Brethren worship does not rely on clerical leadership. Rather, persons from within the assembled group, spontaneously moved by the Holy Spirit, lead worshipers through an experience of both Word and Table.
History
The Plymouth Brethren are an independent evangelical movement that originated in the early nineteenth century. Weary of religious strife, clericalism, and the spiritual dryness of the Established church and the narrow attitudes of existing nonconformist churches, Christians from...
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