Church of the Brethren

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Anabaptist-rooted church Christian denomination Historic peace church Protestant denomination

The Church of the Brethren is an Anabaptist-rooted Protestant denomination known for its historic commitment to peace, simple living, and service.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Church of the Brethren canonical	4
Free Union Church of the Brethren	2
German Baptist Brethren	2

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anabaptist-rooted church ⓘ Christian denomination ⓘ Historic peace church ⓘ Protestant denomination ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	German Baptist Brethren NERFINISHED ⓘ
clergyType	lay leadership ⓘ ordained ministers ⓘ
coreBelief	New Testament authority ⓘ believers baptism ⓘ community discernment ⓘ nonresistance ⓘ peacemaking ⓘ service to others ⓘ simple living ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emphasis	community and mutual aid ⓘ discipleship ⓘ peace and nonviolence ⓘ service and mission ⓘ simple lifestyle ⓘ
foundedIn	early 18th century ⓘ
foundedInYear	1708 ⓘ
founder	Alexander Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceType	annual conference ⓘ congregational polity ⓘ
hasAgency	Brethren Disaster Ministries NERFINISHED ⓘ Brethren Volunteer Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Global Mission and Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Bethany Theological Seminary NERFINISHED ⓘ Bridgewater College NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabethtown College NERFINISHED ⓘ Juniata College NERFINISHED ⓘ Manchester University NERFINISHED ⓘ McPherson College NERFINISHED ⓘ University of La Verne NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMembersIn	Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominican Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Elgin, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorship	English ⓘ
motto	Continuing the work of Jesus. Peacefully. Simply. Together. ⓘ
ordinationOfWomen	permitted ⓘ
originatedAs	Schwarzenau Brethren NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Schwarzenau, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
practices	agape meal ⓘ anointing for healing ⓘ communion ⓘ foot washing ⓘ lay leadership ⓘ love feast ⓘ trine immersion baptism ⓘ
primaryRegion	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
publishes	Messenger magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedDenomination	Brethren Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunkard Brethren Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Old German Baptist Brethren NERFINISHED ⓘ Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Order German Baptist Brethren NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedMovement	Anabaptist movement ⓘ Pietist movement ⓘ
religiousFamily	Protestantism ⓘ
scripture	Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptureFocus	New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
stanceOnMilitaryService	conscientious objection encouraged ⓘ
stanceOnWar	pacifist ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Historic peace church tradition ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Anabaptism ⓘ Pietism ⓘ
worshipStyle	non-liturgical worship ⓘ plain worship ⓘ

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
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Input

Subject: Church of the Brethren
Description of subject: The Church of the Brethren is an Anabaptist-rooted Protestant denomination known for its historic commitment to peace, simple living, and service.

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christian pacifism → heldBy → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

Vernard Eller → religiousDenomination → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

Vernard Eller → affiliation → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

University of La Verne → religiousAffiliation → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

Free Union, Virginia → hasReligiousBuilding → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Union Church of the Brethren

Free Union, Virginia → hasHistoricBuilding → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Union Church of the Brethren

Dunker Church → denomination → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Baptist Brethren

Christoph Sauer → religiousAffiliation → Church of the Brethren ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Baptist Brethren