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

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Branch
Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1Community 1 You × The Bruderhof Discussion

Core Tenets

2 — a sample of the center, never the sum Part of Belief →
The shared center — held across the tradition
The Sermon on the Mount is a set of instructions, not an ideal. Arnold's argument in 1920 was that the church had spiritualised the Sermon in order not to obey it, and that if it is true, a group of people can simply start doing it. The Bruderhof is that argument made into an address you can visit. Go deeper — context →
Nobody is paid and nobody owns anything, including the leadership. Members receive no wage, stipend or allowance; housing, food, healthcare and education come from the common purse. The two businesses — Community Playthings and Rifton Equipment — turn over serious money, and no member has a personal claim on any of it. Go deeper — context →

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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