Who knows the Plymouth Brethren? (1 Viewer)

[Rumpel]

Here they speak for themselves:

Like all Christians, members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) are empowered by the Holy Bible, but unlike others we are not always well understood.

We’ve built this website to tell people about our beliefs and values, our fellowship, and the many ways we engage with our local and global communities.

We want to address some of the myths that exist about us, but which are not true. For example, we don’t recruit members to our Church. Most, but not all, of our members are born into our Church.

Many members of our Church own and manage their family businesses. They pay their taxes, employ thousands of professionals and other employees, and contribute to the communities in which they live and work.

Home - Plymouth Brethren Church

togetherwearebrethren.com.au

 

[Rumpel]

Other infos:

The PBCC believe that "God's principle of unity" is achieved by separating from that which they consider evil. Members of the group do not engage with television, radio, and the open internet.[5][6]

The Brethren reserve all social activities for those with whom they celebrate the "Lord's Supper" (their name for the Eucharist), excluding even family who are not members of the church. Social activities include eating, drinking and entertainment. Eating in restaurants and staying at hotels, club and professional memberships, directorships, shares are avoided.[7]

Plymouth Brethren Christian Church - gaz.wiki

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) is an influential Christian sect led by Australian businessman Bruce Hales. The group has its origins in Exclusive Brethren, a Plymouth Brethren group,[1][2] itself a branch of the Open Brethren. The PBCC was established in the early nineteenth...

gaz.wiki

 

[Rumpel]

@ the Exclusive Brethren

The Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848.[1]

The Exclusive Brethren are now divided into a number of groups, most of which differ on minor points of doctrine or practice. Perhaps the best-known of these, mainly through media attention,[2] is the Raven-Taylor-Hales group, now known as the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, which maintains the doctrine of uncompromising separation from the world based on their interpretation of 2 Corinthians 6 and 2 Timothy 2, believing that attendance at the Communion Service, the 'Lord's Supper', governs and strictly limits their relationship with others, even other Brethren groups.

These brethren have one fellowship in some nineteen countries — including France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Argentina, Jamaica, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, but they are more numerous in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and North America[3][4] where they are referred to just as the Exclusive Brethren or Brethren.

Exclusive Brethren - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Evilroddy]

Rumpel:

Not me! Never heard of them or knew anything about them before reading this thread.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.

 

[MaryP]

Reminds me of the Amish, a little. Or the Shakers.
The Shakers are gone now, though--they made a mistake and insisted on celebacy, so no new Shakers.

 

[Rexedgar]

Reminds me of the Amish, a little. Or the Shakers.
The Shakers are gone now, though--they made a mistake and insisted on celebacy, so no new Shakers.

That left them time for all that detailed furniture.

Shakers are said to have arrived in the 17 and 1800s, there are two left, as of 2017, I smell a rat……

 

[Rumpel]

The Shakers are gone now, though--they made a mistake and insisted on celebacy, so no new Shakers.

That was a real mistake!

Maybe soon some over-pious "Christians" do not allow their members any food and drink.

 

[MaryP]

That left them time for all that detailed furniture.

Shakers are said to have arrived in the 17 and 1800s, there are two left, as of 2017, I smell a rat……

There is a Shaker Village in Sabbathday Lake, Maine, that I've visited a few times. The first time, there were 6 Shakers living there, although they had nothing to do with the public. It is an extremely peaceful place, out in the country, surrounded with well tended gardens where they grow the medicinal herbs they still sell, as well as their furniture. I believe they are all gone now, but volunteers still run it.

Did you know that the finials on top of shaker chairs is different for each community that made them?
Their meeting house still has original blue paint they used when it was built in the late 1700's; the paint was made with milk and wild blueberries and some sort of fixative that really worked!

It's a nice fall afternoon's visit. The guides are very knowledgeable and the place is beautifully peaceful and uplifting.

 

[MaryP]

That was a real mistake!

Maybe soon some over-pious "Christians" do not allow their members any food and drink.

For a long time, they kept going by adopting children from orphanages, but a law went into effect that disallowed that, and that was pretty much it. Of course, families or individuals could still join, but I have a feeling the celibacy thing wasn't all that popular.

 

[Rumpel]

I have a feeling the celibacy thing wasn't all that popular.

I can imagine!

 

[bongsaway]

Sounds like texas would make a good home for these folks.

 

[Grandpappy]

I’ve never heard of them. I do know the Plymouth Barracuda though.

 

[Rumpel]

There is a Shaker Village in Sabbathday Lake, Maine, that I've visited a few times. The first time, there were 6 Shakers living there, although they had nothing to do with the public. It is an extremely peaceful place, out in the country, surrounded with well tended gardens where they grow the medicinal herbs they still sell, as well as their furniture. I believe they are all gone now, but volunteers still run it.

Did you know that the finials on top of shaker chairs is different for each community that made them?
Their meeting house still has original blue paint they used when it was built in the late 1700's; the paint was made with milk and wild blueberries and some sort of fixative that really worked!

It's a nice fall afternoon's visit. The guides are very knowledgeable and the place is beautifully peaceful and uplifting.

Are the Shakers somehow related to the Quakers?

 

[Rumpel]

I’ve never heard of them.

Maybe they exist only in Australia now?

 

[Daisy]

I worked for a Brethren lady, she was the sweetest thing, I loved her and enjoyed hearing about her and her family...she lived in the log cabin she was born in and she was in her 80's...