Bible Christian Church (vegetarian)

For the Methodist sect founded in Cornwall, see Bible Christian Church.
William Cowherd (1763–1816), founder of the Bible Christian Church

The Bible Christian Church was a Christian vegetarian sect founded by William Cowherd in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1809, as a spilt from the Swedenborgians. Members of the church were committed vegetarians and the church was foundational in the formation of the British and American vegetarian movements.