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This
Burmah
Road
Gospel
Hall
is
located
beside
Him
Heang
Building
and
the
same
row
as
Seventh
Day
Adventist
Church.
A
conservative
bible
believing
denomination
or
Pentecostal
or
Protestant
Christian
Church
believers.
Background
The Brethren
movement began
in
Dublin
in
the
late
1820s
with
a
group
of
men
(John
Nelson
Darby,
Anthony
Norris
Groves,
John
Bellett,
Edward
Cronin
and
Francis
Hutchinson)
who
felt
that
the
established
Church
had
become
too
involved
with
the
secular
state
and
abandoned
many
of
the
basic
truths
of
Christianity.
The
Exclusive
Brethren
The
Exclusive
Brethren
are
an
Evangelical
Protestant
Christian
church
distinct
from
the
Christian
or
Open
Brethren.
Members
follow
a
rigid
code
of
conduct
based
very
strictly
on
Bible
teaching,
which
provides
a
firm
moral
framework
and
is
focussed
on
a
strong
family
unit.
They
keep
themselves
separate
from
other
people
(including
other
Christians)
as
far
as
possible,
because
they
believe
the
world
is
a
place
of
wickedness.
They
regard
'exclusiveness'
as
the
only
way
to
keep
away
from
evil.
The
main
group
of
Exclusive
Brethren
is
called
'Taylorites'
after
James
Taylor
Senior
and
Junior
who
led
the
church
for
much
of
the
twentieth
century.
Most
of
the
information
available
about
the
group
comes
from
people
who
have
left
it.
As
a
result
the
Exclusive
Brethren
often
gets
a
bad
press
and
is
referred
to
using
phrases
like
"an
exclusive
and
secret
religious
sect"
or
"a
secretive
church".
There
are
thought
to
be
approximately
43,000
(2008
figure)
in
the
Taylorite
branch
of
the
Exclusive
Brethren
worldwide.
There
are
up
to
16,000
Exclusive
Brethren
in
Britain,
with
congregations
throughout
the
country.
Structure
The
Exclusive
Brethren
is
not
a
democratic
movement,
nor
do
individual
congregations
have
any
autonomy.
For
most
of
the
last
100
years,
it
has
been
ruled
by
a
series
of
single
individuals.
This
is
different
to
the
Open
or
Christian
Brethren,
whose
churches
are
largely
independent.
Lifestyle
Like
many
closed
groups,
the
Exclusive
Brethren
provide
a
warm,
loving,
family-centred
way
of
life
to
its
members
that
most
find
fulfilling
and
rewarding.
The
intention
is
to
provide
a
safe
way
of
life
that
protects
members
from
the
corrupt
world
outside.
Criticisms
Members
who
leave
or
are
expelled
from
the
group
have,
in
the
past,
often
been
avoided
by
current
members.
Critics
have
described
this
practise
as
cruel.
Leavers
are
avoided
by
members
of
the
group
because
they
are
seen
as
having
chosen
the
world
and
the
devil
against
God
and
because
they
could
bring
members
into
contact
with
the
sinful
world.
Until
recently
(early
2002)
Brethren
who
left
the
church
were
completely
ostracised.
Members
would
not
speak,
eat
or
live
with
those
who
had
left
and
this
caused
families
to
break
up.
Since
many
Exclusive
Brethren
work
in
Brethren-owned
companies
they
have
to
give
up
their
jobs
as
well
as
their
family
and
their
home
if
they
leave
the
faith.
Recent
developments
Addressing
the
frequently
asked
question,
"Do
the
Brethren
break
up
families?"
on
their
website,
the
Brethren
reply:
"The
Brethren
as
a
group
hate
the
break
up
of
families.
However
adherence
to
the
doctrine
of
separation
prevents
normal
relations
between
family
members
when
one
of
them
leaves
the
fellowship.
Where
family
breakdown
occurs
this
is
always
tragic,
however
this
usually
occurs
when
sin
brings
in
irreconcilable
difference."
