In this article, I’ll list the distinctive Anabaptist beliefs, with an explanation of what they consist of. Many of these beliefs and practices are also accepted by other groups. However, few groups practice them all. If you believe and practice them all, you are for all intents and purposes an Anabaptist. Note that some people …
Dirk Willems is probably the most famous of all Anabaptist martyrs, since he was caught only because he stopped to save his captor from drowning. This noble act of love cost him his life. The following is from the Martyrs Mirror, a book that commemorates nonresistant or “defenseless” Anabaptists who lost their lives for Christ, …
Why would a peace-loving people, who taught nonviolence, be persecuted? Why would the Dutch Anabaptist Dirk Willems be burned to death, after rescuing his enemy from drowning? Many Anabaptists, especially Anabaptist leaders, were drowned, beheaded, or burned at the stake. During the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, European governments, whether they were Roman Catholic or Protestant, would …
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This website is about the Anabaptist faith. But what do I mean by “Anabaptist”? Since the term has been used in many different ways throughout history and today, defining it is a challenge. But I’ll try! “Anabaptist” or “Anabaptism” can refer to any of the following: Throughout this website, I employ the term “Anabaptist” to …
This article is an adaptation of a video I made for the Sound Faith YouTube Channel. You can watch it here (though I recommend reading the article; yours truly is not a dynamic speaker). What Is Kingdom Christianity? “Kingdom Christianity” is a term that was coined to describe a number of historical church movements that …
Anabaptist prayers are typically not scripted, but often run along the same lines, due to generations of caring about the same things. You’ll hear similar phrases showing up in many of the same types of prayers, but usually each person who prays has their own phrases that mean something especially to them or that they …
