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Church of the Brethren

American  

noun

  1. the official name of the church of the Dunkers.


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Historically affiliated with the Church of the Brethren, the school had an enrollment of about 1,500 full-time students in the fall of 2021, according to its website.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022

Our family “adopted” one of those families through the Church of the Brethren, which meant that we sent this family items they needed.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

Dr. James Kent, Mr. Farber’s brother-in-law who became ordained through the Church of the Brethren, officiated in a nondenominational ceremony.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2018

In 1941, a missionary couple arrived from the Illinois-based Church of the Brethren.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2017

We know but little about these humble folk; and we cannot be sure that they were all descendants of the old Church of the Brethren.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund