Anabaptists have a treasure hidden in the field of their common life. It is a vision of church which has the stamp of the kingdom of God upon it. Even though its followers were horribly silenced, neither their work nor their vision is finished. I believe God has buried in the common life of these peace-loving people a vision to be preserved until the proper time. And it is their unique vision of church which lies at the core of Anabaptist identity.

– Walfred Fahrer, Building on the rock: a Biblical vision of being church together from an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective 13