Bible Christian Church

Bible Christian Church
Bible Christian Church
	Arreton Methodist Church on the Isle of Wight (originally a Bible Christian church)
Classification	Methodist
Scripture	Bible
Founder	William O'Bryan
Origin	October 18, 1815 ; Shebbear, Devon
Merged into	United Methodist Free Churches and Methodist New Connexion to form United Methodist Church in England; Methodist Church in Canada; Methodist Church in Australia;
Defunct	1907

The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O'Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall. The first society, consisting of just 22 members, met at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon. Members of the Church were sometimes known as Bryanites, after their founder.

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