Editorial

Commentary, analysis and the questions the mainstream press keeps failing to ask about the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.

Analysis, open letters and commentary on the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church's public relations strategy, media appearances and response to investigative scrutiny — including a response to the PBCC's own podcast, their social media operation, and the Daily Telegraph investigation.

Editorial pieces represent the personal commentary and analysis of the author. They are clearly distinguished from factual investigations and are labelled accordingly.

Editorial · Commentary

The Art of Spinning a Yarn

The PBCC launched its first podcast featuring the four Hales brothers — Gareth, Dean, Greg and Charles — with PBCC spokesman Lloyd Grimshaw as host. Our editorial response: boredom, shock and anger in roughly equal measure. But it was the insider accounts that followed, directly contradicting what the Hales Boys said about the Australian election, that made the episode truly revealing.

Source Brethren Exposed / Open & Candid Published October 2025 Read time 6 min Read the editorial →

It's All One Big Conspiracy, Right?

A review of the Daily Telegraph's special investigation into the PBCC — what it got right, what it missed, and the three questions that should have been asked of Dean and Charles Hales directly.

Open & Candid / Brethren Exposed · 14 min read

Editorial · Community

Misogyny? 200 Charities, 600 Trustees and Not One Woman

There are approximately 200 UK charities linked to the PBCC. Our research found not one female trustee across any of them. Over 600 named trustees — all men. Meanwhile, women provide the unpaid labour for Campus & Co and the Rapid Relief Team.

Brethren Exposed · 3 min read

Editorial · Community

Brethren PR: Antisocial Social Media

The PBCC runs a paid Facebook campaign whilst banning its own members from the platform. Comments deleted, critics blocked, questions ignored. One word came to mind throughout: hypocrisy.

Brethren Exposed · July 2025 · 6 min read

Editorial · Planning

Rainhill Place, St Helens: An Alternative View on the PBCC Planning Consultation

The PBCC's pre-application consultation website presents the Rainhill Place development as community benefit. This is the alternative view — what it would actually contain, and who it would serve.

Brethren Exposed · September 2024 · 5 min read

Editorial · Open Letter

An Open Message to All Those in Fellowship

A direct letter from Damian Hastie to PBCC members. Not from an opposer — from someone who started by following government contract money in 2020 and found rather more than he expected.

Damian Hastie, Open & Candid · July 2024 · 6 min read