Lectures to explore baptism

Swiss Pioneer Preservation Associates and Muddy Creek Farm Library will hold two events related to the topic "500 Years Ago: Re-Baptism or Believer's Baptism." The meetings will take place on Tuesdays, Feb. 18 and March 18, at 7 p.m. in the fellowship center at Martindale Mennonite Church, 352 Martindale Road, Martindale.

The topics on Feb. 18 will be "Growth and Spread of Anabaptism After January 21, 1525," presented by Dale Burkholder, and "Why the Persecution of Anabaptism?" presented by Lloyd Weiler. The presentations on March 18 will be "Michael Sattler's Life and Thought," by Edsel Burdge, and " 'The Schleitheim Confession,' an Interpretation," by John Dan Burkholder.

The event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. For more details, call Raymond Zimmerman at 717-354-7139 or Weiler at 717-629-1854.

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