The Conference was founded as the Believers' Meeting for Bible Study in 1875 by evangelical pastors in the United States.
[1] The driving force behind the meeting was James H. Brookes, a Presbyterian minister from St.
[2] Brookes publicized the meeting through his magazine Truth, and devoted substantial space to summaries of the speeches.
The messages generally centered on the doctrines of Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, missions and prophecy.
[4][5] The Niagara Creed does not explicitly affirm dispensationalism, but it refers to several key dispensationalist beliefs, including the reality of the millennium, the restoration of Israel, and the distinction between the judgment of the saved and the damned.