Several churches, such as the Anabaptists and Socinians of the Reformation, then Seventh-day Adventist Church, Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and theologians of different traditions reject the idea of the immortality of a non-physical soul as a vestige of Neoplatonism, and other pagan traditions.

Christadelphians believe the doctrines they reject were introduced into Christendom after the first century in large part through exposure to pagan Greek philosophy, and cannot be substantiated from the Biblical texts.

The majority of the North American Bereans re-joined the main body of Christadelphians in 1952 ; though a small number continue as a separate community to the present day.

Despite success in reuniting large sections of the wider Christadelphian community and periodic efforts at reuniting smaller offshoots, there are still a number of groups who remain separate from other bodies of Christadelphians.

There remains a large number of Unamended Christadelphians, particularly in the US and Canada.

The number of adherents to the various smaller groups of Christadelphians varies from approximately 1, 850 members ( the Unamended Christadelphians as of 2006 ) to groups made up of little more than one or two immediate families.

Modern Socinians ( in Christological terms ) include the small number of " Biblical Unitarian " churches such as Christadelphians and the Church of the Blessed Hope, though these churches are not direct descendants of the Polish Brethren.

The Christadelphians are one of only a small number of churches whose identity as a denomination is directly linked to the issue of Christian pacifism.

During the Second World War Christadelphians were exempted and performed civil work-though some of the small number of Christadelphians in Germany were imprisoned and one executed.

Due to the way the Christadelphian body is organised there is no central authority to establish and maintain a standardised set of beliefs and it depends what statement of faith is adhered to and how liberal the ecclesia is, but there are core doctrines most Christadelphians would accept.

Benjamin Wilson, founder of the Abrahamic Faith, and John Thomas, founder of the Christadelphians, were both British emigrants who had been associated with the Campbellite movement in Illinois, but were among those who separated because of the objection to the doctrines of the immortality of the soul and the Trinity.

This view is also held in a modified form by groups such as the Latter Day Saints, Christadelphians and Adventist splinter groups such as the Branch Davidians.

The Christadelphian distinction between representation and substitution has been noted in the relevant scholarly literature, and representative participation ( an interpretation long held by Christadelphians ) is widely considered the original Biblical teaching on the atonement.

The CGAF annual Gathering, currently held at Denison, Ohio, has played an important role in reintroducing CGAF to Christadelphians and Christadelphians to CGAF.

The period following the reunions was accompanied by expansion in the developing world, which now accounts for around 40 % of Christadelphians.

Since the reunions in the UK and Australia in 1957, two generations of Christadelphians have grown up with little awareness of the existence of the minority " fellowships ", or awareness that the main group is called " Central " by the minority groups.

This functional definition still holds true in North America, where two other sizeable groups, Unamended Christadelphians and the CGAF, are not received by most North American Amended ecclesias.

Christadelphians state that their beliefs are based wholly on the Bible, and they do not see other works as inspired by God.

For Christadelphians, this is the focal point of the gospel taught by Jesus and the apostles.

Christadelphians believe that people are separated from God because of their sins, but can be reconciled to him by becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

The next was the hymn book published for the use of Baptised Believers in the Kingdom of God ( an early name for Christadelphians ) by George Dowie in Edinburgh in 1864.

Infant baptism is also excluded by Iglesia ni Cristo ( Church of Christ ), Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians, and Latter Day Saints.

At the same time, common participation by CGAF and Christadelphian members on discussion forums has helped to make many Christadelphians, even outside North America, aware of the common beliefs shared with CGAF, and the differences with CoGGC.

Whilst the word church is used to refer to a Christian place of worship by some Christian denominations including Anglicans and Roman Catholics, other Christian denominations, including the Religious Society of Friends, Mennonites, Christadelphians, and some unitarians, object to the use of the word church to refer to a building, as they argue that this word should be reserved for the body of believers who worship there.

Thomas wrote several books, one of which, Elpis Israel ( 1848 ), in its first section, sets out many of the fundamental scriptural principles believed by Christadelphians to this day.

This is seen by many Christadelphians as evidence that Thomas had a broadly correct understanding of the main thrust of Bible prophecy.

Although no official membership figures are published, the Columbia Encyclopedia gives an estimated figure of 50, 000 Christadelphians, who are spread across approximately 120 countries ; there are established churches ( or ecclesias, as they are often called ) in many of those countries, along with isolated members.

There is a strong emphasis on personal Bible reading and study and many Christadelphians use the Bible Companion to help them systematically read the Bible each year

* Congregation among many English-speaking Christadelphians.

Present-day defenders of mortalism include many Anglicans, such as N. T. Wright and Nicky Gumbel, some Lutherans, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Advent Christian Church, the non denominational group Afterlife Christadelphians, the Church of God ( Seventh Day ), Church of God ( 7th day )-Salem Conference, the Church of God Abrahamic Faith, and various other Church of God organizations including most Related Denominations which adhered to the older teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God and the Bible Student movement.

The Gathering receives a large contingent of both Unamended Christadelphians and Amended Christadelphians each year, and likewise many CGAF members attend Christadelphian events such as the annual Great Lakes Christadelphian Bible School.

* Christadelphians, Church of God General Conference and other " Biblical Unitarians " are typically Socinian in their Christology, not Arian.

Some Christadelphian groups which are separated to a greater or lesser degree from the main body of Christadelphians use statements of faith which differ in some regard from the BASF and from each other.

Christadelphians believe that the Kingdom will be centred upon Israel, but Jesus Christ will also reign over all the other nations on the earth.

In other Christian beliefs ( e. g. the beliefs of the Christadelphians ) the word " satan " in the Bible is not regarded as referring to a supernatural, personal being but to any " adversary " and figuratively refers to human sin and temptation.

Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Old Order Amish, Rastafarians, and some other religious groups have a policy of not participating in politics through voting.

Annihilationist proponents include the Seventh-day Adventists, Bible Students, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians, and some other Protestant Christians.

More recently Biddle's combination of socinian Christology and millennialism has led to a rediscovery of his work among Christadelphians and other non-Trinitarian groups in the 1970s and ' 80s.

Laurence Oliphant collected funds for the settlement from Christadelphians and other sympathizers in Britain.

Early Christadelphians, notably John Thomas ( 1870 ) and C. C. Walker ( 1929 ) integrated angelic theophanies and God as revealed in his various divine names into a doctrine of God Manifestation which carries on into a Unitarian understanding of God's theophany in Christ and God being manifested in resurrected believers.

Proponents of the mortality of the soul, and general judgement, for example Seventh-day Adventists, Christadelphians, and Christian Universalists, argue that this is a parable using the framework of Jewish views of the Bosom of Abraham.