Back Story

• 1827 – Dublin, Ireland – primary emphasis on Sola Scriptura – Bible as the supreme doctrinal basis
• 1830 – John Nelson Darby – John Gifford Bellett – Antony Norris Groves – George Müller
• 1831 – Plymouth, England – the place of publication of the truths held by brethren
• 1833 – Anthony Norris Graves arrives in India as a missionary
• 1847 – Apex of the Potato Famine that decimated the Irish populace that drove many to the new world
• 1848 – Schism causes division as Open vs. Exclusive Brethren
• 1870 – Plymouth Brethren movement spread to North America