The church in Smyrna:
Smyrna was a Roman province of Asia, it was on the Aegean shore of what is now Asiatic Turkey. Today Smyrna is Izmir in Turkey and is the second largest city in Asiatic Turkey.
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Church of the Brethren
The Church of the Brethren is a group of Protestant churches which began in 1708 in Schwarzenau, Germany. They were driven from Germany into Holland and Switzerland by persecution. They first came to America in 1719 under the leadership of Peter Becker.