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The districts of the Church of the Brethren are twenty-four regional divisions that serve to administer approximately one thousand congregations [1] of the Church of the Brethren in the United States and Puerto Rico. Districts are divided along state and county lines with membership and geographic scope varying widely.
The first Brethren congregation was established in the United States in 1723. These church bodies became commonly known as "Dunkards" or "Dunkers", and more formally as German Baptist Brethren. The Church of the Brethren represents the largest denomination descended from the Schwarzenau Brethren, adopting this name in 1908.
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In many parts of the U.S. they formed Czech congregations within the Presbyterian Church. Some who settled as farmers in the state of Texas decided to form their own denomination. Jindřich Juren (1850–1921) came to Texas in 1876, and from 1881 to 1888 was the only minister to these Brethren congregations.
October 11, 2016 (15945 FM 1458: San Felipe: State Historic Site: 9: Wesley Brethren Church: Wesley Brethren Church: January 18, 1979 (S of Wesley: Wesley: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; Churches with Decorative Interior Painting TR
The category includes dioceses in the US of Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and other denominations, as well of the state and local affiliates of denominations whose subdivisions are called districts, synods, conferences or conventions.
Lawmakers gave the school board until Nov. 17 to adopt the new district maps. If the deadline is missed, the school board will be required to use the same district maps used by the Johnston County ...
The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Czech: Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), [3] [4] [5] is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Czech: Jednota ...