In a message dated 6/27/2008 7:17:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, KTompk7744@aol.com writes: >And Milton, father of the famous Wright Brothers, joined the Church of >the United Brethren in Christ. I think that may be the fancy name for United >Brethren, associated with Otterbein. The fact that the author refers to >UB'ers as "the Brethren" tends to confuse me. "The Church of the United Brethren in Christ" was indeed the full formal name of the more commonly called United Brethren. Milton Wright was the founder (co-founder?) of the breakaway group "The Church of the United Brethren in Christ (Old Constitution)", a name that took long years and much court time to get.. After the merger of the United Brethren, Evangelical with the Methodist Church, Wright's group was eventually able to drop the "old constitution" part of the name. As a child, my mother lived in a town in Indiana with two churches: United Brethren and United Brethren (Old Constitution). You know that must have been a horrible split. but yes, UBs were (are?) also known as Brethren. steven rowe **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)