Issue 5 Radical Reformation: The Anabaptists

Introducing this Anabaptist issue

Fascinating facts about the Anabaptists.

Breaking with Zwingli's reform movement in Zurich, the early Anabaptists clung to their new understanding of Christian commitment, fully aware of the dangerous consequences.

This article condensed and edited from the book by the same title. Used by permission.

Who was who in the early Anabaptist world.

Sixteenth Century Responses to the Anabaptists

A Quarter Century that Lit a Fire…that Spread to All the World!

This story of the Michael Sattler family, the Paul Glock family, and the Klaus von Grafeneck family has never been told before. On the surface, it is not a story at all but two rather isolated Anabaptist events, one in the 1520s involving Michael Sattler and one in the 1550s–70s involving Paul Glock. The courage and spirit displayed in these events, however, touched the lives of the van Grafenecks and make one historical vignette about the witness of dying and living in the spirit of Christ.

The slaughter of innocent men and women in the Netherlands only subsided in 1578 when the Dutch provinces established a limited degree of religious toleration.

The Story of Hans Bret, Died January 1577

Two young women are burned for their faith.

Brotherly union of a number of children of God concerning seven articles

Contrasting the kingdom of this world with Christ's peaceable kingdom.

Where to find more about the Anabaptists and their descendants.