day in Falmouth – June 2023
- Every school in Britain should have peer mediators, Quakers say – May 2023
- Marking a year of war in Ukraine – February 2023
- Quaker Statement on the Peace Testimony and Ukraine , and linked video October 2022
- The Peace Testimony and Ukraine | Bryan Garman, Friends Journal 15 March 2022
- A Roadmap to Prioritize Peace | Friends Committee On National Legislation (fcnl.org) – 31st January 2022
- War is Not the Answer in Ukraine | Friends Committee On National Legislation – 26th January 2022
- Quaker statement on Ukraine | Quakers in Britain – 25th January 2022
- Epistle from Quaker Heads of Agencies Meeting 8 December 2021
- Friends welcome Alternative Security Review | The Friend – 25 November 2021
- Friends in witness against DSEI – 23 September 2021
- Focusing on and Acting for Peace | Friends Committee On National Legislation– 21 September 2021
- Focusing on and Acting for Peace 21 September 2021
- Quakers lobby against Yemen arms sales 5th August 2021
- In military authorization vote, Quakers claim a victory – 7th July 2021
- Quaker wins landmark arms fair appeal – 1st July 2021
Quakers and peace – comment and discussion
- Why are Quakers pacifists? Podcast January 2026
- Bonhoeffer and the challenge of pacifism – April 2025
- The quick and the good: building a peace that lasts – March 2025
- With Peace in Sight, Friends Reflect on the Israel–Hamas War – February 2025
- Straight, not narrow: John Lampen addresses some misconceptions over the Peace Testimony – John Lampen, August 2024
- Returning evil: John Lampen’s Thought for the week – July 2023
- Friends Journal – August 2022 issue with a particular focus on the Peace Testimony
- A Statement on Christian Pacifisim – Friends Journal, 2003
- Making the case for peace education – YouTube
- How Bayard Rustin’s Quaker, AME Faith Shaped the Civil Rights Era | Sojourners
- Engaging with conflict and challenging hate | Quakers in Britain
- Conscientious objection: taxes for peace | Quakers in Britain
- How to heal divided communities: 5 tips from East African peace campaigners
- Conscientious objection: taxes for peace | Quakers in Britain
- Ambassadors for Peace on a Global Stage – Friends Journal
- What next for Quaker conciliation work? | Quakers in Britain
- Getting to the root of things: peace, crime and justice | Quakers in Britain
- The Quaker Peace Testimony: Living in the Power, Reclaiming the Source (quakerranter.org)
- Australian Fiend: Challenging War Stories
- 2021_International_Day_of_Peace_Statement_Signatures.pdf (quno.org)
- Two Decades of War | Friends Committee On National Legislation (fcnl.org)
- Twenty years on: reflecting on 11 September attacks | Quakers in Britain
Quaker Bookshop – peace-related
- Quaker Bookshop. Peace
- Quaker Bookshop. Conflict resolution
Longer pieces – including academic
- A Great Deep: The Peace Testimony and Historical Realism – Chuck Fager in Quaker Theology
- The Quaker Peace Testimony: An Investigation Into Private Religiosity – Christopher Andrew Morrissey
- “The Quaker Peace Testimony and its Contribution to the British Peace Movement – an overview” by Martin Ceadel (georgefox.edu)