The Brotherhood of the Kingdom was a group of the leading thinkers and advocates of the Social Gospel, founded in 1892[1] by Walter Rauschenbusch and Leighton Williams.
At its first gathering, the brotherhood adopted a mission statement and eight principles to govern its organization, unity, purpose and ongoing commitment to public propagation for the social gospel.
Each member shall lay special stress on the social aims of Christianity, and shall endeavor to make Christ’s teachings concerning wealth operative in the church.
On the other hand, members shall take pains to keep in contact with the common people, and to infuse the religious spirit into the efforts for social amelioration.
The members shall seek to strengthen the bond of brotherhood by frequent meetings for prayer and discussion, by correspondence, exchange of articles written, etc.
Leighton Williams was the pastor of Amity Baptist Church in New York City, and also a founding member of the American Economic Association.
Walter Rauschenbusch Samuel Zane Batten Nathaniel Schmidt George Dana Boardman Leighton Williams Louise Seymour Houghton Rev.
Hopkins, Rise of the Social Gospel, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949) "Walter Rauschenbusch and the Brotherhood of the Kingdom," Church History, 6 (June, 1938) "The Reign of the New Humanity: a Study of the Background, History and Influence of the Brotherhood of the Kingdom" (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1868; Xerox-University Microfilm #71-22438).