ANTICIPATED RELEASE: November 2027

The Anabaptist movement grew out of the Protestant Reformation in the first half of the 16^th century with its basic tenets of separation of church and state, voluntary church membership, infallibility of the Scriptures, and nonresistance among others. As the movement spread north it fell into the hands of “erring leaders” and a branch took an apocalyptic and violent turn. Menno, son of Simon, a 39-year-old Catholic priest in Witmarsum, Friesland was attracted by the core tenets of Anabaptism but abhorred the practice of violence in God’s name. Leaving the priesthood, he became a homeless and hunted man as he aligned himself with a peace practicing branch of Anabaptists, eventually becoming the leader of and giving his name to the Church. Menno Simons was not the founder of Anabaptism or Mennonitism but he was the organizer of the northern Anabaptist group that became known as the Mennonites as he rallied the scattered brethren and gave them the leadership they needed at this crucial time.

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