Many Friends have contributed to the creation of this online library. We could not have done this without the help of many.

Curator: Peter Blood. Peter is a member of Mt Toby Friends Meeting in New England YM and attends Three Rivers Friends Meeting. Peter has a ministry of religious education and writing under the care of that meeting. He is a graduate of the Shalem Institute of Spiritual Formation’s program in spiritual direction and has been teaching, leading workshops, and writing about Quakerism since the early 1990s. He has been active in Quaker Religious Education Collaborative. Peter plays the central role in identifying pieces of writing for this library and obtaining permissions (where applicable) for their inclusion here.He has received grants from the Obadiah Brown Benevolent Fund and NEYM’s Legacy Gift Fund in support of this online library project

Website Designer: Jonathan Vogel Borne. Jonathan is a member of Friends Meeting at Cambridge in New England YM and attends Three Rivers Friends Meeting. He was the General Secretary of New England YM from 1990-2013. He has a ministry of building and maintaining websites for Quaker groups and other faith communities. He is webmaster for Friends Peace Teams, Quaker Religious Education Collaborative, and Friends Theological College among many others.

Website Associates

J.T. Dorr-Bremme is a member of Three Rivers Friends Meeting. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania. He was a former member of the Prophetic Climate Action Working Group.

Jim Fussell is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington living in Richmond, Indiana. He carries special concerns for deepening our understanding of Quaker testimonies.

Andrew Grant is a member of Mt Toby Friends Meeting and attends Three Rivers Meeting. He has a ministry of right relationship with Indigenous peoples under the care of Mt Toby Meeting.

Library Advisors

These are Friends who have been providing advice and support including suggesting materials and general guidance. This is not a formal board and these Friends are not responsible for the content of the landing pages for each section or necessarily in unity with all of the materials posted on the site.

Paul Buckley is a member of Clear Creek Meeting in Ohio Valley YM. He is a former clerk of that YM. He is also the author of many Quaker books and articles in Friends Journal.

Brian Drayton is a recorded minister and member of Weare (NH) in New England YM. His books include On Living with a Concern for Gospel Ministry, Language for the Inward Landscape: Spiritual Wisdom from the Quaker Movement (with William Taber Jr), and Messages to Meetings. He blogs at Amor Vicat: https://amorvincat.wordpress.com/about/ May Love Have the Victory!.

Deborah Fisch is a member and recognized elder in Paulina Meeting of Iowa YM (Conservative). She is a respected writer and speaker with a special concern for supporting Friends called to gospel and traveling ministry.. She served as the staff coordinator for Friends General Conference’s Traveling Ministries Program from from 1998-2015. She is a member of the Oversight of Ministry Committee for Peter Blood.

Jenny Isbell-Shin is a member of Mt Toby Meeting in New England YM. Jenny actively calls out and supports the ministry of others. She also has a ministry under the care of Mt Toby Meeting with a special concern for spiritual formation and gospel ministry.

Marcelle Martin is a member of Swarthmore Meeting in Philadelphia YM. She has been a frequent teacher of Quakerism at Pendle Hill, for School of the Spirit and for the Nurturing Faithfulness program of New England YM. She has written frequently for Friends Journal and is the author Our Life Is Love:

We would also like to express deep appreciation to the following for their generous advice and assistance:

  • Michael Birkel, retired faculty of Earlham School of Religion.
  • Stephanie Effinger-Crumley of West Richmond Friends Meeting in New Association of Friends
  • Mary Garman – for helping to gather and lift up early Quaker women’s writings in Hidden in Plain Sight and for urging us to include the report of the International Theological Conference of Quaker Women in this library
  • Doug Gwyn – Quaker author
  • Tom Hamm – former director of the Friends Collection at Earlham College Library and creator of Quaker Digital Archive
  • Jan Hoffman – for help in acquiring many writings especially on the subjects of eldership and prophecy. Jan (who died in 2024) also offered tremendous guidance as to a deeply grounded understanding of God-woven Quakerism.
  • Jordan Landes, Curator of Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College
  • Rebecca Mays of Westtown Meeting in Philadelphia YM. Rebecca is the former Director of Publications at Pendle Hill.
  • Susan Smith is an elder and former clerk of Ohio YM. She did extensive work in building the section of the library on Quaker eldership in collaboration with the Jan Hoffman.
  • Christopher Stern of Middletown Mtg (Lima PA) especially for writings of Lewis Benson and other in New Foundations Fellowship and on gospel ministry.