Anabaptists -- pursuing historic Christian faith and practice

Anabaptist?

  • Reformation-era Christians who rejected infant baptism.
  • Enemies called them anabaptists -- "re-baptizers."
  • Zealous to restore the true church on an Apostolic model.
  • Radical Reformers who considered all state churches beyond reformation.
  • Include Amish, Beachy, Hutterites, and Mennonites.

Some distinctive beliefs

  • Adult believer's baptism
  • Church discipline
  • Separation from the world
  • Non-resistance, non-violence
  • No oath-taking
  • The priesthood of the believer
  • The brotherhood and community of the church
  • The Bible as final authority for faith and practice

Mennonites

  • Originally so called because of one of their early leaders, Menno Simons
  • One of the main groups of Anabaptists
  • Not a single, monolithic group in doctrine and life
  • As diverse as most Protestant groups
  • The Amish a break-away group
Though I'm not doing much here at Anabaptists these days, I have three blogs where I post somewhere between infrequently and rarely.

My blogs page shows excerpts of the last three posts at each of those blogs.

Established in mid-1995, this site has three purposes:
  • Glorify God
  • Build up people
  • Introduce the Anabaptists

God bless you!

Above all, love God!