Anabaptist Ecclesiology Model: The Doctrine of Ecclesiology According to Martyrs Mirror

By Timothy Evans Carter and A. Edmond Johnson

What is the church when it no longer has power, protection, or privilege?

Anabaptist Ecclesiology Model answers this question by grounding the doctrine of the church in the lived witness of the Anabaptist martyrs recorded in Martyrs Mirror. Instead of defining the church by institutional structure, sacramental control, or denominational systems, this volume shows how the true church is revealed through obedient community under persecution.

Using a TMQ (Target - Meet - Qualify) framework, the book traces how the martyrs understood the church as a visible covenant people, gathered voluntarily under Christ's authority, practicing discipline without coercion, worship without ritualism, and mission without violence. Their church was not theoretical-it was embodied, tested, and authenticated by suffering.

This work presents a unified ecclesiological model in which:

Christ alone is the head

Leadership is servant-based

Discipline is restorative

Worship is lived obedience

Membership is voluntary

Mission is witness, not conquest

Written for theologians, pastors, historians, and serious Anabaptist readers, Anabaptist Ecclesiology Model restores the doctrine of the church to its original form: a faithful community shaped by truth rather than power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GG15S2F9
• ISBN13: 9798243274524
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"