Recorded Minister

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A Recorded Minister was a Quaker who was acknowledged to have a gift of spoken ministry.

The practice of recording in a Monthly Meeting Minute the acknowledgement that a Friend had a gift of spoken ministry began in the 1730s and was discontinued at London Yearly Meeting 1924, according to Milligan's Biographical dictionary of British Quakers in commerce and industry [1]. The acknowledgement did not involve anything like ordination or any payment, in view of early Friends' testimony against "Hireling Priests". Acknowledgement did permit the Recorded Minister to attend at Yearly Meeting and Meeting for Sufferings.

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  1. ^ Milligan's Biographical dictionary of British Quakers in commerce and industry p. 582 (Glossary)
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