Anabaptist (Mennonite, Amish and Brethren)
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GwenPlain Anabaptist conference in Mount Hope, Ohio, focuses on nonresistance, food production and common ground
The 13th Anabaptist Identity Conference met March 15-17 in the horse sale barn at the Mount Hope auction complex in Mount Hope, Ohio. Its most attended theme was...
Lightning Sparks Fire at Manitoba Hutterite Colony Shop, Destroying Trucks and Equipment
A Hutterite community in western Manitoba woke on a Monday morning to a large fire in the building where it stores its fire truck. Lightning struck the Decker...
Palliser Regional Schools Offers Substitute Teachers Tours of Hutterite Colony Schools in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Palliser Regional Schools is offering familiarization tours of its Hutterite colony schools for the first time this school year. The tours grew out of a staff brainstorm about...
Saskatchewan Reports Record 60 New COVID-19 Cases as Officials Seek Travel Limits Between Hutterite Colonies
Saskatchewan announced 60 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, a provincial record for the number of cases reported in one day. Fifty of the new cases are in...
Hutterite minister asks Manitoba to stop naming colonies with COVID-19 cases, citing stigmatization
A Manitoba Hutterite minister has asked the province to stop publicly identifying colonies where members have tested positive for COVID-19, saying the practice is leading to stigmatization. Paul...
Author Condemns National Geographic Series on Montana Hutterite Colony
A Saskatchewan author, Mary-Ann Kirkby, is condemning the National Geographic Channel over a TV documentary series it broadcast depicting Hutterite culture from a sect in Montana. Kirkby said...
Hutterite bishops criticize National Geographic reality series on Montana colony as distorted and exploitative
Hutterite bishops have criticized a new National Geographic Channel reality series, saying it gives a “distorted and exploitative version” of life in a little-known Christian sect. In a...
Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada, approves Hutterite colony permit near Carmangay
The Vulcan County Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) approved a development permit application from the Hutterian Brethren of Summerland on July 13, following a lengthy closed-door session. The colony...
Hutterite Bishops Issue First-Ever Press Release Criticizing National Geographic Show
Kelly Hofer, 19, ran away from his Manitoba Hutterite colony of 108 people the previous weekend. He was in Calgary for the first time, and a BBC documentary...
