What beliefs actions etc. mark and define Anabaptism?

[Divos25]

D25, would you mind sharing a general location of where you are? There might be an Anabaptist community closer than you think.

Greenville County SC, but I am under rules from family on how far away I can go to a church that is really restrictive for about another year of the year then I should have more freedom and may be moving to a new location. I cannot drive all the way to downtown Greenville every Sunday to see if that church plant there is still there or not.

[JohnH]

There's a nice church in Pickens. I visited there around 9 years ago. I stayed with a family there and very much enjoyed the people there.

Pickens Mennonite
558 Gravely Road
Pickens, SC 29671

Contact # is 864-884-3295

You can see some pictures from their Vacation Bible School here:
https://www.facebook.com/pickenskidsclub/

[Divos25]

There's a nice church in Pickens. I visited there around 9 years ago. I stayed with a family there and very much enjoyed the people there.

Pickens Mennonite
558 Gravely Road
Pickens, SC 29671

Contact # is 864-884-3295

You can see some pictures from their Vacation Bible School here:
https://www.facebook.com/pickenskidsclub/

I cannot Travel outside the county and cannot go to a church too far away from my house due to rules I am not particularly fond of until sometime next year less than 12 months from now.

[JohnH]

You could probably ring them up and talk to them. The preacher there might even be willing to come out and visit you, especially if you explain your situation.

[JohnL]

Confession of Faith In a Mennonite Perspective is held by mainstream/mainline Anabaptists. All Plain Anabaptists (conservative, old order, and traditional) as well as Theological Conservatives (conservative in theology but not in lifestyle practices) do not subscribe to this confession.

Help me out here, Ernie. Am I reading this right that the Plain Anabaptists and TCs don’t have a Confession of Faith?
Do they subscribe to their own Confession of Faith? Do they say the Apostles’ Creed?

I'm a little curious why Ernie would say most conservative groups do not have them. I agree they do not play a prominent role but I think statements of faith are quite common.

Confession of Faith In a Mennonite Perspective is an MC-USA document. Plain Anabaptists don't use that one. They all adopt their own confessions.

Thanks, Ernie. If you don't mind, would you list some of the Confessions followed by Anabaptists? I know that some follow one called the Dordrecht. Are there others or are they written by each community?

[JohnH]

Help me out here, Ernie. Am I reading this right that the Plain Anabaptists and TCs don’t have a Confession of Faith?
Do they subscribe to their own Confession of Faith? Do they say the Apostles’ Creed?

I'm a little curious why Ernie would say most conservative groups do not have them. I agree they do not play a prominent role but I think statements of faith are quite common.

Confession of Faith In a Mennonite Perspective is an MC-USA document. Plain Anabaptists don't use that one. They all adopt their own confessions.

Thanks, Ernie. If you don't mind, would you list some of the Confessions followed by Anabaptists? I know that some follow one called the Dordrecht. Are there others or are they written by each community?

JohnL,

Try Googling “gameo” and “confessions.”

You may also want to search this board for posts from the former poaster MaxPC, who asked very similar questions and those threads are a treasure trove of responses.

[JohnL]

Thanks, Ernie. If you don't mind, would you list some of the Confessions followed by Anabaptists? I know that some follow one called the Dordrecht. Are there others or are they written by each community?

Ernie, I’m going to rephrase my question after seeing that some groups look to change their confessions every so many years.
Is there a list of confessions that are actively followed today and tells which groups follow them? Even just the list of confessions currently used would do.