River Brethren
River Brethren, a popular name long used for the denomination known since 1862 officially as the Brethren in Christ. The name is supposedly due to the fact that the group had its beginnings (circa 1770) in an area of western Lancaster County, Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River.
Author(s) | Harold S Bender |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Bender, Harold S. "River Brethren." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=River_Brethren&oldid=67745.
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Bender, Harold S. (1959). River Brethren. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=River_Brethren&oldid=67745.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 345. All rights reserved.
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