Need help with the mysterious Quaker acronyms?
We understand. There are a lot of them. We were once confused too!
Here are a few, decoded:
| BFM | Birmingham Friends Meeting | this Quaker meeting |
| FCE | Friends Council on Education | liaison among Quaker schools nationwide |
| FCNL | Friends Committee on National Legislation | Quaker lobbying office in Washington, DC |
| FGC | Friends General Conference | umbrella organization of mostly unprogrammed Quaker meetings throughout the United States |
| FUM | Friends United Meeting | umbrella organization of programmed Quaker meetings and churches |
| FWCC | Friends World Committee on Consultation | umbrella organization that loosely ties all programmed and unprogrammed Quaker meetings and churches together, and sponsors world gatherings of Friends |
| GPQM | Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting | umbrella organization of unprogrammed Quaker monthly meetings and worship groups in the lower peninsula of Michigan; it meets four times a year |
| LEYM | Lake Erie Yearly Meeting | umbrella organization of unprogrammed Quaker monthly meetings and worship groups in Ohio, Michigan and Pittsburgh, PA |
| MM | Monthly Meeting | a local Quaker meeting (most of which meet weekly for worship; business meetings are held monthly) |
| QUNO | Quaker United Nations Office | Quaker lobbying office at the U.N. |