Who Are Mennonites?

FAQs about Mennonites

Mennonite Confession of Faith

Mennonite Resolutions and Confessions

Resources for Responding to the
War in Iraq

Links to Other Mennonite Sites

Christian Peacemaker Registration Forms

Mennonite History

Mennonites, Anabaptists and the Amish

Other Anabaptist Denominations

David Augsburger, a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, proposed that 
the Mennonite tradition of faith has 6 characteristics:

• We are fixated on Jesus. Mennonites are fascinated with and committed to Jesus Christ. Two key words are discipleship, following Christ in life; and devotion, imitating Christ. Menno Simon's life-long motto captures it: "No one can lay any foundation than that which is already laid, which is Jesus Christ."

• We take the Bible seriously. In the Bible we find the material for defining who we are. Rather than believing the Bible to be inerrant or infallible, we understand it as an inspired story to own and obey. The Bible is something to live, not just to love.

• We are stubbornly committed to community. For us the church is not a collection of rugged individualists. We are dedicated to the web of inter-relatedness.

• We try to love our enemies. Love is more than a feeling--it's concrete actions that even embrace our enemies.

• We want to serve people in need. We offer concrete help and mutual aid to others. We give relief and offer economic development.

• We try to witness to God. In contrast to the drive for rapid growth, numerical success, and spin control, we attempt to build contagious communities of faithful discipleship and relational authenticity.