The Christadelphians are a restorationist and nontrinitarian Christian denomination. There are approximately 50,000 Christadelphians in around 120 countries. The movement developed in the United Kingdom and North America in the 19th century around the teachings of John Thomas, who coined the name Christadelphian to mean 'Brethren in Christ', from the Greek words for Christ (Christos) and brothers (adelphoi).
The Church of the Blessed Hope is a small first-day Adventist Christian body. The churches have common roots with the Christadelphians and the Church of God General Conference.
Dr. John Thomas was a British religious leader and founder of the Christadelphians [Brethren in Christ Jesus]. He was a dedicated Bible Expositor, and author of Elpis Israel the First major writing to bring to light the subject of God Manifestation and the Hope of Israel for future generations. In this work, he was able to draw upon his understanding of Biblical Prophecy to predict the return of Israel in the near future, which came to pass in 1948, with the Balfour Declaration. Other of his writings include, Eureka a 5 Volume exposition of the Apocalypse, and the amazing accuracy of its remarkable history. [Copies of these works and many other are available at the Christadelphian Office, Birmingham UK]
The Christadelphian Tidings of the Kingdom of God is a Bible magazine published monthly by the Christadelphians.
The Bible Companion is a Bible reading plan developed by Robert Roberts when he was 14 years of age, in about 1853, and revised by him over a number of years into its current format. It is widely used by Christadelphians, who place particular importance on personal daily Bible reading. Many Christadelphian congregations read one or more of the allotted chapters as part of their weekly Breaking of Bread service.
The Testimony is a Bible magazine published monthly by the Christadelphians.
Harold Marshall Sylvester Richards Sr., commonly known as H. M. S. Richards, was a well-known Seventh-day Adventist evangelist and author.
Elpis Israel - An Exposition of the Kingdom of God (commonly called Elpis Israel is a theological book written by John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, and published in 1849.
Milestones is an annual published by the Christadelphian Scripture Study Service. Its focus is Bible prophecy, and its intention is to review the 'events of the past year in the light of Bible prophecy'. The 2007 edition is the 30th issue. Milestones Updates also appear quarterly in another Christadelphian publication, The Bible Magazine, and Milestones Snippets is available approximately twice a week.
The Unamended Christadelphians are a "fellowship" within the broader Christadelphian movement worldwide, found only in the United States and Canada. They are, like all Christadelphians, millennialist and non-Trinitarian. The term Unamended Christadelphians is not the formal name of this community but is used informally to identify the grouping since a statement of faith traditionally used by many in this community is the "Unamended Statement of Faith". Similarly, most of the much larger grouping of Amended Christadelphians traditionally use a statement of faith that has been amended and therefore, in North America is known by the prefix "Amended". Nevertheless, Christadelphians worldwide and both Amended and Unamended Christadelphians in North America share fundamentally the same doctrines, with a few exceptions.
The Christadelphian Isolation League (CIL) is a registered charity which aims to look after the 'spiritual welfare' of baptised Christadelphians and their family members, who are distant from an ecclesia due to physical distance or illness. It is funded by donations from the Christadelphian community.
Robert Roberts is the man generally considered to have continued the work of organising and establishing the Christadelphian movement founded by Dr. John Thomas. He was a prolific author and the editor of The Christadelphian magazine from 1864 to 1898.
The Berean Christadelphians are a Christian denomination.
Charles Curwen Walker (1856–1940) was a Christadelphian writer and editor of The Christadelphian Magazine from 1898 to 1937.
Thomas Williams (1847–1913) was a Welsh Christadelphian who emigrated to America in 1872, and eventually became editor of The Christadelphian Advocate magazine and author of The Great Salvation and The World's Redemption, reserving him a place alongside Christadelphian founders Dr. John Thomas and Robert Roberts. When his appeals to English brethren went unheeded, he became the most prominent of the brethren who avoided these divisive factions, and later became known as Unamended Christadelphians because they never adopted a particular amendment to the Christadelphian statement of faith.
James William Thirtle, LLD, DD, Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, was editor of The Christian, 1887–1934.
The following is a bibliography of books in the English language relating to the general topic of Christadelphians.
Alan Hayward (1923–2008) was a British engineer and physicist who was also active as an old-earth Creationist writer, and Christadelphian.
John Carter (1889–1962) was editor of The Christadelphian from 1937 to 1962.
The earliest Christadelphian hymn book published was the "Sacred Melodist" which was published by Benjamin Wilson in Geneva, Illinois in 1860. The next was the hymn book published for the use of Baptised Believers in the Kingdom of God by George Dowie in Edinburgh in 1864. "The Golden Harp" was put together in 1864 by Scotsman Robert Roberts.
