 During this time (1827-28) he joined an interdenominational meeting of believers (including Anthony Norris Groves, Edward Cronin, J. G. Bellett, and Francis Hutchinson) who met to "break bread" together in Dublin as a symbol of their unity in Christ.By 1832, this group had grown and began to identify themselves as a distinct Christian assembly.As they traveled and began new assemblies in Ireland and England, they formed the movement now known as the Plymouth Brethren.