Ken & Jeanette Newton, editors THE BRETHREN MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE KEY INFORMATION 2015 4th Edition Ken & Jeanette Newton, editors THE BRETHREN MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE KEY INFORMATION 2015 4th Edition Copyright © Ken & Jeanette Newton First published in 2007 by edition Wiedenest and Jota Publikationen GmbH for the International Brethren Conference on Mission Second edition published 2009 by OPAL Trust, for Forum Wiedenest and International Brethren Conference on Mission Third edition published 2011 by OPAL Trust, for International Brethren Conference on Mission This edition published 2015 by OPAL Trust, for International Brethren Conference on Mission 1 Glenannan Park, Lockerbie, DG11 2FA, United Kingdom Web: www.opaltrust.org 18 17 16 15 14 / 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The right of Ken and Jeanette Newton to be identified as the editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. 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ISBN 978-1-907098-27-7 Typeset by projectluz.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................................vii Congo, Democratic Republic of Tables 1-7 ......................................................xii (Second Community Albania .............................................................1 of Brethren) ............................................74 Andaman & Nicobar Islands Congo, Republic of ..............................76 (India) ...........................................................3 Costa Rica ......................................................77 Angola ..............................................................6 Cuba ..................................................................78 Anguilla ............................................................10 Czech Republic ........................................80 Antigua & Barbuda ...............................12 Denmark..........................................................83 Argentina ........................................................14 Dominica.........................................................85 Australia ...........................................................19 Egypt ..................................................................87 Austria ...............................................................24 Ethiopia ............................................................89 Bahamas ...........................................................26 Faroe Islands ................................................91 Barbados ........................................................30 Fiji ..........................................................................94 Belgium (Flanders) ..................................34 France ................................................................98 Belgium (Wallonia) .................................36 Germany .........................................................101 Belize ..................................................................39 Greenland .....................................................108 Bermuda .........................................................42 Grenada ..........................................................109 Bolivia ................................................................44 Guyana .............................................................111 Bosnia & Herzegovina ........................46 Hong Kong (China) ...............................113 Brazil ....................................................................48 Hungary ..........................................................115 Bulgaria .............................................................52 India ....................................................................117 Burundi .............................................................53 Israel ....................................................................129 Canada .............................................................55 Italy .......................................................................131 Chad ..................................................................60 Jamaica ..............................................................135 Chile ...................................................................65 Japan ...................................................................138 Colombia .......................................................68 Jordan ................................................................140 Congo, Democratic Republic of Kazakhstan......................................................141 (North Katanga Area) ....................70 Kenya .................................................................142 Congo, Democratic Republic of Macedonia ...................................................145 (South Katanga Area) .....................73 Madagascar ..................................................146 Malawi ..............................................................149 Malaysia ...........................................................151 Mauritius .........................................................157 Sudan .................................................................243 Mexico..............................................................158 Switzerland (French-Speaking, Moldova, Republic of .........................160 Western Part) ........................................245 Mongolia ........................................................162 Taiwan ...............................................................248 Montenegro ................................................164 Thailand ...........................................................249 Mozambique ..............................................165 Tonga ................................................................251 Myanmar (Burma) ...................................167 Trinidad & Tobago ..............................253 Nauru.................................................................170 Turkey ...............................................................255 The Netherlands .....................................171 Uganda ............................................................258 New Caledonia ........................................173 Ukraine .............................................................261 New Zealand ..............................................175 United Arab Emirates ..........................262 Nigeria ..............................................................178 United Kingdom ......................................264 Pakistan .............................................................181 United States of America .................269 Papua New Guinea ...............................185 Uruguay ...........................................................272 Paraguay ..........................................................190 Zambia .............................................................276 Peru .....................................................................195 Philippines .....................................................198 Poland ...............................................................201 Portugal ............................................................204 Réunion Island ...........................................206 Romania ...........................................................208 Russia ..................................................................212 Rwanda ............................................................213 St Kitts & Nevis ..........................................215 St Lucia .............................................................219 St Vincent & The Grenadines ......220 Senegal .............................................................222 Serbia ................................................................223 Singapore ......................................................225 Slovakia ............................................................229 Slovenia ...........................................................231 South Africa .................................................234 Spain ..................................................................236 Sri Lanka ..........................................................241 INTRODUCTION Until rather recently, there has been little interest to track the fortunes of the Christian or Open Brethren1 movement worldwide, and little effort to track the individuals and organisations from country to country who are seeking to encourage and support the congregations connected with the movement. In the 1990s, however, Harold Rowdon began in a small way to compile some information in the context of both the recently-begun2 International Brethren Conferences on Mission (IBCM), and Partnership conferences in the UK to which some people from abroad were invited. The countries represented at the IBCM3 conference in Romania in 2003 were asked to provide some profile information about themselves, and this was circulated to participants in photo-copied form. For the IBCM4 conference