The Old German Baptist Brethren
Subtitle: Faith, Farming, and Change in the Virginia Blue Ridge
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 19, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252073434
Subjects: American history; Christianity; Religion; Religion - Denominations - Religions; The Americas; Christianity - Baptist; Christianity - History - Protestant; Religion / General; Anthropology - Cultural; Brethren (Brethren churches); Franklin County; German Americans; History; Social life and customs; Virginia
First sentence: The first German Baptists were eight exiles who gathered clandestinely three centuries ago in Alexander Mack's millhouse to read the Bible and pray.