The Ultra-Strict Sect Where Leaving Means Losing Your Family | Brethren Church | ENDEVR Documentary

Open Brethren are too controlling, but nowhere near as bad as closed brethren. Sadly these expose's fail to explain that and most people do not know all brethren are not like tge closed brethren and it causes a lot of problems, accusation and gossip. I see it where I live because neighbours assume one of them is brethren bevause she won't have a tv and only has her church friends, but she has not said ehat church it is, so the rumour mill takes off. But she does things closed brethren woukd never allow, but they don't know better.

I worked for an Insurance Brokers in the UK that was owned by a Brethren family and essentially was mainly Brethren families we insured. I found it fascinating in that, they only insured their cars Third Party Only (compulsory), as they believed God would protect them. Similar things with houses, they build their own detached houses and only insured them for fire (compulsory) whilst under construction, no other insurance on them. They had detached houses, as didn't want to share drains with non brethren people, very strange.

This sounds like how my family of origin operates. I’m completely shunned.

I’ll never understand how people get sucked into these cults.

All religions are cults. No exceptions. They are ALL cults

I wish I could give all of them a hug. How sad to be treated unworthy and unloved! God Almighty the Creator loves you!

Holy FLDS shunning/sending away.

Grace is such a scary concept to those trapped in legalism. My husband and I attended an open assembly for many years and by PB standards it was quite "liberal" but still within the pale. Closed assemblies are a completely different kettle of fish! They can and do exhibit cultish behaviour. Sad when religion supercedes the gospel.

We all need discernment and wisdom. From the HOLY SPIRIT
Not from people.🤔

I guess Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology also shun people who try to break free.

Seventh-day Adventists are exactly like this as well.

Also may I ask is it normal to marry cousins in the Brethren church?

I always thought Brethren churches were friendly. This is shocking.

This is so similar to Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Need to be careful about equating the Exclusive Brethren with the Open Brethren (Gospel Halls). I was was saved around the age of 22 through outreach from people who were in the Open Brethren in the East of Scotland and spent many years happily in them, when I left them to move churches they were upset and challenged me on my decision. However I am still in touch with a number of them and am so grateful for the deep Bible based background it gave me. I knew one or two Exclusives and yes they were much stricter (Biblical as they called it….)

cult

10:24 it's called shunning… the top cult behavior.

Red flag. Prosperity tied with spiritual life ? Yikes

That's not a sect. It's a cult.

What on Earth? I grew up Brethren and we never had those superiority ideals taught to us. My mom grew up Church of Brethren, which was a bit more strict about communion and dating, but they didn’t have this either. Wowzers. (Virginia)

Does the brethren hold their money which makes them not want to leave?