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By 1889, the United Brethren had grown to over 200,000 members with six bishops. In that same year they experienced a division. Denominational leaders desired to make three changes: to give local conferences proportional representation at the General Conference; to allow laymen to serve as delegates to General Conference; and to allow United Brethren members to hold membership in secret societies.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ (New Constitution) was a Protestant Christian denomination with Arminian theology, roots in the Mennonite and German Reformed communities, and close ties to Methodism that formed in 1889 by a majority of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ when that denomination (of a similar tradition) amended the church constitution to give local ...
Americans who are (or were) members of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, either the denomination still in existence or the (New Constitution) part that merged in 1946 with The Evangelical Church.
Andrew Zeller was the fifth Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He was elected to this high office in 1817. He was elected to this high office in 1817. He was an important figure in the early history of his denomination and a pioneer in the history of Pennsylvania and the United States.
Persons elected Bishop of the Christian denomination known as the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, including the present denomination as well as the (New Constitution) Church that united with The Evangelical Church in 1922.
Cornelius was deeply involved and powerfully loyal to the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He was a frequent lay member to the St. Joseph Annual Conference, twice to the General Conference, and served for ten years as a Trustee of Otterbein College. Harriett Howard was likewise devoted, if unobtrusive in her religious expression.
Brethren in Christ Church, an Anabaptist Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite church, pietism, and Wesleyan holiness. They have also been known as River Brethren and River Mennonites; Church of the United Brethren in Christ, an evangelical denomination based in Huntington, Indiana. Old Order River Brethren; United Zion Church
The United Brethren in Christ Church, also known as "Five Mile Chapel", is a historic church building located southeast of Cincinnati in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1844, [ 2 ] it is a stone building with a stone foundation and a slate roof. [ 3 ]