2005
The aim of the World Gathering of Young Friends 2005 was to bring together, at Lancaster University, Friends aged 18–35 from around the world to build community within the next generation of Quaker leaders. They studied and learnt from their heritage, shared their present-day expressions of faith, and tried to discern how Christ is guiding them to facilitate understanding within the Quaker family. By sharing experiences of living Quaker testimony from their varied cultures, they sought to ask humbly for guidance and to open themselves to the possibility of transformation. Unfortunately, the British government refused even temporary visas to many attendees from India and Africa (see below). Therefore, a second conference was held in Kanamai, Mombasa, Kenya from 20–24 October 2005.
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