What Did Patriotism Look Like for Mennonites in 1776?

When the American colonies rebelled against the British Empire, Mennonites and other nonresistant peoples were caught in a difficult situation. Romaine Stauffer explains how refusing to bear arms in the Revolutionary War affected the Mennonites, including her direct ancestor, Christian Burkholder. Romaine describes how the Mennonites stood for their beliefs, even at great cost. Romaine’s book, Loyalty Test: https://christianlight.org/loyalty-test Address to Youth by Christian Burkholder: https://archive.org/details/christianspirit00ebygoog/page/n184/mode/2up (His book is incorporated into the volume Christian Spiritual Conversation on Saving Faith. Christian’s work begins on page 179 of the text.) Harmonia Sacra by Joseph Funk: https://christianlight.org/books/music-poetry/the-harmonia-sacra-legacy-edition John Ruth on Mennonite Interaction with William Penn: https://youtu.be/VGdu5Z517Ik How Did Indigenous Lands Become Mennonite Farms? by John Ruth: https://youtu.be/fdc0nCK5a8A Our other YouTube channels: Anabaptist Origins: https://www.youtube.com/@AnabaptistOrigins Developing as a Servant: https://www.youtube.com/@DevelopingasaServant Read essays: https://anabaptistperspectives.org/blog/ Listen to essays as a podcast: https://essays-for-king-jesus.captivate.fm/listen The views expressed by our guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Anabaptist Perspectives or Wellspring Mennonite Church.