Tag: anniversary
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The Believers’ Church: Where Anabaptists Experience Brotherhood
What is the foundation for Anabaptist faith and practice? This article, the third in a four-part series on Anabaptist distinctives, describes the essential role of Scripture in forming the Anabaptist community.
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Scripture: How Anabaptists Receive God’s Word
What is the foundation for Anabaptist faith and practice? This article, the third in a four-part series on Anabaptist distinctives, describes the essential role of Scripture in forming the Anabaptist community.
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Nonresistance: How Anabaptists Respond to Evil
Anabaptists take seriously Jesus’ command not to resist evil. In this article, the authors describe how these convictions were tested by German and American patriotism in the 20th century. Which challenge is greater: military drafts or political campaigns?
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Cultivating Committed Community
How did Western society transition from being community-oriented to being so focused on the rights and freedoms of the individual? How has this cultural and societal change affected our conservative Anabaptist communities and churches? How can we retain our stated values of community and brotherhood in a society of radical individualism? How can we impact…
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Discipleship: How Christian Faith is Lived Out
What constitutes the core of Anabaptism? This is the first in a series of four articles on Anabaptist distinctives planned to commemorate the 500-year anniversary of Anabaptism’s beginnings in Switzerland on January 21, 1525. Image by Jan Marczuk from Pixabay