What do Quakers believe?  The Society of Friends has no formal creed.  We are a religious fellowship based on common religious ideas and experiences.  Over the years Friends have made many attempts to set down the nature of their faith.  Some of these statements have been grounded in Christian orthodoxy.  Others have a close kinship with the mystics of many ages and many religious traditions.  None speak for all Friends or for all times.  Each person is encouraged to prayerfully seek individual guidance and follow the Light within.

At a gathering in the summer of 2019, members and attenders at Richmond Friends Meeting were asked the question that Quaker founder George Fox posed in 1694-”What canst thou say?”  In the following statements individual Friends are expressing their own spiritual beliefs.  They reflect the diversity which is found in our meeting.