Official homepage of the Church of the Brethren. Christian denomination founded at Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708 and now has more than 140, 000 members in North America.

We are an ecumenical, evangelical Christian denomination with local churches in most of the fifty states. Stemming from the Pietist and Anabaptist movement of the eighteenth century, we remain one of several historic peace churches, and recognize no creed other than the careful study of the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the New Testament.

Migration and expansion of the Schwarzenau Brethren in America ...