The Christadelphians

Denomination·Founded 1848 CE·Around 50,000 worldwide in roughly 120 countries is the figure usually cited, from the Columbia Encyclopedia and repeated widely. There is no central body and no census: each ecclesia keeps its own roll and no one aggregates them, so the number is an estimate and should be read as one. Substantial communities exist in Britain, Australia, North America, Malawi, Mozambique and India.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The Christadelphians

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Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 2 You × The Christadelphians Discussion

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who it looks to — gods, spirits, ancestors; some rooms are empty on principle Part of Belief →
J John Thomas — the doctor who resolved to start from scratch. A London-trained physician who emigrated in 1832, joined the Campbell movement, quarrelled with Alexander Campbell over the nature of man and the resurrection, and worked out a complete system from the text. Elpis Israel, published in 1849, is still the movement's foundational exposition. Domain Doctrine worked out from the text alone; prophecy; the kingdom restored to IsraelStanding Read and cited, and firmly not treated as an authority above the text Meet them — context →

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

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