# Events and milestones

- [Christian beginnings: baptism, fellowship, and witness](/en/events/christian-beginnings/)
- [The Zürich baptisms](/en/events/zurich-baptisms-1525/)
- [Felix Manz and the cost of conviction](/en/events/felix-manz-execution/)
- [The Schleitheim Articles](/en/events/schleitheim-articles/)
- [Community of goods in Moravia](/en/events/community-of-goods/)
- [Jakob Hutter’s witness](/en/events/jakob-hutter-execution/)
- [Dirk Willems saves his pursuer](/en/events/dirk-willems-rescue/)
- [Hans Landis and the Swiss persecution](/en/events/hans-landis-1614/)
- [Preserving the memory: Martyrs’ Mirror](/en/events/martyrs-mirror-1660/)
- [The Amish division and the call for renewal](/en/events/amish-division-1693/)
- [The Schwarzenau Brethren](/en/events/schwarzenau-1708/)
- [The Mennonite Brethren emerge](/en/events/mennonite-brethren-1860/)
- [Hutterite migration to North America](/en/events/hutterite-migration-1874/)
- [The beginnings of the Bruderhof](/en/events/bruderhof-1920/)
- [A worldwide gathering](/en/events/mwc-1925/)
- [Anabaptist history is still being written](/en/events/anabaptism-today/)
- [Mennonite migration to Germantown](/en/events/germantown-1683/)
- [Settlement at Chortitza](/en/events/chortitza-1789/)
- [Kleine Gemeinde begins](/en/events/kleine-gemeinde-1812/)
- [John Holdeman’s separate fellowship](/en/events/holdeman-1859/)
- [Old Order Mennonite regional divisions](/en/events/old-order-divisions/)
- [Mennonite relief cooperation: MCC](/en/events/mcc-1920/)
- [The Beachy Amish division](/en/events/beachy-1927/)
- [Rudnerweider church organization](/en/events/rudnerweider-1937/)
- [Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference](/en/events/emmc-1959/)
- [Evangelical Mennonite Conference name](/en/events/emc-1960/)
- [The Missionary Church union](/en/events/missionary-union-1969/)
- [Mennonite Church USA forms](/en/events/mcusa-2002/)
- [Scripture and Anabaptist convictions](/en/events/anabaptist-convictions/)
- [Perpetua and Felicitas](/en/events/perpetua-and-felicitas/)
- [The fourteen witnesses at Orleans](/en/events/orleans-witnesses-1022/)
- [Bible study and the Zürich circle](/en/events/zurich-bible-study-1522/)
- [Nikolsburg: refuge, the sword, and shared goods](/en/events/nikolsburg-debate/)
- [The Ausbund: prison songs and congregational memory](/en/events/ausbund/)
- [Menno’s commitment and call to leadership](/en/events/menno-commitment-1536/)
- [Hutterite banishment and winter refuge](/en/events/hutterite-banishment-1547/)
- [Hutterite schools, crafts, and shared life](/en/events/hutterite-golden-age/)
- [Mennonite aid to refugees at Wismar](/en/events/wismar-refugee-aid/)
- [The Hutterite Chronicles](/en/events/hutterite-chronicles/)
- [War and the dispersal of Hutterite communities](/en/events/hutterite-war-dispersal/)
- [English refugees and the Dutch Mennonites](/en/events/smyth-robinson-mennonites/)
- [The Dordrecht Confession](/en/events/dordrecht-confession/)
- [Hutterite order and renewal under Andreas Ehrenpreis](/en/events/hutterite-ordnung/)
- [Swiss Brethren banished toward the Palatinate](/en/events/bern-banishment-1671/)
- [Münster and the rejection of armed religion](/en/events/munster-1534-1535/)
- [Pennsylvania: an opening for persecuted believers](/en/events/pennsylvania-refuge/)
- [Swiss believers condemned to the galleys](/en/events/swiss-galley-slaves/)
- [Anabaptist hunters and the expulsion from Bern](/en/events/bern-anabaptist-hunters/)
- [A meetinghouse at Germantown](/en/events/germantown-meetinghouse/)
- [Krefeld: refuge, work, and Mennonite community](/en/events/krefeld-mennonite-refuge/)
- [Worship behind the street front in Holland](/en/events/dutch-mennonite-meetinghouses/)
- [From Prussia to Chortitza and Molotschna](/en/events/prussian-russian-migration/)
- [Hutterite communities under coercion in 1761](/en/events/hutterite-coercion-1761/)
- [The River Brethren and believers’ baptism](/en/events/river-brethren-1778/)
- [Ephrata and the German Martyrs’ Mirror](/en/events/ephrata-martyrs-mirror/)
- [Mennonite migration into Canada](/en/events/mennonite-migration-canada/)
- [Westward settlement from Pennsylvania to Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa](/en/events/westward-anabaptist-settlement/)
- [Mennonite mission from the Netherlands to Java](/en/events/dutch-mennonite-mission-java/)
- [Walnut Creek: meetinghouse and Amish Mennonite change](/en/events/walnut-creek-meetinghouse/)
- [Mennonite care for the wounded during the Crimean War](/en/events/crimean-war-mennonite-service/)
- [Bernhard Warkentin, Philip Wiebe, and the land scouts](/en/events/bernard-warkentin-philip-wiebe/)
- [The Budget: letters between scattered communities](/en/events/budget-newspaper-1890/)
- [General Conference mission among Native American communities](/en/events/general-conference-native-missions/)
- [Mennonite and Hutterite migration to North America](/en/events/russian-mennonite-hutterite-migration/)
- [Mennonite mission and church growth in Congo](/en/events/mennonite-congo-mission/)
- [Mennonite colleges: learning within the church](/en/events/mennonite-colleges-1887-1961/)
- [Berlin Bible School and preparation for service](/en/events/berlin-bible-school-1952/)
- [Russian Mennonites: upheaval, relief, and new homes](/en/events/russian-mennonite-upheaval-and-relief/)
- [The Mennonite mission in Argentina](/en/events/argentine-mission-1917/)
- [Hutterite communities move north](/en/events/hutterites-to-canada-1918/)
- [The Volendam and Mennonite refugees](/en/events/volendam-refugees-1947/)
- [Amish family and community life](/en/events/amish-family-and-community-life/)
- [Barn raising and mutual aid](/en/events/barn-raising-and-mutual-aid/)
- [Gathered for worship](/en/events/anabaptist-worship/)
- [Christian love carried into service](/en/events/christian-love-and-service/)
- [Jorists: David Joris and the meaning of discipleship](/en/events/jorists-and-david-joris/)
- [Batenburgers: violence and the nonresistant witness](/en/events/batenburgers-and-the-sword/)
- [St. Gallen: Scripture, baptism, and a gathered community](/en/events/st-gallen-early-anabaptists/)
- [Swiss Mennonite congregations: chapels and conference](/en/events/swiss-mennonite-congregational-life/)
- [Wisler Mennonites: Indiana and Ohio beginnings](/en/events/wisler-mennonite-beginnings/)
- [Woolwichers and the Ontario Old Order beginning](/en/events/woolwich-old-order-beginnings/)
- [Martinites, Wenger Mennonites, and the Horning fellowship](/en/events/weaverland-groffdale-division/)
- [Wadsworth Mennonite School: an early shared educational effort](/en/events/wadsworth-mennonite-school/)
- [Halstead Seminary and the path to Bethel College](/en/events/halstead-mennonite-seminary/)
- [Mennonite Collegiate Institute at Gretna](/en/events/mennonite-collegiate-institute-gretna/)
- [Freeman Junior College and its earlier school](/en/events/freeman-junior-college/)
- [Tabor College and Mennonite Brethren education](/en/events/tabor-college-hillsboro/)
- [Hesston College and Bible School](/en/events/hesston-college-bible-school/)
- [Messiah College: Bible school and Christian higher education](/en/events/messiah-college-grantham/)
- [Witmarsum Theological Seminary at Bluffton](/en/events/witmarsum-theological-seminary/)
- [Beulah and Upland College in California](/en/events/beulah-upland-college/)
- [Elim Bible School: from Gretna to Altona](/en/events/elim-bible-school-altona/)
- [Steinbach Bible Institute and inter-Mennonite education](/en/events/steinbach-bible-institute/)
- [Goshen Biblical Seminary and graduate ministry training](/en/events/goshen-biblical-seminary/)
- [Columbia Bible Institute: a shared school at Clearbrook](/en/events/columbia-bible-institute-merger/)
- [Swift Current Bible Institute and western Canadian church service](/en/events/swift-current-bible-institute/)
- [Canadian Mennonite Bible College: planning and opening](/en/events/canadian-mennonite-bible-college/)
- [Grace Bible Institute and Grace University at Omaha](/en/events/grace-bible-institute-omaha/)
- [Mennonite Brethren Bible College and Concord College](/en/events/mennonite-brethren-bible-college-winnipeg/)
- [Pacific Bible Institute and the growth of Fresno Pacific](/en/events/pacific-bible-institute-fresno/)
- [Mennonite Biblical Seminary: the Chicago beginning](/en/events/mennonite-biblical-seminary-chicago/)
- [Bethel College at Mishawaka](/en/events/bethel-college-mishawaka/)
- [Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary at Fresno](/en/events/mennonite-brethren-biblical-seminary/)
- [Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries: learning together](/en/events/associated-mennonite-biblical-seminaries/)
- [Mennonitische Blätter: connecting German Mennonite congregations](/en/events/mennonitische-blaetter-1854/)
- [P. M. Friesen’s history of the Mennonites in Russia](/en/events/friesen-russian-mennonite-history-1911/)
- [Religiöser Botschafter: an early Mennonite newspaper in America](/en/events/religioeser-botschafter-1852/)
- [Herald of Truth: teaching and news across Mennonite homes](/en/events/herald-of-truth-1864-1908/)
- [The Mennonite Quarterly Review: historical study in service of the church](/en/events/mennonite-quarterly-review-1927/)
- [Evangelical Visitor: a printed meeting place for the Brethren in Christ](/en/events/evangelical-visitor-1887/)
- [Der Zionspilger: a Swiss Mennonite paper with readers abroad](/en/events/der-zionspilger-1882/)
- [Maria and Ursula van Beckum: steadfast together in 1544](/en/events/maria-ursula-van-beckum-1544/)
- [Worship in Pieter Pieters Beckjen’s boat](/en/events/amsterdam-boat-worship-1569/)
- [Altona: refuge and freedom of worship](/en/events/altona-religious-liberty/)
- [Christian Funk and the Revolutionary-era separation](/en/events/christian-funk-separation/)
- [Allianz fellowship in Molotschna](/en/events/allianz-molotschna-1905/)
- [Mennonite Board of Guardians: helping immigrants](/en/events/mennonite-board-of-guardians/)
- [Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization](/en/events/canadian-mennonite-board-colonization/)
- [The Dutch Gemeentedag movement](/en/events/gemeentedagbeweging-1917/)
- [International Mennonite Peace Committee](/en/events/international-mennonite-peace-committee/)
- [Early Mennonite Sunday schools in Ontario](/en/events/ontario-sunday-schools-1840/)
- [Oberholtzer and the Eastern District Conference](/en/events/eastern-district-1847/)
- [The Masontown meetings of 1872](/en/events/masontown-revival-1872/)
- [The Evangelical United Mennonite conference of 1882](/en/events/evangelical-united-conference-1882/)
- [Roxbury Holiness Camp and Brethren in Christ renewal](/en/events/roxbury-holiness-camp/)
- [The Lone Tree conference and confession](/en/events/lone-tree-conference-1896/)
- [Reading the chart’s worldwide reach](/en/events/source-map-global-reach/)

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