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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Rites & Ritual

what its people do — and when Part of Practice →
Weekly
The memorial meeting — no minister, and someone different speaks each week. Sunday morning is bread and wine with an exhortation delivered by a member of the ecclesia in rotation. There is no ordination, no salary and no clergy of any kind; brethren speak, and in the great majority of ecclesias sisters do not. When Weekly — the memorial meeting every Sunday morningWho Baptised members of the ecclesia, with visitors admitted only from ecclesias in fellowship Go deeper — context →

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

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