Mennonites are a group of Christians who are devoted to non-violence and pacifism. They were named after Menno Simons although his influence of the actual group was limited. There are over 1.5 million mennonities denominations all over the world. They believe in volentary service. There are many different committees that provide immediate and long term responses in disaster relief, international development programs and other services through out the world. In the past, many government and religious leaders considered volentary Church membership to be dangerous and joined together to fight the movement. Despite their efforts, the movement spread and Menno Simons left the Catholic church to join the movement. After migrating to America, they put up mennonite churches that mainly focused on disagreements on theology and punishment between the catholic church. Some of these churches still exsist today, although the practices have changed. Today mennonites are devoted to fallowing in Jesus' footsteps and keeping peace in everyday life.
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