Category talk:Quaker ministers

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I do not understand this category. Surely all Quakers have ministry? There are elders, but not appointed ministers? Can someone explain? Eebahgum 17:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

In the 1600's of England, The Religious Society of Friends recorded Public Friends in ministry as evidenced in the Valiant Sixty recorded ministers. Recorded ministers and elders sat in the front of the meetinghouse on the Facing Benches. Today recorded ministers are those who have been approved by their yearly meeting. 