I was attracted to Quakerism by the fiery radicalism of its earliest vision. Non-violent, confrontational, they offered an alternative to the nascent capitalism and greed of seventeenth-century England. Theirs was a faith and practice rooted in stillness, silence, and listening to the Inward Lamb. I began attending Meetings and reading everything I could about the earliest Quakers. As a newcomer I assumed the spirituality and practice of modern Quakers remained in harmony with its original vision. I was devastated to realise that this was not the case. Modern Quakerism has severed ties with the brilliant insights of the earliest Friends of Truth.

Revolutionary Quakers, based on the Isle of Wight, seeks to provide an alternative Quaker way – one which keeps pace with the spirit and practice of early Quakers – and to challenge the status quo of modern Quakerism.