Peter Hoover (born 18 May 1960) is an

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familiar to many conservative

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of Anabaptist and similar heritage in the

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Life

Peter Hoover is the son of prominent

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minister Anson Hoover (1920–2008) and his wife Sarah (Martin) Hoover (1923–2015; daughter of Selina: 1898–1989 and Manoah: 1899–1975 ). He was born in

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, as the sixth and last child of his parents. He is married to Susan (Krahn) Hoover and has had seven children with her. The couple adopted two additional children from

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. He has worked in

, Costa Rica,

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, and Australia. In 2006, Hoover was featured on the American television program, '' Dr. Phil'', for his involvement in an effort to find and recover the children of an American mother whose father was concealing them in a Christian community in

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. In 2010, Hoover had a benign

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. It was surgically removed in the

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on 14 July, taking away much of his ability to read and write. In his email newsletters at the time, which were sometimes rambling due to his disease, he spoke of what he believed was his imminent death. This proved not to be the case as he later regained many of his former abilities, aided by a screen reader. In 2018, Hoover left the Detention River Christian Community and joined City Light Christian Fellowship, in

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Writings

Hoover's books have focused on the stories of Christians in recent centuries who have most closely reflected the relationships, values, zeal and impact that Christians had claimed in the New Testament and ante-Nicene period. His books include ''Secret of the Strength'' (What Would the Anabaptists Tell This Generation?), which is published in Englis

a German edition in Europe (as ''Feuertaufe. Das radikale Leben der Täufer. Eine Provokation''

and an online Spanish edition. Also, he has written ''Behold the Lamb'' (The Story of the

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), and ''The Russians' Secret'' (What Christians Today Would Survive Persecution

and ''The Mystery of the Mark: Anabaptist Missions under the Fire of God'

In ''Radical Anabaptists Today'' (online in five parts)Peter Hoover: ''Radical Anabaptists Today – Part 1'' at scrollpublishing.com
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, the "Christian Communities" of

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emerged.

References

External links

Peter Hoover's Newsletters

The Rainham Settlement

Online books

The Secret of the Strength (HTML)PDF

El secreto de la fuerza (en español)Het Geheim van de Kracht (Dutch)

The Mystery of the Mark: Anabaptist Missions under the Fire of God

The Russians' Secret

Behold the Lamb!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoover, Peter 1960 births American religious writers Living people Writers from Kitchener, Ontario

Life

Writings

See also

References

External links

Online books