The Brethren in Christ

Denomination·Founded 1778 CE·Brethren in Christ U.S. reports nearly 250 congregations. Membership counts are not published consistently, and the largest national churches are in Zimbabwe and Zambia rather than North America. The Brethren in Christ are members of Mennonite World Conference and are counted within its census.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Anabaptism → The Brethren in Christ

Brethren in Christ U.S.Mennonite World Conference

Branch
Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1Community 1 You × The Brethren in Christ Discussion

Figures

who it looks to — gods, spirits, ancestors; some rooms are empty on principle Part of Belief →
J Jacob Engle — a name at the head of a thinly recorded beginning. The Brethren in Christ have no founding document and no founding date they can defend to the year. Engle is the figure the tradition names for the first River Brethren baptisms in Lancaster County in the 1770s, and almost nothing else about him is recoverable. Domain The first River Brethren group and its baptismStanding Named in the histories, thinly documented, not venerated Meet them — context →

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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