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The Plymouth Brethren are not Reformed. Here are some distinctives of the Plymouth Brethren:
1. They do not have pastors. The believe that the Holy Spirit mininsters through the male leadership. Women are expected to be silent at "meetings." Some meetings have elders or an informal leadership, but most do not.
3. John Darby joined the Brethern in its infancy. While not the founder of the Brethren, he is the name most associated with them.
4. Most Brethren meetings are Arminian. There are a few (very few) meetings that are Calvinist. I would suspect that your friend is attending an Arminian meeting.
5. Most Brethren are separatists. They do not vote or believe in military service. This is not true of all meetings, but is true of many.
6. The Brethren have open and closed meetings. This does not refer to their view of the Lord's table, rather it is a difference in ecclesiology. The closed (sometimes called "exclusive Brethren") Brethren hold to certain doctrines and are bound together in those beliefs. The open Brethren are not bound ecclesiastically to other meetings.
7. The Brethern are rather clanish. They would have a lot in common with Mennonites.
8. The Brethren are almost all dispensational. It is one of their hallmarks. They practice the "classical" dispensationalism as taught by Darby and later promulgated by Scofield.
Bottom line? Not a place for a Reformed Christian or even a Calvinistic dispensationaist to worship.
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