They refuse to baptize their babies and instead baptize adults on a confession of faith in Christ
These two autobiographies are valuable historical records of immigrant attitudes
It gives a detailed account of work on the Experimental Farm in Fernheim
New Testament in Pennsylvania Dutch and English with Psalms and Proverbs
Compelling examples of costly
The Practice of Pluralism: Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1820 Children They refuse to baptize theirIn the early to mid eighteenth century, Lancaster stood apart as an active and religiously diverse, ethnically complex, and bustling city. On the eve of the American Revolution, Lancaster's population had risen to nearly three thousand inhabitants; it stood as a center of commerce, industry, and trade. While the German speaking population Anabaptists as well as German Lutherans, Moravians, and German Calvinists made up the majority, about one third