The video begins with a map of Western Europe, a dot hovering over Zurich. The scene shifts as a voice with a Pennsylvania Dutch lilt describes the baptism of Felix Manz in 1521. Woodcut pictures cross the screen in this video produced by Lancaster Conference on the origins of Anabaptism.
Melissa Florer-Bixler
Melissa is the pastor of Raleigh Mennonite Church in North Carolina and a writer. She has published two books with Herald Press and is a Voices columnist with the Christian Century.
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