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This is a list of Anabaptist churches and communities. Anabaptism includes
Amish The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churc ...
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Hutterite Hutterites (german: link=no, Hutterer), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: ), are a communal ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the early 16th century ...
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Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radi ...
, Bruderhof,
Schwarzenau Brethren The Schwarzenau Brethren, the German Baptist Brethren, Dunkers, Dunkards, Tunkers, or sometimes simply called the German Baptists, are an Anabaptist group that dissented from Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Reformed European state churches during t ...
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River Brethren The River Brethren are a group of historically related Anabaptist Christian denominations originating in 1770, during the Radical Pietist movement among German colonists in Pennsylvania. In the 17th century, Mennonite refugees from Switzerlan ...
and Apostolic Christian denominations. Some individual congregations, church buildings, or communities are individually notable, such as by being listed as historic sites. In the United States some of these are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
. In South Dakota, a number of Hutterite colonies were considered and NRHP-listed together. Anabaptist churches include:


In the United States

* Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Kansas * Alleghany Mennonite Meetinghouse, Brecknock Township, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed * Assembly Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana *
Bruderhof Communities The (; 'place of brothers') is an Anabaptist 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 Australia. The Bru ...
, international *
Bon Homme Hutterite Colony Bon Homme Hutterite Colony, located in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, is the mother colony of all Schmiedeleut Hutterite Colonies in North America and also the oldest Hutterite Colony in the world still in existence. It was founded in 1874 by H ...
, Tabor, South Dakota, NRHP-listed * Casselton Mennonite Church, Casselton, North Dakota, built as an Episcopal church, was a Mennonite church during 1950-2002, NRHP-listed *
Charity Christian Fellowship Charity Ministries, also called Charity Christian Fellowship, is an Conservative Anabaptist network of churches that was formed in 1982 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Donald B. Kraybill, C. Nelson Hostetter: ''Anabaptist World USA'', Scottdal ...
* College Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana * Eighth Street Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana * Former Reformed Mennonite Church, Williamsville, New York, NRHP-listed *
Hans Herr House The Hans Herr House, also known as the Christian Herr House, is a historic home located in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1719, and is a -story, rectangular sandstone Germanic dwelling. It measures 37 ...
, West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania * Howard-Miami Mennonite Church, Indiana * Mennonite Meetinghouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed * Mennoville Mennonite Church, El Reno, Oklahoma, NRHP-listed * Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Smithville, Ohio, started as an Amish church * Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Indiana *
Weavertown Amish Mennonite Church Weavertown Amish Mennonite Church is a Beachy Amish Mennonite congregation located in the village of Weavertown, between the somewhat larger villages of Bird-in-Hand and Intercourse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. History Weavertown shares ...
, Weavertown, Pennsylvania * Yellow Creek Mennonite Church, Indiana


House Churches

Some Anabaptists, such as the Old-Order
Amish The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churc ...
, do not have a fixed place of worship but meet instead for Sunday services in rotating order, at the homes of church Elders and other prominent members of the community. Inasmuch as some in attendance have traveled relatively long distances by wagon in order to participate, it is expected that the family hosting the services will afterwards provide a hearty meal for all present with the help of other families. Weddings are also performed at the home of the bride's parents and not in a church.


References

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