Wikipeebia [Contra] An extensive website, with personal testimonies, historical documents, discussion forums, and more. There was a narrow window to say goodbye. I still know him well. Brethren have built 36 Campus & Co supermarkets in New Zealand for their members' exclusive use, staffed partly by "volunteers". It was an ill-advised attempt at escape. My parents threw me out of their house, waiting until I was away one weekend before dumping my belongings in a storage unit and telling me I could collect the key. They only say, cryptically: "We've nothing to hide and nothing to parade." And all the old people in the Exclusive Brethren now, they're all depressed, because they know it's all wrong. They told us that non-members were being controlled by Satan via. Christian Community Churches of New Zealand, The Brethren and the Charismatic movement, Christian Community Churches of Australia, "The Significance of J.G. The first beginnings of the Brethren movement occurred in the 1820s, when Darby, then an Anglican clergyman in the Church of Ireland, began meeting with others who shared his serious doubts about the validity of Anglican orders and, indeed, about the biblical warrant for any sort of clerical class. The following are some of the institutions that are widely supported by Brethren assemblies in New Zealand. The movement split in the 1840s on this question of the closed table, and Darbys party became known as exclusive in contrast to those Brethren who imposed no such test for admission to the communion table, thereafter known as Open Brethren. The companies themselves were also interconnected through supply chains and personal relationships, controlled by the church's supreme leader Bruce Hales, who took a close personal interest in their performance, he said. Bruce Hales was a paunchy office furniture salesman from Sydney. However, many leading New Zealand companies are lining up to join the list of preferred suppliers to what former members describe as a captive market. A flowchart illustrates how the Exclusive Brethren - or Plymouth Brethren Christian Church - money-go-round works. For him, too, the forced distancing from his parents hurt the most. Pro/Contra My Brethren (Pro and Contra) History and Ministry of the Exclusive Brethren (so-called). In addition, it appears that the movements leaders are hypocrites a trait common to cult leaders. This is based on the Biblical procedure for the treatment of lepers, and involves being isolated from family and friends and only allowed to see specially chosen church members until local church leaders believe that God has forgiven the person. Non-members are called worldlies. * An internal memo sent to Brethren worldwide leaked to One News talks about setting up an umbrella group code-named National Office Assist. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The men must have short hair, be clean shaven and are prohibited from wearing ties. [1] The Exclusive Brethren are now divided into a number of groups, most of which differ on minor points of doctrine or practice. "We had to go to business meetings, paid thousands of dollars to go to business meetings all round New Zealand. [29] Of all Brethren institutions, Pastorlink is one of the newest: it is only in the last twenty to thirty years that the practice of having pastors has become common in Brethren assemblies in New Zealand. A strong family-centred way of life ensures a further cocoon from the world. That song stayed at the top of my playlist for years. [20] Assemblies affirming a cessationist position include The Orchard in Te Puke,[21] Bethany Bible Chapel in Auckland,[22] and Onekawa Bible Church in Napier.[23]. The Exclusive Brethren are a religious group who forbids their members from voting but are taking out ads in the Tasmanian newspapers telling non believers how to vote. But eventually the constant monitoring by other Brethren and having to account for their actions got too much. Later, when I called in to pick up some extra things, I saw my 9-year-old sister. So at first pass, hardly the Machiavellian, freakish, hostile weirdos you might expect from all the reports. "So let's say their profit was $200,000 and they decided to donate $50,000. Once the couple went to the beach with some other young families and took a portable stereo, which got them temporarily banned from church. I wrote "I'm gay" on a piece of paper and pushed it across the table to the priest. On 5 May 2009 the priests placed me in the first stage of excommunication being "shut up" when errant sect members are isolated in spiritual solitary confinement. Yesterday RNZ revealed the unusual structure of this charity, which is wholly controlled by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church but with no formal constitutional link to it. She also volunteered to take me out for a drink "and tell you all about how much more fun it is being an evil outsider or whatever the heck those loonies call us". However, their children live quite separate lives from other New Zealand children. Minding their business * Fewer than 2000 Exclusive Brethren New Zealanders Instead I felt condemned to struggle against the essence of who I was. Families do not have televisions, radios or computers, or go to the cinema or theatre. Inquiries regarding developments after 1959 have led to the inclusion of subsequent history. Graeme Hubbard left the Exclusive Brethren at 21. Perhaps you're an uncle by now. "The words 'I love you'," she said, "are written on the blackboard of my heart with permanent marker and can't ever be removed.". Brethren run at least 12 firms in. Dargaville also has a well-established Brethren community with a big business presence. Numerous questions are explored, such as What exactly was their interest in politics? Says one happy Anglican employee of a Brethren business: "They've got their beliefs, that's fine. Later, while working as a senior reporter for Stuff, I explored issues such as prisoner mistreatment, cannabis reform, and just where all the forks were going from our newsroom kitchen. []. This Sydney-based "global consultancy group" claims to provide "services and advice" to about 3000 Brethren-owned businesses in 19 countries, with a combined revenue of more than $12.6 billion NZD. We held back from each other it's hard to trust someone again when you've closed off that part of your heart but our reservations fell away the day before I left for Hong Kong. Though their businesses bring them into daily contact with non-Brethrens, Brethren rules forbid socialising with "worldly" outsiders. Meanwhile, the political storm around the Exclusive Brethren intensifies. Like Cambridge couple Diana and Adrian* who left the Exclusive Brethren 16 years ago after realising they couldn't live a lie. Craddock told me he was experimenting with helping others change their sexuality, as yet unsuccessfully, and in the meantime at least my sex drive could be significantly reduced. Together they employ at least 60 people, either Brethren or Christian. Jim Taylor taught that Jesus was human when he was born and did not become fully divine until later; either when he was 12, or at his baptism. Latest items: Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner, Abusive Churches/Spiritual Abuse Cult FAQ. On Sundays church attendance ramped up to four different services, with the earliest at 6am. READ MORE: * Exclusive Brethren cult leader's millionaire son accused of assault * Father of girl sexually assaulted by former Exclusive Brethren member wants abuser jailed * Exclusive Brethren members in 'clean-up' operation after fatal crash * Potential witness in Exclusive Brethren sex abuse case paid to remain silent * Former Brethren allege high rate of abuse in New Zealand * Exclusive Brethren: Sect's secretive leader tells followers to drink rat poison * Exclusive Brethren told to 'pray for the IRD' after favourable settlement * Baby Leo's dad Samuel Forrest to sue Exclusive Brethren church. Darby held that true Christians should separate not only from the churches, which were corrupt, but also from those who were impure in faith or morals. I've been chased, tear-gassed, and had a few close calls with petrol bombs. This early conception of Christian fellowship, based on minimal organization, proved within the course of a decade and a half to be inadequate for the maintenance of an integrated separate community. Forced against his will to take sides, Deck remained with the Exclusives, but his family was divided. It has two parts: Members of the Exclusive Brethren do not make friends, or even eat with people outside their church. Last July, lawyers and private investigators arrived at his Mngere Bridge home before dawn to carry out a private search warrant of the house and all devices. Last week. Apologetics Index curates research resources on religious movements, cults, sects, world religions and related issues. "Most girls were there to check out the guys rather than listen to the word of God. Baby Craig, left, with his cousin and their grandmother. For members of the Exclusive Brethren, a strict religious sect, constraints such as these are normal. They weren't doing much; just watching the world go past from their vantage point at one of the many watering holes along Sydney's Darling Harbour. Three people died and six others were injured in the crash. After some initial hesitation, I agreed. ApologeticsIndex.org is published by Anton Hein together with his wife, Janet, and the Apologetics Index team. On their rules against mixing socially with outsiders, he says: "We are believers and don't need to go out with people who might not even be Christians. The list appears to have been compiled originally by a member of that fellowship at some time after 1970. In April 2009, finally ready to make my move, I called a meeting with the priests and told them I was leaving the Exclusive Brethren. But not all members can live such a controlled existence. "And in this case, the companies involved appear to be under the control of the church.". This is often seen as one of many signs that the line of demarcation between Brethren assemblies and other independent Evangelical churches is becoming blurred a situation that some Brethren welcome, and some do not. Note that the version at the Internet Archive is, at times, slow to open and that not all internal links may work. "You'd get a new dress and you'd have to get the perfect scarf to match it, and the right shape. They told me I was mentally unwell. What later became the GPH Society Limited originated in May 1900 when Edward Whitehead opened the Bible and Tract Depot at Palmerston North,[27] with the purpose of publishing Christian literature to serve primarily the Brethren movement in New Zealand, but also the wider Christian community in both New Zealand and Australia. Now 53, he's in his second marriage and runs a cartage business in his hometown, Christchurch. Although he did not commit himself exclusively to the Brethren movement, his former steward, James Chrystall helped organize his converts into Brethren assemblies, which expanded from the Whanganui/Manawatu area.[12]. This final stage of excommunication is when the sect gives up all hope of recovery and washes its hands of you. [4], It is not a denomination in the organizational sense, but a loose network of like-minded autonomous local churches, or "assemblies", as Brethren churches are generally known. Wearmouth said it had been an "incredibly difficult" two years since his son died. As a young child the chorus mystified me. I knew I was breaking her heart, but had no choice. The Exclusive Brethren [MP3] Hack reporter Steve Cannane presents this radio report [MP3] on the Exclusive Brethrens involvement in Australian politics. The broker, whom RNZ has agreed not to name, said while they were not doing anything illegal, he was uncomfortable with the way in which the church treated former members in particular. He claims that the Exclusive Brethren destroys people and families, have no respect for women and absolute contempt for anyone not in their religious group, and do all this while enjoying the benefit of charitable status from our government. The world at my doorstep is bursting with opportunity and excitement. [32], GC3 is an umbrella organisation encompassing three institutions: Global Connections in Mission (GCiM), which supports 150 missionaries abroad as well as almost 100 evangelists in New Zealand,[3] GC Assist, an "operations trust" within GC3 which runs, among other projects, Headspace, a one-year program for school leavers,[33] and GC Aid, a humanitarian NGO.[34]. Initially, they saw no need for any but the simplest pattern of organization, and their separation from all existing churches was not conceived as a negative decision, but rather as the only basis on which the unity of true Christians could be established. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848. Ship visits to New Zealand became increasingly frequent in the 1860s, and Exclusives back in the British Isles began to hear reports that the New Zealand Brethren were deviating from accepted norms. These early Brethren were men of education and social positiontwelve of the earliest Brethren were, or were training to be, Anglican clergymen (in England and Ireland); five were ministers in Nonconformist churches; a number had private means, including five with titles, and another eight were, or had been, commissioned officers. This study was formerly hosted at theexclusivebrethren.com the only site endorsed by the Exclusive Brethren. The site has since been renamed to plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org, to reflect the movements 2012 name change. Some broke the rules, sneaking to the neighbours to watch TV, stayed up drinking Saturday nights and showed up at Sunday's 6am prayer meeting with a thick tongue and splitting headache. A cult-like church that exerts almost complete control over its members has metastasised into a multinational corporation with massive buying power. Charlotte wrote a letter of recommendation for AUT's Bachelor of Communications degree, and I started working at TV3 as a first-year student. Rob McLean, who was excommunicated from the church over a decade ago, said for many older Brethren, the commercial control of the church was history repeating itself. We're just simple Christians, normal people, we look after our own and go about our business, don't hurt anyone." 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Charities researcher Michael Gousmett said it appeared Brethren businesses were being used to generate donations, which also reduced the amount of tax paid by those companies. Mr Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim DUP) praised the work of the brethren in setting up the every boys rally and every girls rally which attract tens of thousands of young people. "They tend to spend their lives trying to get around rules while trying to keep their noses clean." The doctrine of separation from iniquity or separation from sin, makes the Exclusive Brethren unique. "This is how they treat everyone, they treat them like s***," the ex-member said. The first shows I watched were The Simpsons and Family Guy. Our social lives were bound up with other sect members and, by the time I reached my teens, my peers and I were well and truly enmeshed. Afterthe case had concluded, it's understood Stewart was ostracised by members of the church. I felt trapped, a Brethren failure, and ultimately convinced that I needed to confess my sexuality. Source: The Exclusive Brethren, BBC. I went undercover for 60 Minutes to help expose an international fraudster wanted by the FBI, gaining his trust while wired with a hidden camera. Photo: RNZ. I'd sit with one or two of these so-called priests, and launch into a tearful drunken confession as they plied me with whisky. Sadie Stewart, 16, James Wearmouth, 18, and Susanna Stewart, 48, died when the ute driven by Russell Stewart crashed into a tree. To continue to sit in the illusion that we and only we are right is a presumption only, a self-enhancing propaganda learned over the years to the detriment of Gods testimony, not to breakdown, but to the mind of Man erring in doctrine and practice. As well as forcing Brethren businesses to purchase locked-down computers, phones and IT services, UBT also charged "consultancy fees", which could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and even started taking controlling stakes in profitable companies through a venture called Vision Accelerator. Perhaps the best-known The expectation was that you would buy a house, marry a Brethren girl, settle down and raise a Brethren family, and the cycle would rinse and repeat. The noble ambitions fell further apart in subsequent decades as Darby's adherents squabbled over how to interpret and enforce his ideas, leading to a separatist, insular system as controlling as any cult. So that's a very, very unsatisfactory situation for Bruce Hales.". It was a catastrophic reordering of life, and other experiences don't come close. [8], The slow pace of communication between the British Isles and the far-flung colony of New Zealand allowed Deck to operate more or less independently. Our mission is to educate the media and help those who have left and those who wish to leave a vicious regime that is causing increasing concern world-wide. He appoints local priests, resolves disputes, approves all marriages and decides on levels of punishment for breaches of discipline. Exclusive Brethren an evil, corrupt cult, court told Kevin Rudd allows secret talks with 'cult' Brethren's Qld schools gain $3m Inside the Brethren lobby horse Member of sect stalked women Exclusive access for anti-gay cult Exclusive Brethren school given $1m state grants Brethren schools net $18m funding No university for Exclusive Brethren kids What about university or professional careers? But by the time this final step was taken, on October 31 2009, I faced more pressing issues. Simmons has not gone quietly and is paying the price. Like many other movements that came to be regarded as sectarian, the Brethren began with a profound and deeply anti-sectarian sentiment, and they still reject the designation sect. Exclusive Brethren Vernon Suckling, manager of Trax Equipment, says: "The way we're promoted is certainly not the way we feel we are. Photos come down from the wall and you disappear from Brethren lists, never to be spoken of again, except in hushed tones as a warning to others. Sarah and her producer, Charlotte, took a keen interest in my circumstances as we travelled and filmed together, and asked what I wanted to do with my life. A few weeks later that same reporter got in touch and asked if I would consider telling my story on 60 Minutes. "Even housewives had to fill out diaries accounting for what they had done every hour and spent," McLean said. "It was known in my local church that I wasn't subscribing to it and I was treated with disdain, like a black sheep. The resources we highlight reflect a variety of perspectives. He doesn't go to the same church as I do of course.". Falling into journalism was an astonishing stroke of luck. The Exclusive Brethren is the name given (by outsiders) to those among the so-called Plymouth Brethren who, in the mid-nineteenth century, joined John Nelson Darby ( 1800-82) in forming a Christian fellowship which they believed to be based on strict biblical principles. "That's news to me. Those who break the rules can be punished by being banned from worship meetings and ostracised by members of their own family and other Exclusives who withdraw from such a person. I don't know, we have enough friends of our own." "We made it our own fun." The Exclusive Brethren church has been using the controversial private investigators Thompson and Clark to spy on former members of the church. This relates to the Open Brethren, an entirely different organisation and one which has no connection whatever to the Exclusive Brethren apart from the 1828 founder. Brethren women are distinguished by their white or blue headscarves and long hair -- which must never be cut. Wellington man Peter Hart, who was excommunicated two years ago, said he was happy to give to the charity and often gave more than was "suggested". However, staying out of UBT made it easier for him to eventually leave the church, he agreed. Confessions were a regular part of my teen years. John Hales was eventually accepted back into the church and became its global leader - but the commercial system was not revived until after his death when his son, Bruce Hales, took over. Life as an Exclusive Brethren had its good sides. Source: The Exclusive Brethren, BBC. [28] By 1911, it had become known as the Gospel Publishing House, but this name has since been depreciated. I had a whole drawer of Richard Allan and Liberty Silk scarves." Sociologically the movement has many cult-like elements as well. Note that in 2003 the rules on contact with outsiders were slightly relaxed. (I was lucky to have the first eight years of my education in the public system, which gave me limited exposure to non-Brethren kids, but these days sect children are educated entirely within the Brethren system.) I followed anarchists for a documentary in Greece, and spent much of the past 18 months living in Hong Kong, where I reported from the frontlines of violent protests. Contra Peebs.net (Contra) This web site deals with the Exclusive Brethren from a critical perspective. If brethren and sisters continue to fellowship with other professing Christians who hold and practise the sign-gifts they will have to withdraw because we will have nothing to do with these practices. Two young girls who left recently are pregnant already," says Adrian. Now in their early 40s with four children and a playground business, the couple had been married four years and already had two children when they left. Sorrow overthe past and humility in the present may be the keystones to those many groups to visit one anothers meetings and to see how little stands between them and to share meetings in the spirit of oneness not implied superiority. There are, however, a number of organizations, trusts, and support agencies that have been set up with the purpose of servicing Brethren (and sometimes like-minded) churches. Many independent assemblies were formed, which gradually coalesced into a network that became known as the Open Brethren. On one occasion a senior leader asked if I was sexually attracted to a local priest. These confessions came to a head when one day, feeling completely broken, I finally confessed to being gay. It meant no TV, radio or recorded music, no pets, parties, school outings, plays or. No member is allowed to eat in the same room as a worldly person, they are forbidden from owning a pet and they are restricted from socialising with anyone outside of the Exclusive Brethren. It was one of the worst cases of neglect to come before a racing authority. What clinched it for them was realising they "could never say to our children 'we can't have you in the house', like our parents said to us". Promising to provide an Open documentary of their life and faith, this site claims to be the only site endorsed by the Exclusive Brethren. Here is how the money-go-round works: large New Zealand retail businesses get guaranteed customers (the Brethren who are directed to purchase their goods and services) in return for rebates, which go to UBT. It was a bright spring day when I got one final phone call from a priest. 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