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Did Baptists Just Turn 500?

Did Baptists Just Turn 500?

If not, they can still learn something from their Anabaptist ancestors

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Chris Gehrz
Jan 23, 2025
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This past Tuesday marked the 500th birthday of the Anabaptist branch of Christianity — the moment on January 21, 1525 when the members of a small group known as the Swiss Brethren gathered in Zurich to renounce their baptism as infants and be baptized as adults. Persecution ensued almost immediately.

As it happens, Tuesday was also the day we turned to t…

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