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Witness: Community Empowered by the Spirit - Anabaptist (Acts 2)

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The Amish community in Witness operates by consensus, mutual aid, and shared commitment. No one is coerced; all participate voluntarily. Acts 2:42-47 describes the Pentecost community: shared possessions, daily fellowship, breaking bread together, glad hearts. Anabaptist theology emphasizes that the Spirit creates community—not hierarchical institution but gathered believers living Jesus' way together. The Holy Spirit enables the church to be an alternative society: peaceable, sharing, accountable. Pentecost wasn't just individual tongues but the birth of community. The Spirit makes possible what human effort cannot: true koinonia.

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