Editing Open Brethren (section)

==Notable Brethren==
''N.B. This is a list of individuals who were part of the Open Brethren movement for at least a part of their lives. For a list of individuals involved in the Brethren movement before the 1848 schism, see the [[Plymouth Brethren]]'' article.

* [[John Bodkin Adams]]<ref>Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, {{ISBN|1-904027-19-9}}</ref> — General practitioner and suspected serial killer (tried for one murder but controversially acquitted)
* [[Cecil J. Allen]] - leading railways expert and writer on trains.
* [[Thomas John Barnardo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infed.org/thinkers/barnardo.htm |title=Dr Thomas John Barnardo: homes, schools and other works |publisher=Infed.org |date=2009-11-04 |access-date=2010-10-24}}</ref> — Took in destitute male and female street children; founded [[Barnardo's]].
* [[Patricia Beer]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NB59uc9_ss8C&pg=PA48 |title=''Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English'' |access-date=2010-10-24|isbn=978-0-521-66813-2|year=1999|last1=Sage |first1=Lorna |last2=Greer |first2=Germaine |last3=Showalter |first3=Elaine |publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.thorns/resources/EDX_anthology/EDXL_1950-present_poets.htm|title=1950-present Poets|access-date=2010-10-24|isbn=978-0-521-66813-2|date=2015-05-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122153735/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.thorns/resources/EDX_anthology/EDXL_1950-present_poets.htm|archive-date=22 November 2010|df=dmy-all|last1=Sage|first1=Lorna|last2=Greer|first2=Germaine|last3=Showalter|first3=Elaine|publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref> — Poet.
* [[Stuart Briscoe]] — author, international speaker and Minister-At-large at [[Elmbrook Church]], was raised Plymouth Brethren, in England
* [[Edmund Hamer Broadbent]] — Missionary. First published in 1931 and still in print, his book, ''The Pilgrim Church'' is an alternative history of the church emphasizing historical precedents for the church "pattern" seen in Scripture by the Brethren (and related) movements.
* [[F. F. Bruce]] — twentieth-century British Bible scholar and Christian apologist.
* [[Geoffrey Bull]] — Missionary to [[Tibet]] in the early 1950s
* [[Wilson Carlile]]<ref>[[The Times]], Sept 28 1942 – Carlile's obituary</ref> — British evangelist who founded [[Church Army]] and [[prebendary]] of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]
* [[William Coltman]] VC - most decorated stretcher bearer of WW1
* [[Henry Craik (evangelist)|Henry Craik]] — Worked with George Mûller in Bristol at Gideon and Bethesda Chapels from 1832
* [[William Dobbie|Sir William Dobbie]] — associated with the [[Second Boer War]], World War I and World War II and rose to become a [[lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-general]] in the British military
* [[Jim Elliot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/277.htm |title=Papers of Philip James Elliot – Collection 277 |publisher=Wheaton.edu |access-date=2010-10-24}}</ref> — Missionary killed by [[Waodani]] Indians along the [[Curaray River]], in [[Ecuador]].
* [[H. L. Ellison]] - twentieth-century British missionary, scholar, professor, and author.
* [[Tony Evans (pastor)|Tony Evans]] — Radio Bible Teacher and Pastor of Oakcliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas
* [[Peter Fleming (missionary)|Peter Fleming]] — Missionary killed by the [[Waodani]] Indians along the [[Curaray River]], in [[Ecuador]]
* [[Roger T. Forster]] — Author, theologian and leader of [[Ichthus Christian Fellowship]]
* [[David Willoughby Gooding]] — Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Greek at Queen's University Belfast and Christian author
* [[Robert P. Gordon]] - Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge
* [[Anthony Norris Groves]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.ukonline.co.uk/d.haslam/groves/AboutANG.htm |title=About Anthony Norris Grove |publisher=Web.ukonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012055329/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/d.haslam/groves/AboutANG.htm |archive-date=2009-10-12 }}</ref> — Missionary to [[Baghdad]] and India
* [[Cam Guthrie]]<ref name="canadianchristianity.com"/> — Mayor of [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]], Canada.
* [[Paul Harvey]] — Conservative American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks.
* [[Zane Hodges]] — Professor of New Testament Greek at Dallas Theological Seminary and co-author of the Greek New Testament according to the Majority Text
* [[John Eliot Howard]] — Chemist and quinologist
* [[Luke Howard (meteorologist)|Luke Howard]] — Chemist and meteorologist, the 'namer of clouds'
* [[Joe Hawke]]<ref name="Windsor Community Church"/> — [[New Zealand Parliament|New Zealand MP]] ([[New Zealand Labour Party]], 1996–2002)
* [[Harry Ironside]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gotell.gracenet.org/m_harry_ironside.htm |title=Henry (Harry) Allan Ironside |access-date=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217043707/http://www.gotell.gracenet.org/m_harry_ironside.htm |archive-date=2007-12-17 }}</ref> — Bible teacher, preacher and author; Pastor of the [[Moody Church]] in Chicago (1930-1948).
* [[Gordon Jackson (politician)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/High-profile+QC+who's+never+far+from+the+limelight.-a062228775|title = High-profile QC who's never far from the limelight. - Free Online Library}}</ref> — Scottish politician and [[Queen's Counsel]]
* [[Owen Jennings]], [[New Zealand Parliament|New Zealand MP]] ([[ACT New Zealand|ACT New Zealand Party]], 1996–2002)
* [[Ferenc Kiss (anatomist)|Ferenc Kiss]] — [[anatomy|anatomist]], university professor, former head of the Institute of Anatomy in [[Budapest]], Hungary
* [[Kenneth Kitchen]] - Professor of Egyptology at the University of Liverpool
* [[Maurice Koechlin]] — Structural Engineer. Chief Engineer in the construction of the [[Eiffel Tower]]
* [[J. Laurence Kulp]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1993/PSCF12-93Yang.html |title=Radiocarbon Dating and American Evangelical Christians |publisher=Asa3.org |access-date=2010-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/CMBergman.html |title=A Brief History of the Modern American Creation Movement |publisher=Asa3.org |date=1995-01-20 |access-date=2010-10-24}}</ref> — twentieth-century geologist. [[Critic]] of [[Young Earth creationism]]
* [[John Lennox]] — Mathematician, bioethicist, and Christian apologist, Professor Emeritus at the [[University of Oxford]].
* [[George H. Lang|G. H. Lang]] (November 20, 1874 – October 20, 1958), was a noted Bible teacher, prolific author, and biblical scholar of his time.
* [[Erich Sauer]] — (December 31, 1898 – February 25, 1959) A German Bible scholar, theologian, and principal of the Wiedenest Bible School in Germany for many years
* [[John Laing (businessman)|Sir John William Laing (1879–1978)]].<ref name=LAING>{{cite book|title=Life and Belief – In the Experience of John W. Laing CBE|last=Harrison|first=Godfrey|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|date=1954|page=15|work=Chapter I – Early Days – reference to family conversion to the Plymouth Brethren}}</ref> — British entrepreneur in the construction industry
* [[William MacDonald (Christian author)|William MacDonald]]<ref>{{cite web |author=William MacDonald |url=http://www.christianbook.com/believers-bible-commentary-william-macdonald/9780840719720/pd/19728?event=AFF&p=1022289& |title=Believer's Bible Commentary: Edited By: Arthur Farstad By: William MacDonald: 9780840719720 |publisher=Christianbook.com |access-date=2010-10-24 |archive-date=22 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822103734/http://www.christianbook.com/believers-bible-commentary-william-macdonald/9780840719720/pd/19728?event=AFF&p=1022289& |url-status=dead }}</ref> — Christian author and scholar, author of well known [http://www.christianbook.com/believers-bible-commentary-william-macdonald/9780840719720/pd/19728?event=AFF&p=1022289& Believer's Bible Commentary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822103734/http://www.christianbook.com/believers-bible-commentary-william-macdonald/9780840719720/pd/19728?event=AFF&p=1022289& |date=22 August 2010 }}
* [[Peter Maiden]] — International Director Emeritus of [[Operation Mobilisation]], Minister at Large of [[Keswick Ministries]]
* [[Jim McCotter]] — Was a part of Brethren in early life. Left and was the founder of [[Great Commission Churches]]
* [[Ed McCully]] — Studying to be a lawyer at [[Marquette University]], McCully became a missionary instead and was killed by the [[Waodani]] Indians along the [[Curaray River]], in [[Ecuador]]
* [[Brian McLaren|Brian D. McLaren]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emergent-us.typepad.com/emergentus/2005/08/brian_mclaren_o.html |title=emergent-us: Brian McLaren on "Becoming Convergent" – Part 1 of 3 |publisher=Emergent-us.typepad.com |date=2005-10-01 |access-date=2010-10-24}}</ref> — Prominent and controversial voice in the [[Emerging Church]] movement. Raised in a Brethren family.
* [[Alan Millard]] - Professor of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic languages at the University of Liverpool
* [[George Müller]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mullers.org/history.html |title=History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231205336/http://www.mullers.org/history.html |archive-date=2006-12-31}}</ref> — Founder of the Bristol Orphanage and a stated teacher in Bethesda Chapel, Bristol
* [[Thomas Newberry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newblehome.co.uk/newberry/biography.html |title=Biography of Thomas Newberry |publisher=Newblehome.co.uk |access-date=2010-10-24 |archive-date=9 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909105252/http://www.newblehome.co.uk/newberry/biography.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> — [[Translator]] of the ''Newberry Reference Bible'', which uses a system of symbols to explain verb tenses
* [[Dessie O'Hare]]<ref>[[The Irish Independent]], February 24, 2008 – 'Border Fox' O'Hare finds God in a gospel hall</ref> — Irish Republican terrorist.
* [[Camillo Pace]] — Italian evangelist (1862-1948).
* [[Frederick Handley Page]]<ref>[[The Times]], April 23, 1962 – Page's obituary</ref> — Pioneer in the design and manufacture of aircraft
* [[Luis Palau]] — [[Argentina|Argentinian]]-American evangelist, raised in the Plymouth Brethren.
* [[John Parnell, 2nd Baron Congleton]] — Missionary to [[Mesopotamia]]
* [[G. H. Pember]] — An English theologian who lived in the nineteenth century and also wrote the book ''Earth's earliest ages''.
* [[Joseph M. Scriven]] — Writer of the words to the hymn, "[[What A Friend We Have In Jesus]]".
* [[Arthur Rendle Short]]<ref>W.Melville Capper and Douglas Johnson, "Arthur Rendle Short", Inter Varsity, 1954</ref> — Professor of surgery at [[Bristol University]] and author
* [[William Gibson Sloan]] — Scottish missionary to the [[Faroe Islands]]
* [[Samuel Prideaux Tregelles]] — English biblical scholar and theologian
* [[Elsie Tu]], then Elsie Elliott — A Plymouth Brethren missionary in China before leaving the movement and becoming a prominent political figure in Hong Kong
* [[William Edwy Vine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wordsearchbible.com/products/12529-vine-s-complete-expository-dictionary-of-old-and-new-testament-words |title=Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words |website = wordsearchbible.com |access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref> — Author of, ''[[Vine's Expository Dictionary|Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words]]'', and numerous commentaries
* [[Arthur Wallis (Bible teacher)|Arthur Wallis]] — Founder of the [[British New Church Movement]], formerly in the Plymouth Brethren.
* [[Jim Wallis]] — Founder and editor of ''[[Sojourners]]'' magazine, raised in a Brethren family.
* [[Charles Gidley Wheeler]]– Author of ''The Believer'', and ''A Good Boy Tomorrow: Memoirs of a Fundamentalist Upbringing'' – Fleet Air Arm pilot, TV dramatist, novelist and philosopher – was raised in the Plymouth Brethren before breaking away at the age of 16.
* [[Smith Wigglesworth]]<ref>Albert Hibbert, "Smith Wiggleworth – The Secret of His Power",{{ISBN|1-85240-004-8}}</ref> — Pentecostal preacher. Testified that he had received his grounding in Bible teaching within the Plymouth Brethren
* [[Hugh G.M. Williamson]] - Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford
* [[Orde Wingate]]<ref>page 57 of ''The Brethren: An Autobiography of a Plymouth Brethren Childhood'' by Anne Arnott</ref> — British [[Major General]], advisor to [[Hagana]] units during the 1930s
*[http://www.audreyassad.com/about/ Audrey Assad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002214922/http://www.audreyassad.com/about/ |date=2 October 2018 }}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.audreyassad.com/about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614185935/http://www.audreyassad.com/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2014|title=About|website=Audrey Assad|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref> —  American singer-songwriter and recording artist. Audrey grew up in a Brethren family and left the movement at the age of 21, later converting to Catholicism. Some believe that her knowledge of four-part harmony a cappella hymns in the brethren church influenced parts of one of her albums, ''Inheritance''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.breathecast.com/articles/audrey-assad-s-new-album-inheritance-takes-listeners-on-a-personal-journey-review-32615/|title=Audrey Assad's 'Inheritance' Takes Listeners On A Personal Journey [REVIEW]|last=BreatheCast|date=2016-02-18|work=BREATHEcast|access-date=2018-10-02|language=en}}</ref>
* Martyn Iles, raised in a Brethren family in Australia and former managing director of the [[Australian Christian Lobby]]