Anabaptists Defied Zurich’s City Council and Baptized Each Other. The Church Struck Back —Episode 02

Published on July 25, 2026
The year is 1525. The place is Zurich, Switzerland, just up the hill from the Limmat River. A small group of young people, including Conrad Grebel, George Blaurock, and Felix Manz, meet secretly in the upstairs room of a house to make a monumental and illegal decision—so illegal that Felix Manz would die for it in that same Limmat River, within earshot of where they met. Join Dean Taylor, Stephen Russell, and Reagan Schrock as they walk these same streets and lead us through the story. Discover how incredibly personal and risky their decision was to be rebaptized, and how they went from being esteemed students of Zwingli, to outcasts on the run. Anabaptist Origins is a 10-part documentary series produced by Anabaptist Perspectives that tells the story of the first hundred years of the Anabaptist movement. Credits: https://anabaptistorigins.org/credits/ Resources: https://anabaptistorigins.org/resources/ Website: https://anabaptistorigins.org/ Anabaptist Perspectives website: https://anabaptistperspectives.org/ Anabaptist Perspectives podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@AnabaptistPerspectives