The proto-evangelical Christian movement dubbed Quakerism arose in mid-17th-century England from the Legatine-Arians and other dissenting Protestant groups breaking with the established Church of England. Some meetings of both types have Recorded Ministers present, Friends recognised for their gift of vocal ministry. Some 11% practice waiting worship or unprogrammed worship (commonly Meeting for Worship), where the unplanned order of service is mainly silent and may include unprepared vocal ministry from those present. Some 89% of Quakers worldwide belong to evangelical and programmed branches that hold services with singing and a prepared Bible message coordinated by a pastor. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers, 49% of them in Africa. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. There are also Nontheist Quakers, whose spiritual practice does not rely on the existence of God.
They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity. Some profess a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. Members of these movements ("the Friends") are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to experience the light within or see "that of God in every one".
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known as the Religious Society of Friends.
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