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Dunkard Brethren

One of a religious denomination practicing trine immersion and refusing oaths and military service; -also Tunkers, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, or, officially, German Baptist Brethren. The denomination was founded in 1708 at Schwarzenau, in Wittenburg, Germany, by Alexander Mack.



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Bethel, Oregon

Bethel Elementary School, in the Salem-Keizer School District, named after the Bethel Church, built in that locale by the Dunkard Brethren