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The first American congregation was founded near Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1719 . Originally known as ''Neue Täufer'' (new Baptists), in America they used the name "German Baptist" and officially adopted the title ''German Baptist Brethren'' at their Annual Meeting in 1871 . The '''''Old German Baptist Brethren''''' represent a conservative faction that would not tolerate certain modern innovations of the 19th Century . In 1881 , they broke away from the main body in order to maintain older customs, dress, and forms of worship. OGBB is noted for several ordinances like baptism, feet washing, the love feast, communion of the bread and cup, the holy kiss, and anointing of the sick with oil. Baptism is by trine forward immersion in running water. They hold an Annual Meeting associated with Pentecost, and cooperate in publishing ''The Vindicator''. According to the ''Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches'' ( 1999 ), the Old German Baptist Brethren had 5832 members in 57 churches in 1998 . The advance of modernity is connected to two early 20th Century divisions among the ''Old German Baptists''. In 1913 a group broke away and formed the Old Brethren. They were more favorable to the use of automobiles and other innovations. They also believed the Annual Meeting should be chiefly spiritual in nature, and placed less stress on its authority than did the parent body. Their membership is under 150. As the original ''Old German Baptist Brethren'' body became more accepting of automobiles, another group withdrew in 1921 to become the Old Order German Baptist Brethren . They do not use automobiles. There are several different Brethren groups that are not related to the Schwarzenau movement, such as the Plymouth Brethren that arose in England and Ireland early in the 19th Century through the labors of Edward Cronin and John Nelson Darby . EXTERNAL LINKS
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