Benjamin Wills Newton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Wills Newton

English evangelist and author, influential in the Plymouth Brethren

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1807

Place of Birth: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1899

Profession: writer, theologian

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Benjamin Wills Newton (12 December 1807 – 26 June 1899) was an English evangelist, author of Christian books, and leader of a Plymouth church.
His congregation and others around Plymouth became known as the Plymouth Brethren.
Newton was a friend of John Nelson Darby, a well-known leader of the Plymouth Brethren, but the two men began to clash on matters of church doctrine and practice.
This led to a 1848 split of the movement into the Open Brethren and Exclusive Brethren.