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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.
In 1965, its congregations and parishes merged with those planted by missionaries of the Church of the Brethren, to form the United Evangelical Church of Ecuador (Iglesia Evangélica Unida del Ecuador or IEUE), which changed in 1999 its name to United Evangelical Methodist Church of Ecuador. The United Church's first president was Rev. Gonzalo ...
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 Brethren Church had 17,042 members in 1906, 24,060 in 1916, 26,026 in 1926 and 30,363 in 1936. [1] In 1939 with the founding of the National Fellowship of Brethren Churches, now the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, some 17,000 members left the Brethren Church. In 1956 there were 18,697 members, in 1964 18,013, in 1976 15,920, in 1984 ...
Studite Brethren, a society in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; United Brethren, a group of Methodists who later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; The United Seventh-Day Brethren, an Adventist body "The Brethren", a collective name for the general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The head office of the organization is in Quito, Ecuador. It was founded in 1982. [1] Members. Andean region; National Council of Christian Churches in Brazil;
Aug. 14—Pleasant View Church of the Brethren will celebrate its 245th anniversary Aug. 15. A Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. will initiate the festivities leading up to the 250th anniversary in 2026.
English: A map of the international presence of the Church of the Brethren, past and present. Español: Una mapa de la Iglesia de los Hermanos, pasado y presente.