James Harvey Symington (1913–1987)

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, USA was a member of a little known Christian Church based in his town. He was the Universal leader of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.

Biography

Symington was born to Lyle and Ida (Hughes) Symington on August 28, 1913, and was one of 11 children. He became leader of the

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in 1970, after the sudden death of James Taylor Junior, shortly after the Aberdeen incident, one of the most significant events in the Brethren's history. Ron Fawkes, an ambitious leadership aspirant who attained some prominence among the Brethren, accused Symington of several false charges,In an ABC Radio report "Separate Lives"
/ref> none of which were upheld on investigation. Symington died in 1987. At his death he was blind from adult-onset

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and was buried in

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* Background information on all Exclusive Brethren leaders from 1848 to current. 1913 births 1987 deaths 20th-century evangelicals American Christian religious leaders American Plymouth Brethren People from Pembina County, North Dakota {{Christianity-bio-stub