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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.
English: A map of the international presence of the Church of the Brethren, past and present. Español: ... Districts of the Church of the Brethren; Wikipedia ...
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.
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.
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Church of the Brethren (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Church of the Brethren" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Klein Meetinghouse is an historic Dunkard (Schwarzenau Brethren or Church of the Brethren) meetinghouse that is located in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.Built in 1843, it is the second oldest congregation of the Brethren in the United States, and was established in this area in 1720 when Peter Becker, who led the Brethren to America in 1714, built this meetinghouse.
That is, the Brethren stressed religion as a way of living rather than as conformity to a confession of faith or an alliance with a denomination. Elijah Linch next took up the leadership in preaching Universalism. Linch is the transition agent for the Brethren in their evolution to the public acceptance of Universalism. Elijah Linch
Pages in category "Brethren denominations in North America" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .