Weblinks: International Friends Links

Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) was set up at the 1937 World Conference of Friends in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA, "to act in a consultative capacity to promote better understanding among Friends the world over, particularly by the encouragement of joint conferences and intervisitation, the collection and circulation of information about Quaker literature and other activities directed towards that end." About 175 representatives, appointed by the almost 70 affiliated yearly meetings and groups, meet together every three years at Triennials, aiming to provide links between Friends as they seek to perceive God's will more clearly, so that they may more effectively make their corporate witness. An Interim Committee meets annually to continue FWCC's decision making processes and guide the work of the staff between Triennials. Canadian Yearly Meeting is affiliated with FWCC.

As a personal witness, with the encouragement and help of other Friends, Russell Nelson of Potsdam, New York, a member of St. Lawrence Allowed Meeting of Ottawa Monthly Meeting, created and maintains this World Quaker Website of all things Quaker. When it began in early 1995, it was the first Quaker website in the world.