Plymouth Brethren

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The Plymouth Brethren or Assemblies of Brethren are an evangelical Christian movement, the history of which can be traced back to Plymouth, England and Dublin, Ireland in the mid to late 1820s. The group emphasizes nuda scriptura, the belief that the Bible is the only authority for church doctrine and practice. The Plymouth Brethren teach the necessity of the new birth for salvation. The ordinance of baptism is observed by the Plymouth Brethren. They also emphasize the priesthood of all believers, rejecting any formal clergy and instead having elders or leading brothers. The Plymouth Brethren teach that "they are 'the assembly of God', not meeting together by human will, but 'gathered to Jesus by the Holy Ghost.' Hence they consider that they need no human ministry, but are under immediate Divine presidency, which is the fulfilment of the promise, 'Where two or three are gathered together in My Name there am I in the midst of them.' This they call the 'many-men ministry' in contradistinction...

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