I. The Low Countries During the Middle Ages -- 1. The Geographic and Ethnic Background -- 2. The Political Constellations -- 3. The Cultural Life -- 4. The Religious Life -- 5. Faith, Life, and Leaders -- 6. Asceticism and Monasticism -- 7. The Administration of the Church -- II. The Dawn of a New Day -- A. The Soil and the Seed -- B. In the Embrace of a World Revolution (1517-1530) -- III. The Evangelical Sacramentarian Reformation -- A. From Sacrament to Symbol -- B. The Evangelical Movement -- IV. Melchior Hofmann: A Prophetic Layman -- A. From Wittenberg to Strassburg -- B. The Anabaptist Apostle to the North -- V. Anabaptism at the Crossroads -- A. In Search of the City of God -- B. Mรผnster: The New Jerusalem -- VI. Gathering a Christian Fellowship -- A. Sifting and Gathering -- B. The Covenanted Church of God -- VII. Growth and Molding of the Brotherhood -- A. From Antwerp to Danzig -- B. Defining and Defending the Faith -- VIII. Conclusion -- 1. In the Context of the Reformation -- 2. The Swiss and Dutch Anabaptists -- 3. At the Crossroads -- 4. Covenanters of Christ -- 5. The Ministry and the Ordinances -- 6. The Disciplined Brotherhood -- 7. The Christian and his Citizenship -- 8. Lasting Contributions -- Footnotes -- I. The Low Countries During the Middle Ages -- II. The Dawn of a New Day -- III. The Evangelical Sacramentarian Reformation -- W. Melchior Hofmann: A Prophetic Layman -- V. Anabaptism at the Crossroads -- VI. Gathering a Christian Fellowship -- VII. Growth and Molding of the Brotherhood -- VIII. Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography