c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Hutterite bishops say a new National Geographic reality series that follows the members of a rural Montana colony gives a "distorted and exploitative ...

When someone leaves a Hutterite colony, it’s an ache like no other for those left behind, wrote Linda Maendel in her book, “Hutterite Diaries.” “From the cradle to the grave, Hutterites are cared for ...

Many of the rules and restrictions of Hutterite life are not based on God, Titus Waldner said. “There’s such an emphasis on a dress code, but nothing in the Bible says you have to dress a certain way, ...

Hutterites take their name from Jacob Hutter, whose last name means “hat-maker,” from eastern Europe, one of the leaders of the Anabaptist movement of the 16th century Reformation era. Hutter was ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Up to 10 colonies of the strict Christian Hutterite sect say they face religious persecution from the Canadian province of Alberta's plan to force them to have their ...