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* (BC): Bible Church: These are churches that are evangelical in nature, but with fewer recognizable traits or distinctives in being associated (in that era) with the Brethren movement, and a majority of its constituency may be unaware of its background. These are included if there is verifiable link to a Brethren background, whether of the church itself, or a mother church that supported its plant.
* (EB): a generic term belonging to the Exclusive (and/or closed) Brethren, but prior to various nameable splits.
* (TW) and/or (TW-N): Tunbridge Wells closed "careful" brethren network that split 1908-1909 from Natural History Hall and/or Reading and/or Park St. TW-N refers to a remnant group that stayed with the "old paths" in a global split initiated in the early 1990's, followed by two others splitswhich has since split three directions: TW-NS, one in the early 2000'sTW-NE, and another in more recent yearsTW-NFR. TW TW-P refers to those who departed in from the early 1990'soriginal departure from TW-N, many of whom merged fellowship with the which are essentially OBTW.
* (KLC) is a catch-all for what was originally identified as "Kelly Brethren", but includes Lowe, Continental, and sometimes Glanton and other branches that have merged.
* (PBCC): Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, an Exclusive network led (in order) by F.E. Raven, James Taylor Sr., James Taylor Jr., James H. Symington, John S. Hales, and presently Bruce D. Hales.
