The Brethren Movement started in Kerala in the year 1872. Missionaries came to India and also to Kerala and preached the Gospel. Though they were faced with many threats and had to suffer much for their faith, many joined the Brethren Assemblies.
Worship places were constructed in many places and a few schools and mission hospitals were started. 

The Brethren movement was widely spread to Kerala and hundreds of churches were established in Kerala and all over India. Many Bible Schools and Colleges were also established and hundreds of dedicated young people are coming out from these institutions every year to serve the Lord as full time Evangelists in Kerala and other States of India.