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The [[Brethren in Christ Church]] has its roots in the Pietist tradition. The denomination's founders were Lancaster County [[Mennonites]] who, around 1775, responded enthusiastically to [[First Great Awakening|itinerant preachers who were preaching a Pietist message]]. In that way, the beginnings of the Brethren in Christ Church can be seen as a marriage of Anabaptism and Pietism.
The [[Brethren in Christ Church]] has its roots in the Pietist tradition. The denomination's founders were Lancaster County [[Mennonites]] who, around 1775, responded enthusiastically to [[First Great Awakening|itinerant preachers who were preaching a Pietist message]]. In that way, the beginnings of the Brethren in Christ Church can be seen as a marriage of Anabaptism and Pietism.
Almost all of the various ''Brethren'' assemblies and churches formed since the 17th century follow a Pietist theology.
Almost all of the various ''Brethren'' assemblies and churches formed since the 18th century follow a Pietist theology.
Pietism discourages involvement in the public arena of civic and political action and reform, emphasizing that one's faith is to be kept solely a ''personal'' and ''private'' matter, unstained and apart from the concerns of the world, setting "''your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.''" ([http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/colossians/3-2.htm Colossians 3:2]) This is also the primary emphasis of the current [[liberal]] and [[atheist]]ic American political view of the place of religion in the United States.
Pietism discourages involvement in the public arena of civic and political action and reform, emphasizing that one's faith is to be kept solely a ''personal'' and ''private'' matter, unstained and apart from the concerns of the world, setting "''your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.''" ([http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/colossians/3-2.htm Colossians 3:2]) This is also the primary emphasis of the current [[liberal]] and [[atheist]]ic American political view of the place of religion in the United States.