Basic Information

The Brethren in Christ Church, a church out of the Mennonite tradition, was founded in 1778 in Pennsylvania. It took its current name in 1863. This group was commonly known as "River Brethren."

History

	Brethren in Christ Church (1778)	continuedBrethren in Christ Church
		split into United Zion Church (1855)

Snapshot

	1990	2000	Growth/Decline
Congregations	188	216	+28 (14.9%)
Adherents	19,769	25,512	+5,743 (29.1%)

Notes

Snapshot data are from Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 and Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc.

History data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on history data sources]