Sandemanians 

Sandemanians originated in Scotland under the leadership of John Glas (1695-1773) and his son-in-law, Robert Sandeman (1718-71).  In 1730 Glas, an ordained minister in the Church of Scotland, withdrew from the Scottish church and began an independent sect, known in Scotland as Glassites. Eventually, through the efforts of Sandeman, the sect spread to London and America, where Sandeman died in 1771. As a result, in England and America the sect became known as Sandemanians. Among the sect’s major tenets was the complete separation of church and state; a belief in a “reasoned faith,” as opposed to emotion or “religious affections”; and the re-instituting of certain New Testament practices, such as the love feast, feet washing, a limited community of goods, and church governance by bishops, elders, and teachers.  Like the Quakers, the Sandemanians rejected the common practice of ministerial emolument.