Original upload date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:16:57 GMT
A look inside the Bruderhof. We're a bunch of families and children, singles and older people living together in Christian community. This documentary shows how we share our money, possessions, and t
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ry to live our lives like the first Christians as described in the Acts of the Apostles.
Visit the Bruderhof website at https://www.bruderhof.com
The Bruderhof was founded in Germany in 1920, and was one of dozens of communities that sprang up in the aftermath of the First World War. Over the next ten years the movement grew rapidly, with people joining from Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Because of the community's non-violent beliefs and refusal to support the Nazi Party, Hitler's Gestapo raided the community in 1937 and forced them to leave the country within 48 hours.
Bruderhof members take lifetime vows of obedience and poverty. Anyone who wishes to become a member gives away his or her property before joining, and contributes his or her talents to stand on an equal footing with all brothers and sisters.
There are now more than twenty Bruderhofs worldwide.
