What Are Mennonites?
Mennonites are Christians, (who love Jesus, follow his teaching, live in the forgiveness he made possible, and experience the power he gives through the Holy Spirit to transform their lives). In particular, Mennonites derive from a part of the reformation known as Anabaptists or ‘the radical reformation’. Discipleship, mutual support, following Jesus hard teaching on loving enemies and concern for justice and right living have been particularly important for Mennonites. Read about Dirk Willems, an Anabaptist who loved his enemy and paid with his life. In 1996 the Mennonite Church affirmed a new Confession of Faith from a Mennonite Perspective which is available on the web, or through Metanoia Book Service, priced 3.95 plus 1.50 p&p. Mennonites take their name from a priest, Menno Simons, who spent much of the 16th century travelling the Netherlands, preaching, teaching and encouraging other Anabaptists, and by God’s grace escaped arrest from both Protestant and Roman Catholic authoriti
