Brinsmeadism arose within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia during the 1960's and had run its course by the late 1980's. Its name derived from that of Robert D. Brinsmead, a Seventh-day Adventist church member, whose ideas became influential in small groups and meetings in Australia and along the West coast of the U.S.A. during that time.
Louis F. Were (1896-1967) was a pastor, evangelist and author who worked for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and New Zealand from 1919 to 1943.