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'''Peter Hoover''' (born 18 May 1960) is an author familiar to many conservative [[Christian]]s of [[Anabaptist]] and similar heritage in the United States, Canada and western Europe.
'''Peter Hoover''' (born 18 May 1960) is an [[author]] familiar to many conservative [[Christians]] of [[Anabaptist]] and similar heritage in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Central America]], [[Australia]], and [[western Europe]].


== Life ==
== Life ==


Peter Hoover is the son of prominent Mennonite minister Anson Hoover (1920–2008) and his wife Sarah (Martin) Hoover (DOB: unknown; daughter of Leah: 1895–1974 and Manoah: 1899–1975 )<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Hoover |first=Peter |date=February 2014 |chapter-url=http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hoover,_Anson_(1920-2008)&oldid=115438 |article=Hoover, Anson (1920–2008) |editor-last=Richard |editor-first=Thiessen |title=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online}}</ref> He was born in [[Kitchener, Ontario]] as the sixth and last child of his parents. He is married to Susan (Krahn) Hoover and had seven children with her. The couple adopted two additional children from Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecommonlife.com.au/rainham/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I45626&tree=1 |title=Peter Hoover |website=Rainham Builders}}</ref> He has worked in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Chile, and Australia. He used to be a sermon leader in the [[Elmendorf Christian Community]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}, an independent [[Schmiedeleut]] colony of the [[Hutterite]]s in [[Mountain Lake, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Friesen |first=Bert |date=March 2013 |chapter-url=http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Elmendorf_Hutterite_Colony_(Mountain_Lake,_Minnesota,_USA)&oldid=148223 |article=Elmendorf Hutterite Colony (Mountain Lake, Minnesota, USA) |editor-last=Richard |editor-first=Thiessen |title=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online}}</ref>
Peter Hoover is the son of prominent [[Mennonites|Mennonite]] minister Anson Hoover (1920–2008) and his wife Sarah (Martin) Hoover (1923–2015; daughter of Selina: 1898–1989 and Manoah: 1899–1975 ).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Hoover |first=Peter |date=February 2014 |chapter-url=http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hoover,_Anson_(1920-2008)&oldid=115438 |article=Hoover, Anson (1920–2008) |editor-last=Richard |editor-first=Thiessen |title=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online}}</ref> He was born in [[Kitchener, Ontario]], as the sixth and last child of his parents. He is married to Susan (Krahn) Hoover and has had seven children with her. The couple adopted two additional children from [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecommonlife.com.au/rainham/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I45626&tree=1 |title=Peter Hoover |website=Rainham Builders}}</ref> He has worked in [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], [[Costa Rica]], [[United States]], [[Chile]], and [[Australia]].


In 2006, Hoover was featured on the American television program, ''[[Dr. Phil (TV series)|Dr. Phil]]'', for his involvement in an effort to find and recover the children of an American mother whose father was concealing them in a Christian community in [[Belize]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Finding Allene and Mollie | website=Dr. Phil | date=8 May 2006 | url=https://www.drphil.com/shows/723/ | access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Finding Allene and Mollie, Part 2 | website=Dr. Phil | date=11 May 2006 | url=https://www.drphil.com/shows/724/ | access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Tim |title=Jury finds former sheriff's deputy guilty of abduction |work=News-Gazette |location=Champaign, IL |date=14 October 2006 |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2006-10-14/jury-finds-former-sheriffs-deputy-guilty-abduction.html | access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
In 2006, Hoover was featured on the American television program, ''[[Dr. Phil (TV series)|Dr. Phil]]'', for his involvement in an effort to find and recover the children of an American mother whose father was concealing them in a Christian community in [[Belize]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Finding Allene and Mollie | website=Dr. Phil | date=8 May 2006 | url=https://www.drphil.com/shows/723/ | access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Finding Allene and Mollie, Part 2 | website=Dr. Phil | date=11 May 2006 | url=https://www.drphil.com/shows/724/ | access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Tim |title=Jury finds former sheriff's deputy guilty of abduction |work=News-Gazette |location=Champaign, IL |date=14 October 2006 |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2006-10-14/jury-finds-former-sheriffs-deputy-guilty-abduction.html | access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
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In 2010, Hoover had a benign [[brain tumor]]. It was surgically removed in the [[Royal Hobart Hospital]] on 14 July, taking away much of his ability to read and write. In his email newsletters at the time, which were sometimes rambling due to his disease, he spoke of what he believed was his imminent death. This proved not to be the case as he later regained many of his former abilities, aided by a screen reader. {{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}
In 2010, Hoover had a benign [[brain tumor]]. It was surgically removed in the [[Royal Hobart Hospital]] on 14 July, taking away much of his ability to read and write. In his email newsletters at the time, which were sometimes rambling due to his disease, he spoke of what he believed was his imminent death. This proved not to be the case as he later regained many of his former abilities, aided by a screen reader. {{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}


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In 2018, Hoover left the [[Detention River Christian Community]] and joined [[City Light Christian Fellowship]], in [[Waynesboro, Pennsylvania]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
Hoover met members of the [[Detention River Christian Community]] in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]] while in Chile, and moved to Australia to join this group,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Hoover |first=Peter |article=Anson Hoover Mennonites (Ontario, Canada) |editor-last=Richard |editor-first=Thiessen |title=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online |date=July 2010 |chapter-url=http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anson_Hoover_Mennonites_(Ontario,_Canada)&oldid=114113}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hoover |first=Peter |date=21 July 2009 |title=Russian Mennonites |work=Sunlit Kingdom Newsletter |publisher=Detention River Christian Community |url=http://www.thecommonlife.com.au/sunlit-kingdom-archive/1.%20Russian%20Mennonites%20_%20Rocky%20Cape%20Christian%20Community.htm |access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bercot |first=David |title=Peter Hoover’s Newsletters |website=Scroll Publishing Co. |url=http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/peterhoover-newsletters.html |access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> a [[Plain people|Plain]] Christian community of [[Hutterite]] tradition.

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In 2018, Hoover left the Detention River community and joined City Light Christian Fellowship, in [[Waynesboro, Pennsylvania]].{{cn|date=August 2018}}


== Writings ==
== Writings ==


Hoover's books have focused on the stories of Christians in recent centuries who have most closely reflected the relationships, values, zeal and impact that Christians had claimed in the New Testament and [[Ante-Nicene Fathers|ante-Nicene]] period. His books include ''Secret of the Strength'' (What Would the Anabaptists Tell This Generation?), which is published in both English [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165002/http://www.christianlearning.org/store/index.html?loadfile=catalog219_2.html] a German edition in Europe (as ''Feuertaufe. Das radikale Leben der Täufer. Eine Provokation'') [https://web.archive.org/web/20061012183534/http://www.down-to-earth.de/product_info.php?products_id=119], and an online Spanish edition. Also, he has written ''Behold the Lamb'' (The Story of the [[Moravian Church]]), and ''The Russians' Secret'' (What Christians Today Would Survive Persecution?)[http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/More-Russian-Secret.html], and ''The Mystery of the Mark: Anabaptist Missions under the Fire of God'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716052415/http://thecommonlife.com/mystery].
Hoover's books have focused on the stories of Christians in recent centuries who have most closely reflected the relationships, values, zeal and impact that Christians had claimed in the New Testament and [[Ante-Nicene Fathers|ante-Nicene]] period. His books include ''Secret of the Strength'' (What Would the Anabaptists Tell This Generation?), which is published in English [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165002/http://www.christianlearning.org/store/index.html?loadfile=catalog219_2.html], a German edition in Europe (as ''Feuertaufe. Das radikale Leben der Täufer. Eine Provokation'') [https://web.archive.org/web/20061012183534/http://www.down-to-earth.de/product_info.php?products_id=119], and an online Spanish edition. Also, he has written ''Behold the Lamb'' (The Story of the [[Moravian Church]]), and ''The Russians' Secret'' (What Christians Today Would Survive Persecution?)[http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/More-Russian-Secret.html], and ''The Mystery of the Mark: Anabaptist Missions under the Fire of God'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716052415/http://thecommonlife.com/mystery].


In ''Radical Anabaptists Today'' (online in five parts)<ref>[http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/peterhoover-real-anabaptists-1.html Peter Hoover: ''Radical Anabaptists Today – Part 1'' at scrollpublishing.com]</ref> he tells the story of the Wanner family, a family in search of the true church in the environment in which the [[Noah Hoover Mennonite]]s, the [[Orthodox Mennonites]], the "Christian Communities" of [[Elmo Stoll]] emerged.
In ''Radical Anabaptists Today'' (online in five parts)<ref>[http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/peterhoover-real-anabaptists-1.html Peter Hoover: ''Radical Anabaptists Today – Part 1'' at scrollpublishing.com]</ref> he tells the story of the Wanner family, a family in search of the true church in the environment in which the [[Noah Hoover Mennonite]]s, the [[Orthodox Mennonites]], the "Christian Communities" of [[Elmo Stoll]] emerged.
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.thecommonlife.com.au Rocky Cape Christian Community]
* [http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/peterhoover-newsletters.html Peter Hoover's Newsletters]
* [http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/peterhoover-newsletters.html Peter Hoover's Newsletters]
* [http://thecommonlife.com.au/rainham/ The Rainham Settlement]
* [http://thecommonlife.com.au/rainham/ The Rainham Settlement]


===Online books===
===Online books===
* [http://thecommonlife.com.au/c/the-secret-of-the-strength/ The Secret of the Strength] [http://www.allgodsword.com/Sos/ HTML] [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Strength.doc WORD file] [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Strength.pdf PDF]
* [http://www.allgodsword.com/Sos/ The Secret of the Strength (HTML)] [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Strength.pdf PDF]
*[http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/El_secreto_de_la_fuerza.pdf El secreto de la fuerza (en español)]
* [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/El_secreto_de_la_fuerza.pdf El secreto de la fuerza (en español)] [https://metamorphosepublishing.com/het-geheim-van-de-kracht-3/ Het Geheim van de Kracht (Dutch)]
* [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/the_mystery_of_the_mark.pdf The Mystery of the Mark: Anabaptist Missions under the Fire of God]
* [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/the_mystery_of_the_mark.pdf The Mystery of the Mark: Anabaptist Missions under the Fire of God]
* [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/the%20russians%20secret.pdf The Russians' Secret]
* [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/the%20russians%20secret.pdf The Russians' Secret]
* [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/Behold%20the%20Lamb.pdf Behold the Lamb!]
* [http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/Behold%20the%20Lamb.pdf Behold the Lamb!]

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Latest revision as of 08:24, 10 February 2024

Peter Hoover (born 18 May 1960) is an author familiar to many conservative Christians of Anabaptist and similar heritage in the United States, Canada, Central America, Australia, and western Europe.

Life[edit]

Peter Hoover is the son of prominent Mennonite minister Anson Hoover (1920–2008) and his wife Sarah (Martin) Hoover (1923–2015; daughter of Selina: 1898–1989 and Manoah: 1899–1975 ).[1] He was born in Kitchener, Ontario, as the sixth and last child of his parents. He is married to Susan (Krahn) Hoover and has had seven children with her. The couple adopted two additional children from Mexico.[2] He has worked in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Chile, and Australia.

In 2006, Hoover was featured on the American television program, Dr. Phil, for his involvement in an effort to find and recover the children of an American mother whose father was concealing them in a Christian community in Belize.[3][4][5]

In 2010, Hoover had a benign brain tumor. It was surgically removed in the Royal Hobart Hospital on 14 July, taking away much of his ability to read and write. In his email newsletters at the time, which were sometimes rambling due to his disease, he spoke of what he believed was his imminent death. This proved not to be the case as he later regained many of his former abilities, aided by a screen reader. [citation needed]

In 2018, Hoover left the Detention River Christian Community and joined City Light Christian Fellowship, in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.[citation needed]

Writings[edit]

Hoover's books have focused on the stories of Christians in recent centuries who have most closely reflected the relationships, values, zeal and impact that Christians had claimed in the New Testament and ante-Nicene period. His books include Secret of the Strength (What Would the Anabaptists Tell This Generation?), which is published in English [1], a German edition in Europe (as Feuertaufe. Das radikale Leben der Täufer. Eine Provokation) [2], and an online Spanish edition. Also, he has written Behold the Lamb (The Story of the Moravian Church), and The Russians' Secret (What Christians Today Would Survive Persecution?)[3], and The Mystery of the Mark: Anabaptist Missions under the Fire of God [4].

In Radical Anabaptists Today (online in five parts)[6] he tells the story of the Wanner family, a family in search of the true church in the environment in which the Noah Hoover Mennonites, the Orthodox Mennonites, the "Christian Communities" of Elmo Stoll emerged.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hoover, Peter (February 2014). "Hoover, Anson (1920–2008)". In Richard, Thiessen (ed.). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.
  2. ^ "Peter Hoover". Rainham Builders.
  3. ^ "Finding Allene and Mollie". Dr. Phil. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Finding Allene and Mollie, Part 2". Dr. Phil. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Tim (14 October 2006). "Jury finds former sheriff's deputy guilty of abduction". News-Gazette. Champaign, IL. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  6. ^ Peter Hoover: Radical Anabaptists Today – Part 1 at scrollpublishing.com

External links[edit]

Online books[edit]

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