Christadelphians
A living tradition within Restorationism (Stone-Campbell movement). The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Christadelphians is a living tradition within Restorationism (Stone-Campbell movement). Also written Brethren in Christ (self-designation, not the Anabaptist body of that name).
Origin
Founder named in the sources: John Thomas. Founding date given as 1848. Britannica dates the founding to about 1848 by John Thomas, who studied medicine in London, emigrated to Brooklyn, New York, and began preaching independently, applying Hebrew prophecy and Revelation to current and future events. Britannica's date is given as 'about 1848', not exact.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “Christadelphians.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-christadelphians.
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title = {Christadelphians},
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note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.