I began my ministry with the Brethren back in the early 1980's and in the 1990's spent almost a decade as an itinerant preacher. I met a lot of godly people who genuinely loved the Lord and had a heart for the lost. I had many solid mentors who taught me how to study Scripture for myself and how to do the work of a pastor.

That being said, I found myself growing ever more uncomfortable among the Brethren because my study of Scripture led me away from many of their accepted beliefs. As I came to a conviction concerning the Doctrines of Grace and as I became skeptical of dispensationalism, I found myself often the odd man out. There were a few others who shared my commitment to Reformed theology,but our views were not really accepted.

I understand that many of the early Brethren were at least Calvinistic in their soteriology, but today most would be at best "two-point Calvinists" if there even is such a thing.

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Dan Martin
Pastor
Calvary Bible Church
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

"You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true." R. C. Sproul