He was the founder and first leader of a sect that is today known as the Church of the New Covenant in Christ now headquartered near Salem, Oregon.
[1] In the early 1970s, Bryant became convinced that the LDS Church had unjustifiably abandoned plural marriage and joined the Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) in Utah, led by Rulon C.
[1] In 1979, Bryant's group established a communal settlement at the Fair Haven Ranch near Las Vegas, Nevada.
[1] Ultimately, Bryant left the Evangelical Church of Christ due to internal and external difficulties and it soon disintegrated.
[1] Bryant abandoned teaching plural marriage, vowed to take no more wives, and reoriented his family life away from its previous patriarchal structure.