{"product_id":"holy-experiment-jo-anne-kraus-9781513807621","title":"Holy Experiment: The Warwick River Mennonite Colony, 1897-1970","description":"In 1897, Mennonite and Amish families from northern and western states began to relocate to former plantation land in Southeastern Virginia along the banks of the Warwick River. Their move to these 1,000 acres was part of a larger, though little known, movement in the Mennonite Church in the late nineteenth century to settle church colonies in the post-Civil War South. \u003cbr\u003e By developing the depleted soils of former plantations into successful farms and creating new Mennonite congregations, Mennonite leaders hoped to keep their church vital and growing in a time of shrinking membership. They also hoped to find a strategy for mission work in keeping with their faith. \u003ci\u003eHoly Experiment: The Warwick River Mennonite Colony, 1897-1970\u003c\/i\u003e explores a critical period of church history through the story of the only Mennonite colony planted in the American South to survive this experiment and eventually thrive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jo Anne Kraus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1513807625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781513807621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Herald Press (VA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Jo Anne Kraus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042755375359,"sku":"9781513807621","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d40cff02-0ac0-4b1c-b09b-33e6ef9d64f9.jpg?v=1684963346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/holy-experiment-jo-anne-kraus-9781513807621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}