61. Tim Twinam - Testimony What made things entirely different was the fact our family was part of theexclusive brethren cult. Even the exclusive brethren!' I realized. http://www.waterburyalliance.org/TimTwinam_Test.html

Tim Twinam Back to Testimonies Page A Date with Destiny, not with Mary ... I suppose I had an unusual upbringing! For a start it was in England ... and then every two years, another sister arrived until I had managed to collect five of them. What made things entirely different was the fact our family was part of the Exclusive Brethren cult. The EB's started off historically as a bible-based non-demoninational gathering in the early 1820's in Ireland. After a while the first large assembly was held in Plymouth, England and this gained them the early label of Plymouth Brethren. Over the course of time, there were a number of divisions among them and the most extremist group became known as the Exclusive Brethren or the 'Frozen Chosen'! Some parts of the upbringing were excellent, in that the Bible was read daily and ours was a God-fearing household. However, to me they were only words and I couldn't wait to break loose and actually eat and play with other non-Brethren kids. I felt trapped in a sub-society whose favorite word seemed to be "Don't!". I eventually had my wish and in my late teens, I was free to do whatever I wanted following managing to become excommunicated from the cult. In their view I was now damned, so what did I have to lose now? I started dating and began to explore a wider world.

62. [Brethren] The Brethren Sent Us To Hell If a member of the exclusive brethren strays outside the sect into the'Devil's domain', there is a high price to pay. Julia Llewellyn http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/rnb/archives/00002757.html

Religion News Blog religionnewsblog.com News about religous cults, sects, alternative religions and related issues Home Archives News Tracker About RNB ... Headlines By Email Search Alternative Search Search Tips Search RNB Search WWW Support RNB? Why donations? How it works Shop at Amazon.com! Archived Entry Want the full story? [Brethren] The Brethren sent us to Hell Item Religion News Blog http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/rnb/archives/00002757.html If a member of the Exclusive Brethren strays outside the sect into the 'Devil's domain', there is a high price to pay. Julia Llewellyn Smith meets a couple whose family was destroyed by their 'terrifying' church elders The Sunday Telegraph (England), Mar. 16, 2003 http://infobrix.yellowbrix.com/ Christine and Andrew Wallach's world changed forever early one Sunday morning in 1994 when their two teenage sons staggered home the worse for drink. Many families would have laughed it off, but as members of a secretive Christian sect the Exclusive Brethren , the Wallachs, from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, were terrified. By visiting a snooker hall, the boys had "transgressed" and the whole family would be punished for it. Two days later, the Wallachs were officially "shut up" -

63. [Brethren] Secretive Sect Softens Ban On Outside Contact One of the world's most reclusive Christian sects, the exclusive brethren, may bethawing towards the world after the appointment of a new worldwide leader. http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/rnb/archives/00002731.html

Religion News Blog religionnewsblog.com News about religous cults, sects, alternative religions and related issues Home Archives News Tracker About RNB ... Headlines By Email Search Alternative Search Search Tips Search RNB Search WWW Support RNB? Why donations? How it works Shop at Amazon.com! Archived Entry [Brethren] Secretive sect softens ban on outside contact Item Religion News Blog http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/rnb/archives/00002731.html Brethren priests admit 'hasty' decisions split families The Guardian (England), Mar. 15, 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent One of the world's most reclusive Christian sects , the Exclusive Brethren, may be thawing towards the world after the appointment of a new worldwide leader. The Brethren, founded in the 19th century, cut themselves off from outsiders to the extent of refusing even to eat with them. But the new leader, an Australian called Bruce Hales, may be about to change all that. A BBC Everyman film about the sect on Tuesday interviews local leaders for the first time. They admit to making mistakes and taking "hasty" decisions in splitting British families when members wished to leave the sect. The film's producer, Nick Gray, was surprised to be offered an opportunity to speak to senior members of the Brethren. But they still accused him of bringing the devil with him.

64. The United Kingdom Parliament House. Mr. Straw Yes, I can. I am smiling because I have very goodrelations with the exclusive brethren in my constituency. Mr. Bob http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/cm981021/

Search Advanced Search Home Glossary Index ... Parliament Live section... Parliamentary Publications and Archives Site Map Bills Hansard Directories Frequently Asked Questions Judicial Work Previous Section Index Home Page Sir Nicholas Lyell: The Home Office knows all about that. Mr. Straw: That is true. However, we end up being judicially reviewed more regularly than some other Departments because of the nature of our business. It is right that we should be reviewed more regularly, as we are daily dealing with crucial issues of the liberty of the subject. I personally have no difficulty about the fact that the quasi-judicial decisions that I have to makelike the decisions that the former Attorney-General had to makehave to be made with very clear application of the law and judicial review. Judicial review and many other remedies have been developed, and the Government believe that the courts will be imaginative in developing other remedies if they are needed. Ifas I do not think will happenthere turns out to be some gap in the remedies, the safeguard is that it will be possible for litigants to go to Strasbourg, where article 13 will arise. I do not want to go into too much detail about the Turkish case, except to say that it involved the most extraordinary allegations of failure against the Turkish

65. The United Kingdom Parliament It picks up the concerns about which they spoke with great eloquenceand deep sensitivity when referring to the exclusive brethren. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199899/cmstand/e/st990316

Search Advanced Search Home Glossary Index ... Parliament Live section... Parliamentary Publications and Archives Site Map Bills Hansard Directories Frequently Asked Questions Judicial Work Employment Relations Bill back to previous text Mr. Boswell: I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Mr. Boswell: I beg to move amendment No. 104, in page 25, line 9, at end insert `unless he can demonstrate that to do so would conflict with his religious beliefs. The Chairman: With this it will be convenient to take amendment No. 105, in page 25, line 44, after `17', insert `except for reasons of religious conscience'. 5 pm Mr. Boswell: In the absence from Committee of my hon. Friends the Members for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow) and for Altrincham and Sale, West (Mr. Brady) on unavoidable, alternative business, I wish to speak to the amendment. It picks up the concerns about which they spoke with great eloquence and deep sensitivity when referring to the Exclusive Brethren. I am choosing my words carefully so that I do not breach parliamentary convention, but I am aware that members of the Exclusive Brethren continue to take a close interest in our proceedings. Whatever view one may take of such matters, members of the Committee want to be as sensitive as possible to persons of conscience. The amendment would exclude employers from the obligation to participate in the ballot when they had particular reasons of conscience for doing so. If that were to happen, the exclusions would need to be tightly secured.

66. Plymouth Brethren | Guestlog Website name Website URL Comments Are you the same as the exclusivebrethren? There are many branches of exclusive brethren . http://www.plymouthbrethren.com/gview1.mv?rn=340&rnv=323

67. Plymouth Brethren | Guestlog Plymouth group and I pretty quickly found them being members of the Jims do youknow, or have any contacts for any Plymouth exclusive brethren groups other http://www.plymouthbrethren.com/gview1.mv?rn=340&rnv=333

68. Adherents.com of the earliest Christians in the 1840s disagreements led to a split between thefollowers of John Nelson Darby (180082), the exclusive brethren, and his http://www.adherents.com/Na_501.html

Adherents.com 42,669 adherent statistic citations : membership and geography data for 4,000+ religions, churches, tribes, etc. Index back to Plymouth Brethren, USA Plymouth Brethren, continued... Group Where Number of Adherents % of total pop. Number of congreg./ churches/ units Number of countries Year Source Quote/ Notes Plymouth Brethren USA units Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. Plymouth Brethren USA Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.) , Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 196. Plymouth Brethren: "Exclusive assemblies were dominant in the 19th century, but today there are an estimated 850 open assemblies in the U.S. with only 250 exclusive groups. The number of members is estimated at 80,000. " Plymouth Brethren USA units Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.) , Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). 850 open assemblies, 250 exclusive assemblies Plymouth Brethren USA units *LINK* Plymouth Brethren USA units World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998 ; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources:

69. Independent Fundamentalist Family The exclusive brethren believe in receiving no one at the Lord's table who is nota true Christian in the fullest sense, including being a member of a fully http://jmahoney.com/indfunfam.htm

Independent Fundamentalist Family Churches in this family flowed from the work of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882). He was an Anglican priest who came to reject the idea of a state church and sought an approach to faith that would be non-denominational. The movement he began in England in the 1820s attempted a more complete revival of early Christianity than either the Puritan or Wesleyan movements, which had come earlier. This new movement sought to literally recreate the Apostolic church through intense focus on the Bible. Darby’s key theological concept was “dispensationalism.” From his work came modern fundamentalism. Dispensationalism sees the Bible as a history of God's dealing with humanity in terms of various periods (dispensations) of history. There are different characteristics of the various periods and subdivisions, with different themes and issues apparent at different times. Based on this theory, the true church was seen as a faithful subgroup. Anyone who would foster a particular denomination was seen as acting contrary to the action of the Holy Spirit. Darby established assemblies of like-minded believers. They accepted no authority except the "charismatic" leadership of Darby.

70. Lithgow.yourguide in the Lithgow Mercury referring to the fact that among new industries seeking landin Lithgow was a religious group, the exclusive brethren, has prompted the http://lithgow.yourguide.com.au/display.asp?class=news

71. Watchman Nee And The House Church Movement In China V To understand Nee's extreme doctrine of locality , one must remember that he hadhad a runin with the exclusive brethren in England, and may have formed a http://www.xenos.org/essays/nee5.htm

What's New? Online Store About Xenos Home Groups ... Online Journal Watchman Nee Section V By Dennis McCallum Nee's Doctrine Nee was clearly influenced by the Plymouth Brethren and the Keswick, or "victorious life," form of teaching. He also read and admired Hudson Taylor, George Meuller, and Madam Guyon. These influences are evident from the time of "The Spiritual Man" (1923) up until "The Normal Christian Life."53 The appeal of his preaching, according to Kinnear's sources, was "his gift of making so plain the way to God that relies solely upon Christ's finished work. All too many Christians were striving after a salvation based on good works."54 Late in his career, Nee is said to have developed some doctrinal aberrations that went beyond his usual purism. These areas had to do with a heavy emphasis on authority and submission, and an increasing tendency to dichotomize the material and the spiritual, or the ideal and the real. Some of the literature published during the past ten years claiming to originate from the last 5 years of Nee's ministry are definitely deserving of criticism at many points.55 However, care must be exercised here because of an unusual feature in his writings. Only two books actually written by Nee's own hand are available in English. These are Concerning Our Missions, and The Spiritual Man. Ironically, Nee criticized both of these works.56 His other works are translated from notes taken from his lectures, and are therefore open to interpretive additions by the translators.57

72. Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | TV: Pick Of The Day The exclusive brethren 11.20pm, BBC2 This documentary focuses on the exclusive brethren,an intensely secretive Christian sect founded in 1830, whose members http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv_and_radio/story/0,3604,916491,00.html

Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home UK Business Online ... Quiz Search this site In this section Last night's TV Pick of the day Neil Crossley Tuesday March 18, 2003 The Guardian The Mummies of Cladh Hallan In 2001, an archaeological team investigating Bronze Age roundhouses on South Uist discovered skeletons from the period which appeared to have been mummified. If proven, the find could transform preconceptions of Bronze Age Britons. 75 Years of the Academy Awards: An Unofficial History Jonathan Ross presents this documentary about the history of the Academy Awards, from the very first ceremony on May 16 1929 (a low-key five-minute event in which Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Cecil B DeMille handed out a few awards over dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles) to today's ludicrously excessive bash. Expect lots of dramatics, laughable tiffs and some truly hysterical acceptance speeches. The Sopranos 10.35pm, Channel 4

73. Standard Governing Documents Early Years Forum; ELearning Foundation; exclusive brethren EducationalTrust; exclusive brethren Poverty Trust; Foursquare Gospel http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registration/govdoclist.asp

Text only version Standard Governing Documents Some large national charities produce a standard governing document that can be used by organisations associated with that charity. These standard governing documents contain both agreed objects and administrative provisions that are specific to a particular type of organisation. A list of organisations for which a standard governing document has been agreed can be found below. Copies of these documents are not available from the Charity Commission. Age Concern Alliance of Parents and Schools Alpine Garden Society local groups Amateur Dramatic Societies Archway Groups Arts Associations (Arts Council Model) Assemblies of God Baptist Church Playgroup Boys Club British Dyslexia Association British Trust for Conservation Volunteers Building Preservation Trusts Child Contact Centres Childminding Association Choirs Church Building Trusts Church of England Voluntary Aided Schools Parent Teacher Association Citizens Advice Bureau City Academies City Farms Civic Amenity Societies Community Associations (suitable for Community Centres) Community Law Centres Community Transport Schemes Council for the Protection of Rural England Councils for Voluntary Service Crossroads Care Attendant Schemes DIAL Disabled Drivers Association Doorstep Green Initiatives Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (affiliated groups) Early Years Forum E-Learning Foundation Exclusive Brethren Educational Trust Exclusive Brethren Poverty Trust

74. Standard Governing Documents ELearning Foundation; exclusive brethren Educational Trust; ExclusiveBrethren Poverty Trust; Foursquare Gospel Church; Friends Of http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registration/govdoclist.asp?text=TRUE

75. Darby, John Nelson. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 His followers, especially those on the Continent, came to be called Darbyitesor exclusive brethren. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. http://www.bartleby.com/65/da/Darby-Jo.html

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76. Volume0: SubGenius Digest #292 Sect fights `evil' school computers } Membersof the exclusive brethren, an austere Christian sect, are } pressing for http://www.subgenius.com/subg-digest/v0/0115.html

SubGenius Digest #292 Automatic SubGenius Digestifier ( SubGenius-Request%mc.lcs.mit.edu@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu 15 OCT 89 00:09:08 EDT Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next message: Automatic SubGenius Digestifier: "SubGenius Digest #293" Previous message: Automatic SubGenius Digestifier: "SubGenius Digest #291" SubGenius Digest #292 15 OCT 89 00:09:08 EDT Today's Topics: MSDOS and the death of God MSDOS and the death of God Revelations 13 Subject: Re: MSDOS and the death of God Date: Sat, 14 Oct 89 16:50:38 EDT My oh my! This remind anybody else of the Butlerian Jihan in Herbert's "DUNE"? Could somebody please post the relevent verse of Revelations, alluded to above? I'm not sure if I should worry about these people insisting that their kids be ignorant of computers. Like their counterparts here in the States, who shield their children from understanding science, in order to protect them from Evolution and Humanism does their determined ignorance threaten me or mine in any way? Possibly. Suspicious, religious dumbshits make good fascism

77. The Confessions By Aleister Crowley Philip Gosse, the father of Edmund Gosse, was a leader among the Open Brethren, whodiffered from the exclusive brethren, at first, only by tolerating, at the http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/chapter2.html

If troubles arose in the outer world, they were regarded as the beginning of the fulfilment of the prophecies in Daniel, Matthew and Revelation. But it was understood implicitly that England was specially favoured by God on account of the breach with Rome. The child, who, at this period, was called by the dreadful name Alick, supposed it to be a law of nature that Queen Victoria would never die and that consols would never go below par. With regard to the question of salvation, by the way, the theory of the exclusive Plymouth Brethren was peculiar, and somewhat trying to a logical mind. They held predestination as rigidly as Calvin, yet this nowise interfered with complete freewill. The crux was faith in Christ, apparently more or less intellectual, but, since "the devils also believe and tremble", it had to be supplemented by a voluntary acceptance of Christ as one's personal saviour. This being so, the question arose whether Roman Catholics, Anglicans or even Nonconformists could possibly be saved. The general feeling seems to have been that it was impossible for anyone who was once actually saved to be lost, whatever he did . But it was, of course, beyond human power to determine whether any given individual had or had not found salvation. This, however, was clear: that any teaching or acceptance of false

78. DNZB / BIOGRAPHY His father's exclusive brethren friends were angered to hear that the NewZealand assemblies practised an open attitude towards other Christians. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1D8

79. Is The Truth Really Unique? Zion Church (1855) Bringer, Germany 5. United Christian Church (1889) USA 6.Reformed Mennonites (1812) PA 7. exclusive brethren (1848) USA 8. Exclusive http://home.earthlink.net/~truth/sec2-4Unique.htm

IS "THE TRUTH" REALLY UNIQUE? Revised 8/25/01 SIMILARITIES TO OTHER CHURCHES WEBSTER'S DEFINITION: u-nique (yoo-neek') adj. 1. one and only; single; sole. 2. having no like or equal; unparalleled. 3. highly unusual, extraordinary, rare, etc. Similarities To Other Churches: Church in the Home: 1. Plymouth Brethren (1829) Darby, England 2. British Brethren (1820's) British Isles 3. Yorker Brethren (1843) York County, PA 4. Christadelphians (1844) Thomas, USA 5. Old Order Amish (1720) Switzerland 6. The Church Which is Christ's Body (1925) Johnson 7. The Way International (1942) Weirville, OH 8. Lumber River Annual Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church (1900) 9. The Apostolic Faith (1907) Crawford, OR 10. Community of Catholic Churches (1971) 11. Mormon Polygamist (1852) Smith, MO, UT 12. Children of God (1970) Berg, CA 13. Quaker (1652) Fox, England 14. The Local Church (1962) Lee, Korea, USA 15. Faith Mission (1886) Govan, Scotland Two-by-Two's (1897) Wm Irvine, Ireland Click Here for Links to Other Home Churches. No Official Earthly Headquarters or Organization: 1. Primitive Baptists (1827) USA

80. PREVIEW: D I S K U S Web Edition and three smaller sects, each of which sees itself not as a corporate body, butas a gathering of votaries; the exclusive brethren, the Christadelphians, and http://www.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/diskus_idx.html

The on-disk journal of international Religious Studies ISSN 0967-8948 Abstracts Ninian SMART The Formation rather than the Origin of a Tradition '....................................SMART/1#1 This brief paper argues that the formation of a tradition is more important than its supposed origins. The periods of formation have been very different from those of starting or 'origin', though scriptures can give a different impression. The argument is considered in relation to the formation of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism. Klaus-Dieter STOLL Pay now, Pray later: Part 1: The emergence of the Electronic Church '....STOLL/1#1 The Electronic Church (EC) has now become a significant part of the religious life of many countries. It is neither a new phenomenon, since it already has a history spanning more than seven decades, nor has it reached its full potential by far. The article maps out the development of the Electronic Church form the first EC broadcast in 1912 to the Bakker scandal in the late 80's, under the headings: Definition, History, Theology, Electronic Church and Politics, the Electronic Church around the world, present and future of the Electronic Church. The intention of the article is to introduce the reader to the world of the EC and provide him or her with the basic facts of its development.

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