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Quote on the Brethren from WL Craig
Worldwide there are about 46,000 Exclusive Brethren, mostly in the [[UK]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] but also with congregations in the USA, [[Europe]] and [[Argentina]].
Worldwide there are about 46,000 Exclusive Brethren, mostly in the [[UK]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] but also with congregations in the USA, [[Europe]] and [[Argentina]].
Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] said of the Brethren:
"In fact, I would say that of the churches that I’ve worshiped in the one that would probably have the most plausible claim to be like the New Testament church would be the Brethren. When we were in England, we worshiped at a Plymouth Brethren church. In these churches there was no appointed minister who would preach every Sunday. Instead there were elders. Anyone could stand up during the service and share a song or a Scripture reading or give an exhortation. It sounded very much like the kind of worship service that you have in 1 Corinthians 12 to 14 where various prophets would get up and speak and the others would weigh what is said. That sort of worship service to me probably comes closest to what was going on in the New Testament in these local communities where there were no professional clergy and there were just local Christian groups that would meet together."<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/the-bible-answer-man-embraces-orthodoxy#ixzz4p75djla0 Reasonable Faith Podcast: The Bible Answer Man Embraces Orthodoxy</ref>
See [[Pietism]].
See [[Pietism]].