Lavinia Richardson, who spent the first 21 years of her life as a Brethren before dramatically leaving the Church two years ago, has told The Daily Telegraph the relationship with her family was now ...

The veil is being lifted on one of Victoria’s most conservative churches whose members — which include wealthy business ...

After decades of negative media stories, members of a secretive Christian faith with just 16,000 members have spoken for the first time. Read the exclusive interview with Dean and Charles Hales. The ...

Charles Hales: This was from one of our leaders from 1941… “Can I have the radio, which is like a pipeline carrying all the filth of the world into my house? I’m responsible to cut that off.” There’s ...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, announced today that its humanitarian aid initiative has successfully delivered more than one million meals ...

Media reports have claimed Brethren women are “subject” to their husbands and are destined to be full-time mothers. They also sit in the back rows of the church, wearing conservative dresses and ...

The Daily Telegraph was recently granted an exclusive interview with Dean and Charles Hales – the wealthy adult sons of Bruce Hales, who has been the Brethren’s global leader for the past 23 years.