mennonite, what is it?

Answer 1

The Mennonites are an Anabaptist denomination that was founded by Menno Simons, in Switzerland. They objected to various Roman doctrines, including infant baptism. Only a confession of faith prior to baptism is considered valid.

There are sects that have descended from the Mennonites, including the Old Order Amish. While the Mennonites don't completely eschew modern conveniences, the Amish, for the most part, do.

A major focus of the Anabaptists is their spiritual life, which encompasses everything they do. They are advocates of keeping the government out of the church's business, and often, vice-versa. Most are pacifists.

Answer 2

I grew up in a small mennonite community in KS and went to mennonite churches for a few years. They're basically christians that are very devout in believing in the Golden Rule and the other key teachings of the bible including pacifism. They don't believe in baptizing babies either, only at a confirmation type ceremony.

Then there are they extremely strict branches of Mennonites such as the Amish or the Holderman, but thats a whole nother answer!

Answer 3

Mennonites are derived from a man named Menno Simons. I think they were a part of that mass exodus of religious criminals from Europe in the 16th century. IE "the Quakers". Mennonites in particular are anti war and anti worldly but that has slipped by the wayside as more and more conveniences have arrived due to science and technology. Some Mennonites wont drive cars other menns will only drive black cars(colors are worldly). others wear brightly colored dresses and caps and drive whatever they want and even go to chinese restaraunts.

Answer 4

Mennonites are a religious sect similar to the Amish who live "plainly" and believe in peaceful non-violence.

Answer 5

Mennonites are a strict religious sect...much like the Amish, tho they do have more modern ways of life. You can learn much more about them in Yahoo search

Answer 6

A Mennonite is a sect of the Amish Culture. Amish are Pennsylvania Dutch and German. Wonderful, peaceful, faithful and loving people. Awesome craftsman. I lived around a community of Amish in Illinois---Arthur, Illinois. Absolutely wonderful people who took care of each other, loved each other, and stayed faithful to their principals.

Mennonites allowed themselves the use of electricity, automobiles, and some modern conveniences. However, the Amish did not; their houses were without electricity; they used horses and carriages for transportation; they plowed their fields by horses and oxen driven plows, discs, etc., and everything they used on their farms was hand made, for the most part.

Answer 7

Mennonites are a sect of society that lives in generally old fashioned ways with limited electricity and few of the modern cnveniences the rest of us use. Theyre origins are European, germanic and dutch.

Answer 8

http://www.mennoniteusa.org/

There were the Amish, then the Mennonite, then the German Baptists-Dunkards...

Very nice, non violent folk.

Answer 9

Followers of Menno .(don't know last name)............... are known as MENNONITES.

Also known as The Mennonite Brethren.

Good People.
Hard Workers.

Anabaptist's so disliked and fowl mouthed by the rc Cult.

Answer 10

They are similar to the Amish. They live a simple way of life and reject the luxuries and comforts of the modern world. They wear traditional clothing from the 1800's. We have some in our area of Southwestern Ontario, in Canada. They drive horse and buggy and have no electricity in their homes. Women never wear slacks. They have deep religious convictions. I can't tell you what they are exactly, but I would suspect fundamentalist christian values. I believe that they generally farm and produce their own food.