| Anabaptist and Mennonite Heritage Tours |
 Michael Sattler memorial. The word Anabaptism is a 16th century term referring to the rebaptism of persons who had been baptized by the state church. The name Mennonite comes from an early Dutch leader, Menno Simons. Today the descendants of the 16th century European movement--Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, Brethren in Christ and Old German Baptist Brethren--are considered as Anabaptists.
TourMagination was founded to explore the roots of the Reformation and help Mennonites rediscover their heritage and become acquainted with key persons in Anabaptist-Mennonite life and thought. Our tours to western Europe visit sites important in Anabaptist history such as: Pingjum, one of the original hidden churches in the Netherlands; the castle where George Blaurock was imprisioned; the doors where Martin Luther nailed his treatise; the Cave of the Anabaptists; or the Neckar River where Michael Sattler was executed.
 Street named in Dirk Willems' memory in Holland. As Anabaptists fled persecution, they migrated to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union as well as west to the new world. Subsequent migrations led them to settlements in South America and Mexico, and missionary work have seen the founding of Mennonite churches around the world.
As the tour groups share reflections on the effects martyrdom and migrations have had on the Mennonite Church, it is TourMagination's hope that tour members will gain a better understanding of their own faith through learning about our history and meeting Mennonites whose experiences are vastly different from our own. Upcoming tours which include an Anabaptist or Mennonite Heritage component: 2012 Tours
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