Detention River Christian Community, formerly known as Rocky Cape Christian Community was an

Anabaptist Anabaptism (from New Latin language, Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re- ...

Christian community, located between Smithton and Wynyard on the

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n island of

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. The community was founded in 2005 by

Elmendorf Christian Community The Elmendorf Christian Community (or Elmendorf Hutterite Colony) is an independent Anabaptist community of Hutterite tradition. Even though the majority of the members are ethnic Hutterites, there are also members from different other backgroun ...

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, a community of

Hutterite Hutterites (german: link=no, Hutterer), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: ), are a communal ethnoreligious group, ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptism, Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Refor ...

tradition.Eliezer Ben-Rafael et al. (editors): ''The Communal Idea in the 21st Century'', Leiden and Boston 2013, page 201. Detention River was affiliated with the

Hutterite Christian Communities The Hutterite Christian Communities are an affiliation of independent Hutterite colonies that work closely together and also have their preachers delivering sermons in the other colonies of this affiliation. Currently there are five colonies: * Al ...

. In 2017 the community was reincorporated as Detention River Christian Community. In 2021 the membership voted on and passed a resolution to relocate to Paraguay. Their Tasmanian community property has been sold in 2022.

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* Anabaptism Hutterite communities Christian communities Protestantism in Australia {{Hutterite Colonies, state=expanded