Plymouth Brethren
From Conservapedia
The Plymouth Brethren or Christian Brethren is a small Protestant denomination which arose in Britain in the 1820s with the goal of returning to the beliefs and practices of the New Testament church. The denomination is loosely organized and does not have ordained clergy; the three main groupings are the "Open Brethren", "Closed Brethren" and "Exclusive Brethren", which refers to Communion practice.
They are best known for devising the theory of Dispensationalism, especially as formulated by Anglican priest John Nelson Darby, the founder of the "Exclusive" grouping. This theory became a core belief of Fundamentalism in the 20th century.
In 2005 the denomination, now known as the "Christian Brethren" reported 86,000 members and 600 clergy in the United States. They do not ordain their clergy. Since 1941 it operates Emmaus Bible College, which since 1984 has been located in Dubuque, Iowa.
There are about 100,000 members in Britain.
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External links
External links
Open Brethren
- BrethrenPedia :: The Plymouth Brethren Wiki Documenting the history of the brethren movement one assembly at a time
- Bruederbewegung About the Brethren Movement in Germany
- Bible Archive Web Log (blog) system based in the US.
- BrethrenAssembly.Com
- BrethrenAssembly.Com Forum Discussion Forum operated by Indian Brethren.
- Brethren Online.Org
- Emmaus Bible College Brethren Bible College based in the US (Dubuque, IA).
- Kawartha Lakes Bible College Brethren Bible College based in Canada
- Plymouth Brethren Discussion Forum Discussion Forum operated by Canadian Brethren
- Updated list of assemblies :: News, Reviews & Who's Who
- Plymouth Brethren.Org
- Plymouth Brethren.Com
- ShawnCuthill.com - A Canadian web site for PB assemblies
- BibleTruth.net - A portal for PB information for locating and contacting individual assemblies
- GospelHall.org - A conservative Open Brethren forum site
- MSC (Missionary Service Committee) - A Canadian site with an address book of many PB assemblies and overseas missionaries
- CMML (Christian Missions in Many Lands) - A US site with an address book of many PB overseas missionaries
Closed Brethren
- Salvation Ministries USA
- Pathways ministries Canada USA Assemblies List
- Brethren News
- Good News Gospel Outreach
- Closed Bible Society
Exclusive Brethen
- The Exclusive Brethren - The only 'Exclusive Brethren' endorsed site
- My Brethren.Org (Exclusive Brethren)
- The Brethren Writers' Hall of Fame — a biographical gallery of several prominent writers from the Plymouth Brethren and several others who had similar views.
Bibliography:
- Adams, Norman - Goodbye, Beloved Brethren. (1972, Impulse Publications Inc) ISBN 0901311138
- Coad, F. Roy - A History of the Brethren Movement: Its Origins, Its Worldwide Development and Its Significance for the Present Day. (2001, Regent College Publishing) ISBN 1573831832
- Ironside, H. A. - Historical Sketch of the Brethren Movement. (1985,Loizeaux Brothers) ISBN 0872133443
- Neatby, William Blair - A History of the Plymouth Brethren, (1901); Reprinted by Tentmaker Publications [5] covers the first seventy years of the Brethren movement.
- Pickering, Henry, Chief Men Among the Brethren, (1st ed. 1918 London: Pickering & Inglis), Loizeaux Brothers, Inc. Neptune, NJ, 1996, ISBN 0872137988
- Smith, Natan Dylan. - Roots, Renewal and the Brethren. (1996, Hope Publishing House) ISBN 0932727085
- Strauch, Alexander. - Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership. (1995, Lewis & Roth Publishers) ISBN 0936083115
- Stunt, Timothy C. F., From awakening to secession : radical evangelicals in Switzerland and Britain, 1815-35, Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 2000, ISBN 0567087190
