Anabaptist History Conference (PA, April 2025)

[mike]

Perhaps it would more accurately be called "Swiss Brethren History Conference". (Or, something even more exact? I do not know these people.)

I know of them, and have read some material they have written. So much of the history of our faith runs through the Netherlands in particular, that it should not be ignored. The presenters here that I know of move mostly in "kingdom" circles, what some would call the "intentionalist" segment of anabaptism. If someone can expand or correct my impression, please do.

I am just wondering who is behind this?

Same old crew of speakers as ever.

I would enjoy a conference like this with a little more diversity of speakers. Some Anabaptist historians like Edsel Burdge or Stephen Russell would be great, and there are probably many more.

While on the topic, in recognition of the 500 year anniversary, Faith Builders has produced a study guide for Anabaptist history that works as an alternative to a Sunday school quarterly. https://christianlearning.org/product/a ... _aid=31431

Both FB and CLP will be distributing it apparently.

[Judas Maccabeus]

I know of them, and have read some material they have written. So much of the history of our faith runs through the Netherlands in particular, that it should not be ignored. The presenters here that I know of move mostly in "kingdom" circles, what some would call the "intentionalist" segment of anabaptism. If someone can expand or correct my impression, please do.

I am just wondering who is behind this?

Same old crew of speakers as ever.

I would enjoy a conference like this with a little more diversity of speakers. Some Anabaptist historians like Edsel Burdge or Stephen Russell would be great, and there are probably many more.

While on the topic, in recognition of the 500 year anniversary, Faith Builders has produced a study guide for Anabaptist history that works as an alternative to a Sunday school quarterly. https://christianlearning.org/product/a ... _aid=31431

Both FB and CLP will be distributing it apparently.

Names I was thinking of as well, with perhaps John Ruth if you could get him.

[ohio jones]

I would enjoy a conference like this with a little more diversity of speakers. Some Anabaptist historians like Edsel Burdge or Stephen Russell would be great, and there are probably many more.

Names I was thinking of as well, with perhaps John Ruth if you could get him.

I would add John Roth and Arnold Snyder.

[Josh]

Good point, but I’ve come to expect this from Swiss background people who seem unconcerned with any Anabaotism amongst people they aren’t related to.

Do you mean to say there were Anabaptists who weren't Swiss????

Dutch, later Russian.

Who are actually Flemish, Frisian, or both.

[Heirbyadoption]

Names I was thinking of as well, with perhaps John Ruth if you could get him.

Is John still active? He's got to be in his 90s by now.

[Ernie]

I learned of this Anabaptist History Conference (https://anabaptisthistoryconference.net/schedule/) to be held April 12, 2025, in Ephrata, PA. As 2025 marks 500 years of the Anabaptist movement, are there other Anabaptist history conferences happening as well?

Do you know who is sponsoring this? The speaker list seems to come from a particular corner of the Anabaptist world.

Perhaps it would more accurately be called "Swiss Brethren History Conference". (Or, something even more exact? I do not know these people.)

Well Andrew St. Marie is not descended from the Swiss Brethren. And Gary Miller may be from Germany, but I don't think he is from the Swiss Brethren, although he is in an Alexander Mack group. So that leaves three names from the Swiss Brethren if Weiler was a Swiss Brethren name.

Two of the five speakers have probably never attended KFW and don't have much in common with KFW.

[Neto]

People also ask
What does KfW stand for?
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
Germany's main development bank is the KfW, which stands for “Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau” (in English, Credit Institute for Reconstruction). Established as a part of the German Marshall plan in 1948, it is a key player in the German and international Energiewende.

[Josh]

Well Andrew St. Marie is not descended from the Swiss Brethren. And Gary Miller may be from Germany, but I don't think he is from the Swiss Brethren, although he is in an Alexander Mack group. So that leaves three names from the Swiss Brethren if Weiler was a Swiss Brethren name.

Two of the five speakers have probably never attended KFW and don't have much in common with KFW.

Andrew St Marie is firmly within Swiss traditions and has become somewhat of an apologist for them (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I usually think of OGBBs as caucusing with Swiss as well, generally speaking.

Of note is the Dutch Mennonite and Russian Mennonite history is completely absent. It does seem to me to be an important part of plain Anabaptism, particularly if one looks at the entire western hemisphere. Chester Weaver did give some good talks on it at AIC a few years ago.

[Neto]

People also ask
What does KfW stand for?
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
Germany's main development bank is the KfW, which stands for “Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau” (in English, Credit Institute for Reconstruction). Established as a part of the German Marshall plan in 1948, it is a key player in the German and international Energiewende.

I honestly do not know what KFW is, but sure that the on-line answer above is not it.

[Pelerin]

Perhaps it would more accurately be called "Swiss Brethren History Conference". (Or, something even more exact? I do not know these people.)

Why do you say that? I’d always understood the Swiss Brethren were held by Anabaptists in general as the first instance of “us”—as opposed to others like Thomas Muntzer or the Zwickau prophets who came before and are sometimes lumped in but that we don’t consider “us”. For that matter Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and Michael Sattler all have entries in the (Dutch) Martyr’s Mirror.