Is the Emerging Church anabaptist?

Is the Emerging Church anabaptist?

LM posted asked the question: “Is the emerging church Anabapist?“  I think the honest answer is no but there are some startling simularities.  Both trend towards the peace and non-violent resistance.  There are some similar thoughts on how the church should function.




  1. #1 by Frank on August 23, 2005 - 8:37 am

    Congrats and blessing on your marraige. What do you mean by coffee/candles set? Also what would you envision as a life of discipleship?

    Correct me if I’m right…. but didn’t Anabaptists start simple and organic? If they did what happened…. Did they turn into Mennonite churches…. who in my estimation aren’t very simple or organic…… Which leads me to believe that this current version of simple/organic church will eventually be magically turned into a more traditional church…. there must be a Menno Simons out there just eager to do that…. Which brings me to another point “why weren’t they called the Simonites….. This has a point…. how in the world could you name a church after a man……. a movement that started out as a company of brothers and sisters, simple and organic… priesthood of all believers… let someone become so prominent that they were willing to name their church after him…. I think there is a lesson in all of this…

  2. #2 by graham on August 26, 2005 - 11:24 am

    Good thoughts, Leighton.

    Frank, I don’t think I’d see the early anabaptist movement in quite the way that you’ve described it. The anabaptists developed into a whole host of different movements. Maybe the EC will do the same.

    Historically, it’s now popular to reject the idea that there was 1 anabaptist movement (though that will change next year and again the year after!). Perhaps we need to be honest enough to make the same evaluation of the EC?

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