Papers, minutes and support can be found on the Meeting for Sufferings pages.
Meeting for Sufferings:
- takes decisions and manages business between Yearly Meetings
- sets priorities for Quaker work
- helps other parts of Britain Yearly Meeting e.g. by sharing information and testing concerns from area meetings
The name Meeting for Sufferings refers to the time when Quakers were persecuted for following their faith. Their 'sufferings' were recorded by a meeting. This 'meeting for sufferings' has changed its function, if not its name, over hundreds of years.