Bruderhof Communities
South Korea is mentioned later
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The '''Bruderhof''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|uː|d|ər|ˌ|h|ɔː|f}}; German for 'place of brothers') is a communal [[Anabaptist]] [[Christianity|Christian]] movement that was founded in Germany in 1920 by [[Eberhard Arnold]]. The movement has communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Paraguay, and |
The '''Bruderhof''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|uː|d|ər|ˌ|h|ɔː|f}}; German for 'place of brothers') is a communal [[Anabaptist]] [[Christianity|Christian]] movement that was founded in Germany in 1920 by [[Eberhard Arnold]]. The movement has communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Paraguay, Australia, and South Korea. The Bruderhof practises [[believer's baptism]], [[non-violence]] and [[peacemaking]], [[common ownership]], the proclamation of the [[gospel]], and lifelong faithfulness in [[marriage]].{{Cite web|url=http://www.bruderhof.com/en/our-faith/foundations|title=Foundations of our Faith and Calling|access-date=November 16, 2016}} The Bruderhof is an [[intentional community]] as defined by the [[Fellowship for Intentional Community]].{{Cite news|url=http://www.ic.org/directory/bruderhof/|title=Bruderhof |work=Fellowship for Intentional Community|access-date=April 25, 2019}} |
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The communities are best known by the name "Bruderhof" or sometimes "Bruderhof Communities", although "Bruderhof" is the name used on their website. The communities are legally incorporated in the US as Church Communities International. Their corporation used to be called The Society of Brothers (1939 to 1978).Merrill Mow: ''Torches rekindled: the Bruderhof's struggle for renewal'', Ulster Park, New York, 1989, page 30. Bruderhof maintained connections with the traditional [[Hutterites|Hutterite Brethren]], from which they broke in 1995. The word "Bruderhof" was first used by the early [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]] in [[Moravia]].{{Cite web|url=http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bruderhof|title=Bruderhof – Gameo|website=gameo.org|access-date=September 28, 2017}} {{As of|2024|}}, there are 24 Bruderhof communities.{{Cite book|title=The Naked Anabaptist|last=Murray|first=Stuart|publisher=Paternoster|year=2011|isbn=978-1842277256}} |
The communities are best known by the name "Bruderhof" or sometimes "Bruderhof Communities", although "Bruderhof" is the name used on their website. The communities are legally incorporated in the US as Church Communities International. Their corporation used to be called The Society of Brothers (1939 to 1978).Merrill Mow: ''Torches rekindled: the Bruderhof's struggle for renewal'', Ulster Park, New York, 1989, page 30. Bruderhof maintained connections with the traditional [[Hutterites|Hutterite Brethren]], from which they broke in 1995. The word "Bruderhof" was first used by the early [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]] in [[Moravia]].{{Cite web|url=http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bruderhof|title=Bruderhof – Gameo|website=gameo.org|access-date=September 28, 2017}} {{As of|2024|}}, there are 24 Bruderhof communities.{{Cite book|title=The Naked Anabaptist|last=Murray|first=Stuart|publisher=Paternoster|year=2011|isbn=978-1842277256}} |
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