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A union of the Temperance Hall and Suffolk Street fellowships occurred in the UK in 1957, thus forming what became known as the Central fellowship. In Australia and New Zealand a union occurred in 1958 of a group of ecclesias calling themselves "Central fellowship" and the "Shield fellowship". (The editor of ''The Christadelphian'' magazine had some time previously stopped publising ''any'' intelligence from Australia in the magazine as it was unclear which fellowship in Australia was closest to the Central fellowship in the UK). The "Shield" group took their name from ''The Australian Christadelphian Shield'', a magazine which was begun by John Bell of the Sydney ecclesia with the encouragement of Robert Roberts, editor of ''The Christadelphian'', during one of his visits to Australia. Some "Central fellowship" members did not accept the reunion since the reasons for separation remained. These Central members formed the '''Old Paths Fellowship'''. The Old Paths fellowship continues to hold the Birmingham Temperance Hall Fellowship position to this day.
The Berean fellowship experienced division in 1942 over divorce. The majority believed that divorce and remarriage was contrary to Bible teaching, and adopted the name ''Dawn fellowship''. The minority continued to be known as the ''Berean fellowship''. The Central fellowship was joined by a number from the Berean fellowship in the 1950s, and from the Dawn fellowship in the 1990s. During the mid 1990's some from the Central Fellowship joined the Dawn Fellowship. However, both Dawn and Berean fellowships continue to grow in a number of countries to this day.
Christadelphians from different fellowships associate with one another, and there are usually continuing attempts to resolve areas of disagreement. By far the majority of Christadelphians belong to the Central fellowship.
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