Welcome to the African Brethren Churches Network (“the ABC Network”) also known as the PABCM, a movement dedicated to fulfilling the Mission of the Brethren Movement across Africa.

The Brethren Assemblies in Africa are an aggregate of independent and autonomous Evangelical New Testament churches, which are networked together through a set of shared Biblical doctrines and practices of the Plymouth Brethren that arose in the 1820s. They are the product of the work of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Each local assembly is independent in its administration and non-denominational under the stewardship of local elders who answer only to the LORD JESUS CHRIST for their stewardship. The assemblies do not accept any superior human spiritual authority on earth, holding that the HOLY SPIRIT is Christ's only Vicar on earth. Consequently, they adhere to the priesthood of all believers with Christ as the Chief Priest. There is no larger policy-making body or federation. The ABC Network or PABCM does not provide central control over the assemblies. It only provides, for expediency, the legal framework for the administration, control and management of the PABCM conferences and incidental proprietary and related rights and interests. Its scope is limited to the organisation and administration of the PABCM Conferences. It is not intended to, and does not control or attempt to guarantee the spiritual life and local administration of the assemblies, which is of necessity a matter for each assembly and its individual members before the Lord.