Each volume contains an answer to the question, “Who are the Brethren?” by a different contributor in order to show the measure of spiritual freedom in the application of New Testament church principles. There may be some who read this book who have had little acquaintance with the people who are commonly called ‘brethren’, and…

It is an interesting fact that perhaps quite a large proportion of the membership of local assemblies of open or Christian brethren could not give a coherent reason as to why they are members of such assemblies, nor could they answer with any precision the question ‘Who are the brethren?’. The answer can be divided…

The missionary enterprise described in this and the following volumes is probably the most notable aspect of what is popularly called the Brethren movement. As the story of the missionary enterprise begins with Anthony Norris Groves and his associates, the story of the Brethren movement as a whole also begins with them. The people called…

The Bible Chapel is the meeting place of a company of Christians who gather together in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ alone. They have learned from the New Testament scriptures that denominationalism is not only unknown in its pages, but its very idea is unsparingly condemned. See 1 Corinthians 3:1-7. In view of…