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Similar pages es.slider.com/enc/16000/dunkards.htm Similar pages Short History of the Baptists The most important of these is a body that calls itself simply The Brethren,but is usually called dunkards, sometimes Tunkers, and occasionally
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Dunkards
dunkards. Members of the German Baptists(Church of the Brethren) were referred to as Dunkers/dunkards for their
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Namechange
and doopen, respectively, (meaning to dip ), the Brethren were known with derisivenames such as Tunkers, Tinkers, Dunkers, dunkards, Dompelaars, Tumblers and
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Extractions: A good name is better than precious ointment - Ecclesiastes 7:1 Introduction to the Debate History of the Name Is "Brethren" Inclusive? Changing the Name in 1908 ... The Name Issue Today WHATS IN A NAME? By: Zandra Wagoner Introduction The community, now known as the Church of the Brethren, has a complex history of names. Early in its history, members found ways to thrive with a plurality of names which were sometimes self-chosen and sometimes given to them by outsiders. In the 19 th century the brethren and sisters felt pressure to settle on a legal name, resulting in a series of namings and renamings. As early as 1836, a name was chosen for legal purposes, but was contested throughout the remainder of the century resulting in an official name in 1871, and later changed in 1908 to its current name, "Church of the Brethren." However, nearly 100 years later, the church is back in the same conundrum of what to call itself. Beginning in the 1970s, various members began questioning whether or not the term, Brethren
Tour 21
DALEVILLE, 107.6 m. (100 pop.), several stores and a scattered groupof houses, is now the shopping center of the dunkards. This
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Extractions: Section a. WEST VIRGINIA LINE to ROANOKE; 119.4 m. US 220. This section of the highway follows the Jackson River between lofty peaks of the Alleghenies, passes through an area of thermal and mineral springs, and enters the Roanoke Valley. US 220 crosses the West Virginia Line, m., at a point 15 miles south of Franklin, W.Va. (see West Virginia Guide) and runs to a junction with State 284 at 1.1 m. Right on this road, which affords beautiful views along the South Fork of the Potomac River, to CRABBOTTOM, 2.7 m. (3,000 alt., 100 pop.), in the fertile limestone soil of Crabbottom Valley. East of the village is a curious limestone formation that arches up from the river like the vertebrae of some monstrous prehistoric animal and gives the place the name of Devil's Backbone. Left from Crabbottom 1.3 m. on County 640 to NEW HAMPDEN (50 pop.), a mountain hamlet between two long ridges. An old water-powered mill in the settlement grinds the grain of the neighborhood.
Dunkards
Web Directory. Top / Society / Religion / Faiths and Beliefs / Christianity/ Denominations / Anabaptists / dunkards Brethren Groups
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Who Are We?
The Dunkard Brethren, Who are we? In 311 AD., the Roman Emperor Constantinepublicly professed tolerance of the Christian faith
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