The Bruderhof

Movement·Founded 1920 CE·About 3,000 people in roughly two dozen communities as of 2024, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Paraguay, Australia and South Korea. The Bruderhof does not publish an audited membership figure; the count includes children and resident non-members.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Anabaptism → The Bruderhof

Branch

How to Live

the ethic — what it asks of a life
The Members Meeting decides by unanimity, and one no is enough. Nothing carries by majority. A member who cannot agree can hold a decision indefinitely, which makes dissent formally powerful and socially very expensive — and that gap is where most of the movement's internal history has happened. Go deeper — context →
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