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Mennonite congregations come in a wide variety of styles. The most noticeable are the [[Old Order Mennonite]]s who practice a simple lifestyle with limited use of technology, similar to that popularly associated with the Old Order Amish. | Mennonite congregations come in a wide variety of styles. The most noticeable are the [[Old Order Mennonite]]s who practice a simple lifestyle with limited use of technology, similar to that popularly associated with the Old Order Amish. | ||
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==Disaster relief== | ==Disaster relief== | ||
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Template:StubA Mennonite is an adherent to an Anabaptist movement begun in the 1500's by Menno Simons. They practice adult baptism, pacifism.
Mennonites can be found in all parts of the globe, although they are chiefly to be found in North America and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mennonite congregations come in a wide variety of styles. The most noticeable are the Old Order Mennonites who practice a simple lifestyle with limited use of technology, similar to that popularly associated with the Old Order Amish.
Russian Mennonites
Mennonites from Prussia were invited by Catherine the Great to settle lands recently conquered from Turkey. In return they were granted special privileges, including exeption from military service. However in the Russian Revolution and immediately after Mennonites were persecuted by the Bolsheviks.
Disaster relief
Mennonites are strongly involved with disaster relief, particularly through the Mennonite Central Committee.