Correcting the Record: “Brethren charity sues woman allegedly abused by an elder”. Reports by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on 8 February 2026 falsely implied that the Plymouth Brethren Christian Chruch’s charity, the Rapid Relief Team or RRT, is suing a person, because she made allegations of abuse against a church member. This is categorically untrue. This article made, or otherwise repeated, deeply disturbing […]
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Plymouth Brethren Christian Church pledges support to the Jewish community
Together with other faith and community groups in Australia, this afternoon the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church signed the following: In the wake of the unspeakable attack on our Jewish community at Bondi Beach, we come together across cultural, linguistic and religious differences to make a unified pledge: We collectively mourn for victims and their families […]
Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2025 Australian election
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) has made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters following the unprecedented assault launched against our church and community by members of Parliament and media. In the lead up to the Australian election in May 2025, our church found itself at the centre of significant political […]
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church welcomes in Australian journalist
Recently the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church welcomed an Australian journalist into the Church Halls, homes, and businesses of our members. In some parts of the media, the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is sometimes incorrectly named “the Exclusive Brethren”, a “religious sect” or even “a secretive cult” – but we hoped that a journalist would just […]
Correcting the Record: “Big Brethren”
Correcting the Record: Big Brethren On Monday 15 September, 2026, aired a story on the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church called “Big Brethren”, which included content that was inaccurate, biased, and sensationalist. “While obviously the church disputes the perspectives which were put forward, that’s not the only issue,” said church spokesperson, Lloyd Grimshaw. “Every church around […]
Statement on Four Corners
Today the Australian television program, Four Corners, aired a story on the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church which included a number of perspectives which we dispute. We will consider the news piece and may respond in more detail in due course. The Church’s detailed statement in response to the questions from Four Corners can be viewed […]
RRT and Farmers Across Borders join forces for hay run
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church volunteers with the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) answered a call for support from Farmers Across Borders as they prepared to transport 86 truckloads of donated hay from Western Australia into drought-ravaged South Australia. RRT kept the large group of volunteers well-fed as they loaded up the road trains with hay bales […]
Rapid Relief Team serves 2000 meals across Australia for NAIDOC Week
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church volunteers with the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) have helped commemorate 50 years of NAIDOC Week, supporting events right across the Australia which saw hundreds of people acknowledge First Nations cultures and communities. RRT is partnering with charities, not-for-profit organisations and community groups to mark NAIDOC Week at several events across Australia […]
Correcting the Record: Church position on voting
In the lead up to the Australian Election on 5 May 2025, the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church was subject to significant levels of political commentary and media scrutiny, owing to some of our members choosing to volunteer in the election campaign. This criticism was unfounded. These volunteer activities were not organised by the church. The […]
Support for church families following Prime Minister’s comments at their school this afternoon
Responding to comments made by the Prime Minister of Australia, a spokesperson for the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church said: This afternoon Prime Minister Albanese held a press conference where he said he doesn’t “attack people’s families”, before falsely labelling our church “The Exclusive Brethren” and criticising “the views that they have.” The press conference occurred […]