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 | Esh, Claudia | The story of Dirk Willems rescuing his pursuer who fell through the ice is one of the best-known stories in the Martyrs Mirror. However, almost nothing is known about Willem's life prior to his arrest. This book weaves facts of Willem's life and fictional narrative to tell his story through… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Yoder, Diane | The story of 16th century Anabaptist martyr Maeyken Wens. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Brenneman, Helen Good | Maria and Hans Penner, Mennonite refugees from the Russian Ukraine, forge ever west with their family, west to freedom! In east Germany the Communists tragically separate Maria and Hans. Each fears the other lost or killed. Hoping against hope, each continues westward. This book graphically portrays the effects of war… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Plett, Loreen | Growing up in a Mennonite village in Russia, young Knals Plett became a man of sincerity and conviction - and stubbornness. When hidden bitterness drove him to commit a terrible deed, his stubborn will separated him from God, church, and family until he repented.
An older and wiser Knals, now a… | Biography & History | |
 | Stauffer, Romaine | On January 21, 1525, a group of fifteen people gathered to pray. Before the night was over, something had happened that would change the world forever. The Anabaptist movement had begun. In this easy-to-read book, you will get a glimpse of the lives of five of the founders of Anabaptism:… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History | |
 | Bender, Marcia | Persecution is not something we like to think about. But throughout history, it has been a reality for countless Christians. These twenty stories adapted from the Martyrs Mirror Will inspire us as we see the unshakable faith of these brave men and women. We will be sobered at the suffering they… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History ⋅ Church History | |
 | Zehr, Angela K. | What would it be like to be an Anabaptist? Ursula knows the Anabaptists are hunted, captured, and sometimes killed. Yet her sister Margaretha and her husband Michael Sattler find joy as they join the Anabaptists in their search for truth. Their joy remains even when they face persecution. Ursula is… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Andrew V. St. Marie, Mike… | The second volume in the Cross Bearers Series, I Appeal to Scripture is a well-researched, accessible biography of Jacob Amman, remembered as the founder of the Amish. He has often been viewed as a troublemaker whose zeal for a pure church led to schism, but he was also a humble… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History | |
 | Stauffer, Romaine | Fictionalized account of the immigration of the boy Christian Burkholder to Pennsylvania from the Palatinate in 1754. | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist ⋅ Level 34 items | |
 | Andrew V. Ste. Marie | The second volume in the Cross Bearers Series, I Appeal to Scripture is a well-researched, accessible biography of Michael Sattler, one of most influential leaders in the first years of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History | |
 | Lofgren, Rachael | The 1500s were a time of great upheaval - a time of change. As people tired of the oppression of the ruling state church, they began to rebel, demanding more freedom. Although this rebellion was quickly squashed, the hunger for a new and living faith in God led to the… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Stauffer, Romaine | Christian Burkholder's life followed a peaceful routine of farming, family, and church. This was the quiet freedom his mother had been searching for when she brought her family to Pennsylvania from the Old World when he was just a lad.As a farmer, father, and church leader, Christian watched uneasily as… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Andrew V. Ste. Marie and… | The first volume in the Cross Bearers Series, March Forward with the Word is a well-researched, accessible biography of Conrad Grebel, one of the original founders of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the cultural context of this story… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History | |
 | Kauffman, Christmas Carol | The 1500s were stirring times in Europe. Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to a church door in Germany, exploding a powder keg of unrest that seethed for decades. Against this background, Regina Strahm found herself caught between two religious factions in Switzerland. Her parents repeatedly warned her against the Anabaptist… | Biography & History | |
 | Plett, Loreen | Born in Prussia in 1765, the son of a wealthy landowner, Johann Plett was heir to an estate so vast he could ride for miles without covering it all. Raised and baptized in the Mennonite church, his marriage seemed likely to secure his happiness.But Johann had always scorned his father's… | Biography & History | |
 | Burkholder, Kendra | Knock! Knock! Knock! ... The door burst open... "Peirsom, run for your life. Titelman is on his way to get you." Again the scene of peaceful family life was changed to confusion and terror.
This is the second time the Inquisitors have come after Peirsom Des Mulliers of Flanders, an Anabaptist… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist |