Editing Bruderhof Communities (section)

== Relationship with the Hutterites ==
The Bruderhof Communities and the [[Hutterites]] were in fellowship between 1930 and 1955 and between 1974 and 1995. In 1990, the [[Lehrerleut]] and the [[Dariusleut]] withdrew, while the [[Schmiedeleut]] maintained their bond to the Bruderhof. After the split among the Schmiedeleut in 1992, the more traditional group also withdrew, while the more progressive branch (led by Jacob Kleinsasser) kept the bond until 1995. Since then, the traditional Hutterites and the Bruderhof have been separate groups.<ref name="Rod Janzen 2005 pages 505-544">Rod Janzen: ''The Hutterites and the Bruderhof: The Relationship Between an Old Older Religious Society and a Twentieth-Century Communal Group'' in Mennonite Quarterly Review 79 (2005), pp. 505–544.</ref>

The reason for the withdrawal of the Hutterites in 1955 was a conflict about the Forest River Hutterite Colony, which joined the Bruderhof by a majority vote. In 1974 there was reconciliation between the two groups.<ref>Merrill Mow: ''Torches rekindled: the Bruderhof's struggle for renewal'', Ulster Park, NY, 1989, pp. 29–31.</ref> In 1990 two of the three branches of the traditional Hutterites withdrew over concerns in regard to education, worship services and relations with outsiders, such as political activism.

According to Rod Janzen, there are differences between the traditional Hutterites and the Bruderhof Communities on many fields. Besides cultural differences, there are differences in regard to education, leadership, decision making, [[church discipline]], [[ecumenism]], what constitutes the "Word of God" etc. All these differences led to the final break in 1995.<ref name="Rod Janzen 2005 pages 505-544" />