Dunkard Brethren Church

Dunkard Brethren Church
ClassificationAnabaptist
OrientationConservative Anabaptist
TheologySchwarzenau Brethren
AssociationsBrethren World Assembly
Origin1926
SeparationsConservative German Baptist Brethren Church[1]
Congregations26
Members1,035
Official websitedunkardbrethrenchurch.com

The Dunkard Brethren Church is a Conservative Anabaptist denomination of the Schwarzenau Brethren tradition, which organized in 1926 when they withdrew from the Church of the Brethren in the United States.[2]

The Dunkard Brethren Church observes the ordinances of baptism, feetwashing, communion, the holy kiss, headcovering, and anointing of the sick.[3]

In 2001, the Dunkard Brethren Church had approximately 1035 members in 26 congregations.[2] As with other Conservative Anabaptist fellowships, the Dunkard Brethren Church holds revival services and Sunday School, in addition to being engaged in evangelism and missionary work.[4]

  1. ^ Wenger, John C. (3 October 2000). The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 426. ISBN 978-1-57910-456-6.
  2. ^ a b Lewis, James R. (March 2001). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-61592-738-8.
  3. ^ Dunkard Brethren Church Polity. Dunkard Brethren Church. 1 November 2021. p. 6.
  4. ^ Bronner, Simon J. (4 March 2015). Encyclopedia of American Folklife. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-47194-3.