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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 ...
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).
Old Brethren German Baptist, also known as Leedyites, the most conservative denomination of Schwarzenau Brethren. They live in Indiana and Missouri; Old Order German Baptist Brethren, a small very conservative denomination; Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference, formed in 2009 as a result of a split among the Old German Baptist Brethren
In spite of the name, Old Brethren German Baptists do not use the German language anymore, neither a German dialect in everyday life nor Standard German for Bible and church as Old Order Amish and many Old Order Mennonites do. Old Brethren German Baptists had already given up the use of the German language when the first split of conservatives ...
Attempts in 1929-30 to reunite the Old Brethren and Old German Baptist Brethren were not successful. After 1930, the Old Brethren placed less stress on Annual Meeting authority than did their parent body, believing it to be a simple gathering more for edification, fellowship and teaching, rather than for legislation.
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.
The Old Order German Baptist Brethren split from the Old German Baptist Brethren in 1921, when members of the latter began to adopt automobiles. Though similar to the Old German Baptist Brethren in faith and practice, the Old Order German Baptist Brethren represent those who desired to maintain a strict adherence to tradition, such as the use ...
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 Brethren German Baptists (1939–) Old Order German Baptist Brethren (1921–) Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference (2009–) The Brethren ...