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Former Brethren church (Betesda) in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The Church of the Brethren in the United States—like many other mainline churches—has experienced a steady decline in membership since the middle of the 20th century. Despite the overall decline, growth has occurred in some areas through church planting, evangelism, and outreach.
Donald F. Durnbaugh (1927–2005) was a noted historian of the Church of the Brethren who published more than 200 books, articles, reviews, and essays on its history. In the words of Dale Brown, with whom he taught at Bethany Theological Seminary, Durnbaugh was "the dean of Brethren historians."
Jan Hus at the stake The spread of reformation movements in 16th-century Europe (Bohemian Reformation in orange). The Bohemian Reformation (also known as the Czech Reformation [1] or Hussite Reformation), preceding the Reformation of the 16th century, was a Christian movement in the late medieval and early modern Kingdom and Crown of Bohemia (mostly what is now present-day Czech Republic ...
Expansion across the continent and changes due to the Industrial Revolution caused strain and conflict among the Brethren. In the early 1880s a major schism took place resulting in a three-way split: The traditional Old German Baptist Brethren, the progressive Brethren Church, and the conservative German Baptist Brethren, who later changed their name to the Church of the Brethren in 1908.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ is an evangelical Christian denomination with churches in 17 countries. It is Protestant, with an episcopal structure and Arminian theology, with roots in the Mennonite and German Reformed communities of 18th-century Pennsylvania, as well as close ties to Methodism.
Jimmie T.Roberts (June 5, 1939 – December 6, 2015) was the founder of a religious movement known as The Brethren.Within the group, it is alternatively referred to as the Brothers, the Church, the Assembly, and The Body of Christ.
Yet these differences reveal a deep division of thought on the nature of the church, and the relationship of the church and the Christian to the world. The beliefs of Conrad Grebel and the Swiss Brethren have left an impression on the life and thought of Amish , Baptist , Schwarzenau Brethren / German Baptist , and Mennonite churches, as well ...
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