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<p>Jbraun: /* Core Beliefs */</p> <hr /> <div>'''Anabaptism''' is a [[Christian]] denomination that developed during the [[Protestant Reformation]] of the sixteenth century. <br /> <br /> ==Core Beliefs==<br /> <br /> * '''Adult Baptism''' - the term Anabaptist is literally &quot;re-baptizer&quot;, they believed that every believer should make an adult commitment to Jesus, and reject infant baptism.<br /> <br /> *'''Voluntary Church membership''' &amp; '''Separation of church and state''' - Anabaptists do not believe that the church and government should be linked, and that all who lived should be free to worship at which ever church they wanted. It was typical during the reformation that if a person lived in a [[Catholic]] area that they attended a Catholic church or face persecution, and if they lived in a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] area that they attend a Protestant church or face persecution.<br /> <br /> * '''Pacifism''' Anabaptists called for placing the way of [[Jesus]] above self- and group-interest. The Anabaptists interpreted Jesus' command to love one's enemies (Matthew 5:43–45) as a real command, and they embraced his teaching that, because his kingdom was &quot;not of this world,&quot; his disciples would not fight their enemies with the weapons of this world (John 18:36).<br /> <br /> <br /> The Anabaptists were different from both their Protestant and Catholic brothers and often found themselves persecuted by other Christians. Many Anabaptists were [[martyr]]ed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They would survive the persecution, and added to their numbers, and some eventually migrated to North America. The most numerous Anabaptist immigrants were [[Mennonite]]s who took their name from an early Dutch Anabaptist leader named [[Menno Simons]]. The Amish and the [[Hutterites]] were two other Anabaptist groups that migrated to [[North America]]. The [[Brethren in Christ Church]] is a Christian Church in the Anabaptist tradition.<br /> <br /> ==Weblinks==<br /> *[http://www.messiah.edu/siderinstitute/anabaptism.html Messiah College]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Christian Denominations]]</div>

Jbraun https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Mennonite&diff=499104 2008-08-13T19:35:42Z

<p>Jbraun: </p> <hr /> <div>{{stub}}A '''Mennonite''' is an adherent to an [[Anabaptist]] movement begun in the 1500's by [[Menno Simons]]. They practice adult [[baptism]], [[pacifism]], simple living and have an emphasis on community. Mennonites reject the notion of [[sola scriptura]], believing instead that the Bible was inspired when it was written and therefore must be inspired when it is read. <br /> <br /> Mennonites can be found in all parts of the globe, although they are chiefly to be found in [[North America]] (including Latin America), South America (Argentina) and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. <br /> <br /> Mennonite congregations come in a wide variety of styles. The most noticeable are the [[Old Order Mennonite]]s who practice a simple lifestyle with limited use of technology, similar to that popularly associated with the Old Order Amish.<br /> <br /> ==Russian Mennonites==<br /> <br /> Mennonites from Prussia were invited by Catherine the Great to settle lands recently conquered from Turkey. In return they were granted special privileges, including exeption from military service. However in the Russian Revolution and immediately after Mennonites were persecuted by the Bolsheviks.<br /> <br /> ==Disaster relief==<br /> <br /> Mennonites are strongly involved with disaster relief, particularly through the [[Mennonite Central Committee]] and [[Mennonite Disaster Services]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Christianity]]</div>

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