The radical Reformation's heirs: believer's baptism, discipleship, nonviolence, and the separated community, carried by Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites, and Brethren.
The Anabaptists were the Reformation's radical wing, rebaptizing adults and refusing the sword and the oath, and they paid for it in martyrdom from both Catholic and Protestant magistrates. Their descendants keep the pattern in communities that range from the Old Order Amish to the modern Mennonite conferences.
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Denomination / School
Bruderhof
The Bruderhof is distinct among Anabaptist bodies in that its members live in intentional communities and hold all property in common.
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Church of the Brethren
The Church of the Brethren is distinct in combining Anabaptist and Pietist roots, with ordinances that include trine immersion baptism and the love…
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Hutterites
The Hutterites are distinct in living on communal agricultural colonies where land, buildings, and income are held by the colony rather than by…
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Mennonite Church Canada
Mennonite Church Canada is distinct as the Canadian national Mennonite church, organized through five regional churches rather than as part of a…
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Mennonite Church USA
Mennonite Church USA is distinct as the largest Mennonite denomination in the United States, formed by a merger completed in 2002.
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Old Order Amish
The Old Order Amish are distinct in keeping the Ordnung, the unwritten local code that governs dress, technology, and daily life, and in refusing…
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Sources
Primary
- The Schleitheim Confession (1527).
Secondary
- C. Arnold Snyder, Anabaptist History and Theology (1995).