The Hutterite Christian Communities are an affiliation of independent
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 ...
colonies that work closely together and also have their preachers delivering sermons in the other colonies of this affiliation. Currently there are five colonies:
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Altona Christian Community in
Henderson, Minnesota
Henderson is a city in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population in was 886 at the 2010 census.
History
Henderson was founded in August 1852 by Joseph R. Brown, and was named for his mother's maiden name.
By 1855, Henderson ha ...
, United States (independent since 2005)
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Detention River Christian Community, formerly known as Rocky Cape Christian Community, on the
Australia
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n island of
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(since 2005)
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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 ...
in
Mountain Lake, Minnesota
Mountain Lake is a city in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,104 at the 2010 census.
Mountain Lake was initially composed mostly of the 1,800 Low German (or more specifically, Plautdietsch) speaking Mennonite ...
(founded in 1994, independent since 2005)
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Fort Pitt Farms Christian Community in
Frenchman Butte,
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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(independent since 1999)
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Grand River Christian Community in
Jamesport, Missouri
Jamesport is a city in eastern Daviess County, Missouri, United States. The population was 559 at the 2020 census.
History
A post office called Jamesport has been in operation since 1857. The community's name honors two first settlers with the ...
, United States (since 2014)
Population
These communities have about 525 people living there, mostly ethnic Hutterites, but there is one person of
Russian Mennonite
The Russian Mennonites (german: Russlandmennoniten it. "Russia Mennonites", i.e., Mennonites of or from the Russian Empire occasionally Ukrainian Mennonites) are a group of Mennonites who are descendants of Dutch Anabaptists who settled for abo ...
background, as well as a few people from other Christian backgrounds.
See also
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Caneyville Christian Community
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Christian Communities (Elmo Stoll)
The "Christian Communities" were Christian intentional communities with an Anabaptist worldview, founded and led by Elmo Stoll (19441998), a former Old Order Amish bishop. They were founded in 1990 and disbanded some two years after Stoll's early d ...
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Believers in Christ, Lobelville
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Michigan Amish Churches
References
Anabaptism
Hutterite communities
Hutterites
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