[DOC] [TLE] Brethren - Public Encyclopedia Services Home Page [PAR] Members of the church are known also as Dunkers or Dunkards (from German 
tunken,"to dip"), because of their baptismal ceremony. During this ceremony the... [DOC] [TLE] Church of the Brethren - Wikipedia [PAR] The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination with origins in the 
Schwarzenau ... The first of its churches in the United States was established in 
1723. ... Brethren were colloquially called Tunkers or Dunkers (from the German 
for ... The most conservative members emphasized consistency, obedience, and 
the order... [DOC] [TLE] Who Were the Dunkers - Antietam National Battlefield (U.S. National ... [PAR] However they were more commonly known as the German Baptist Brethren. ... 
Because of the church's prominence in the Battle of Antietam, many believe that 
the ... Germans is that they were all "Plain People" or "Sect People" (Members of 
the Dunker, ... A typical Dunker church service supported their beliefs in simplicity
. [DOC] [TLE] Brethren, Mennonites Share Similar Past Both Can Be Traced To ... [PAR] Jul 14, 1996 ... Brethren Are Known As `Dunkers.' ... Members of the sect were formally called 
the Brethren. But because of their beliefs in immersion for baptism, they were ... 
The Church of the Brethren, like the Mennonite Church, originated in the ... was 
the re-establishment of an ancient Christian ceremony which is a... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 13 - Jackson Township [PAR] ... was asked to perform the ceremony of baptism, but not yet having received the 
service, ... There were also the "Conservative Brethren or Church of the 
Brethren who ... always do, so in 1900 the church disbanded because of loss of 
members. ... Mr. Singer, a son of James A. Singer, well-known township resident, 
gave... [DOC] [TLE] Valid/ Invalid Baptisms - Diocese of Buffalo [PAR] Jun 13, 2016 ... Church of the Brethren Valid Baptism ... Evangelical United Brethren Valid 
Baptism ... It is very difficult to question the validity of a baptism because of an 
intention either on the part of ... There is an open door ceremony, which is not 
baptism. ... CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN: (Formerly called Dunkers) Valid. [DOC] [TLE] Church History in the Summit - The Casselman Historians [PAR] The Brethren church which meets in Summit Mills today is the. Grace Brethren ... 
known by outsiders as Tun/{er or Dunker. because their mode of baptism was ... 
One writer stated in 1901 that Meyersdale had more members of. Brethren .... to 
teach their. Mennonite ministers should perform such ceremonies rather than. [DOC] [TLE] Geometry.Net - Religion: Dunkards [PAR] Brethren, Dunkers, dunkards. Members of the church are known also as Dunkers 
ordunkards (from German tunken, to dip ), because of their baptismal ceremony. 
.... New Catholic Dictionary: Church Of Brethren; Dunkards Church of Brethren... [DOC] [TLE] German Baptist Brethren - Encyclopedia - Theodora [PAR] GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN, or German Brethren, a sect of Anabaptist 
Pietists ... and whose members are popularly known in the United States as "
Dunkers," ... of the new church received their teaching, their faith and much of 
their church ... by the ceremony of the washing of feet and by the salutation of the 
holy kiss, the... [DOC] [TLE] Separate Denominations: History, Description, and ... - Census.gov [PAR] DENOMINATION AND CENSUS YEAR. of Members. ... The Brethren Church '
rogrmslve Dunkers) . . . . . v 202 171042 472, 975 41., 490 20 41, ... and dogma, 
ritual and form, and ceremony and church ... their own language, and this created 
a prejudice against .... denomination has a young people's organization knoWn. [DOC] [TLE] Page 1 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HARRY L. HOPKINS ... [PAR] Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers). Old German ... Each church was 
instructed to report the number of its members according ... items called for, as 
they appeared on the schedule, which were as follows: For pastor's .... and all 
communicants are asked to be noncombatants, not because of personal fear

Question: Members of the Church of the Brethren are known as dunkers because of their ceremony for this
Answer: baptism