How many “Brethren” assemblies are there?
There is really no way of knowing. Most large cities in North America have a “Brethren Assembly” and some small towns have several. At some point the dividing line between “Brethren Assembly” and “Independent Bible Church” gets blurred. An address book has been published by Waltrick which lists 195 assemblies in the Canadian province of Ontario (population 9 million). I haven’t bothered counting for all of North America. There would certainly be hundreds of these churches in England and Scotland, and some African countries also have hundreds. The Australian periodical Tidings lists 261 assemblies in their country. There are many assemblies in Latin America. Besides whatever “open” meetings there are there, there are 85 assemblies in Bolivia, 31 in Peru, 8 in Argentina, 33 in the Dominican Republic, more than 8 in Brasil, and about 28 in Mexico in fellowship with the “TW” (exclusive) meetings. Mexico has approximately 150 meetings in total. In total, Brazil has about 800 assemblies (inc
