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Official website of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, New Conference; Pietism Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine - an overview of Radical Pietism, of which the Brethren Movement is a part. About German Baptists "German Baptist Brethren" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 769. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913).
According to the 2009 Directory of Officials, [16] the Old German Baptist Brethren had 6,149 members in 56 churches at the end of 2008, although this number was reduced to approximately 3600 members after the 2009 Annual Meeting Report which led to the organization of the Old German Baptist Brethren (New Conference). The largest concentration ...
German Baptist Brethren (Schwarzenau Brethren, Dunkers), changed their name to Old German Baptist Brethren in 1881; Church of the Brethren, 1908-Ephrata Cloister (1732–2009; known as German Seventh Day Baptist Church from 1814 then on) Church of God (New Dunkers) (1848–1962) Old German Baptist Brethren (1881–) Old Brethren (1913–)
Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference, emerged 2009, a more liberal split from the Old German Baptist Brethren; Old Order River Brethren, emerged 1856, divided in three subgroups, mostly car driving, the only Old Orders among the River Brethren. Hutterites. Lehrerleut, the most traditional of the Hutterite groups that emerged in 1877
The Beliefs of the Old Order German Baptists are in many ways similar to the Old German Baptist Brethren, the group from which they emerged.. The Old Order German Baptists use tractors and other motorized equipment in their farming, while the Old Brethren German Baptists, a similar horse and buggy group, farm with horses.
Old Brethren German Baptists, emerged 1939, with about 130 members in 2015, a horse and buggy group that also uses horses for field work, the most conservative group. Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference, emerged 2009, with about 2,800 members, a more liberal split from the Old German Baptist Brethren.
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In 1860s and '70s the traditionalists among the Brethren opposed the adoption of innovations such as revival meetings, Sunday schools, and foreign missionary work.. Stressing church discipline, Annual Meetings, and the preservation of the "older order" of church ordinances, worship, and dress, they formed the Old German Baptist Brethre