The Brethren grew out of the disillusioned of the Church of England who wanted to separate church and state. But still very much Puritan rooted. Hence it found such synergy in USA. USA treated Darby, a former Church of England clergyman, as an untouchable cult leader. Even his peer cofounders of the Brethren would not openly confront him over his heresies. They simply wrote pamphlets about it. Now today the attitude towards him remains, but the Brethren distance themselves from such roots by trying to be non-denominational, cloaking their roots. Of course, these principles in USA far exceed Brethren boundaries, going into all Bible Belt territory under guise of Schofield Bible and Moody Bible Institute, but behind it all is still a cult reverence for Darby, an unquestioned, unaccountable false teacher. Hence the pervasiveness of Pre-tribulation Rapture doctrines.
