2025 is a year of anniversaries. From the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed to the 80th anniversary of VE Day, there are many milestones to reflect on. Another one is the 500th anniversary of the ...

(UNDATED) In the early 16th century, groups of European Christians started splitting from the Roman Catholic Church in what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. But while Protestants and ...

If they refused to renounce their belief in adult baptism and most did the church drowned or beheaded the martyrs. It boiled them in oil. It burned them alive. Thousands of beleaguered Anabaptists ...

(RNS) — Anabaptists around the world are commemorating 500 years since their founders performed the first adult baptisms outside Zürich and kicked off the Radical Reformation. A tradition that ...

Liz Hess' painting of the Emmental area in Switzerland looks deceptively idyllic: Green pastures, snow-capped mountains, a church spire, grazing cows, gentle farms and a winding pathway. It's only the ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — Some members of the Anabaptist community — including a group of local Amish men — have a message for the Jewish people. They're sorry. They expressed their sorrow in words and song ...