Harold S. BenderCritiques

What is the Christian church? And what direction does its essential character
give to its life and work? The answer to these questions cannot be found by
looking at contemporary Christianity, nor by a study of church history. It is
to the New Testament that Harold S. Bender goes to find what Christ and the
apostles said about the church. In God's book is found the portrait of God's
people.

A very short read covering the idea of early Anabaptists in a positive light, as opposed to the traditional one laid out by Luther and Calvin and passed down through Church history. Limited in scope, but rich in the message of how the first Anabaptist sough to seek out a separate, pure, Jesus following lifestyle.

Great little booklet that provides a brief historical context and concise summary of the early Anabaptists.