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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.
The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Czech: Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), [3] [4] [5] is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Czech: Jednota ...
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.
However, the new law did not enable them to revive an independent church to continue the tradition of the Bohemian Reformation. They had to join either the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession or the Evangelical Church of the Helvetic Confession. In 1918, they were united into the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.
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.
Free Church of Scotland - has 9 congregations in North America; Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) - has 8 congregations in the USA; Associated Presbyterian Churches - has 1 congregation in Vancouver; Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland - has 3 congregations in the US and Canada; Chart of splits and mergers of North American Presbyterian ...
The Church of God (New Dunkers) was a religious group that was formed in 1848 by dissidents of the Schwarzenau Brethren (now known as Church of the Brethren). The Church appear to be indebted to Peter Eyman ( ca. 1805–1852) for their origin.
Restorationism [31] at the time was centered on movements that wanted to renew the church, such as the Lollards, the Brethren of the Common Life, [32] the Hussites, and Girolamo Savonarola's reforms in Florence.