Seeker (Anabaptism)
A Seeker is a person likely to join a traditional Anabaptist community, like the Amish, the Old Order Mennonites, the Hutterites or the Old Order River Brethren. Among the 500,000 member of such communities in the United States there are only an estimated 1,200 to 1,300 outsiders who have joined them.
A major obstacle for seekers is the language, because Old Order communities speak German dialects like Pennsylvania German or Hutterite German in every day life and in general won't give it up for seekers.
Types of seekers
Stephen Scott, himself a convert to the Old Order River Brethren, distinguishes four types of seekers:
Seekers among the Amish
Only a few outsiders have ever joined the Amish. Since 1950 only some 75 people have joined and remained members of the Amish. Since 1990 some twenty people of Russian Mennonite background have joined the Amish in Aylmer, Ontario.
Seeker
Seeker may refer to:
See also
Seeker (novel)
Seeker is a 2005 science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2006.
Synopsis
The story is set approximately 10,000 years in the future, after civilization has expanded to inhabit countless worlds. Alex Benedict and his partner Chase Kolpath are astroarchaeologists involved in the examination of abandoned bases and deserted space-craft in search of valuable items.
Alex is approached by a mysterious woman who asks him to ascertain the value of a strange cup riddled with archaic symbols. They discover that the cup is a 9,000-year-old relic from one of the first Faster-than-light vehicles built, the Seeker. This was a colony ship manned by a faction known as the "Margolians" who were fleeing the then-oppressive society of Earth in hopes of establishing a free world. Records indicate that they succeeded, as the Seeker made several voyages, but they kept the location of their colony world a secret.
With insight, and some luck, Alex and Chase discover who brought this cup back. By retracing the route of these long-forgotten space explorers, they begin to get an idea of where the Seeker was found. Excitedly, they set off in hopes of finding the colony of "Margolia".
Seeker (comics)
The Seeker is a fictional character in Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The Seeker first appeared in Fantastic Four #46-48 (January–March 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character's death was revealed in Inhumans: The Untold Saga #1 (April 1990), and the character appeared in flashbacks in Fantastic Four: Fireworks #1-2 (January–February 1999).
A twin brother of the original Seeker appeared in Fantastic Four Unlimited #2 (June 1993).
The Seeker appeared as part of the "Inhumans" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #6.
Fictional character biography
Kadlec
When Maximus the Mad took the throne of Attilan, he appointed the Seeker to find and retrieve the exiled Inhuman Royal Family, so that Maximus could marry Medusa and keep the others under observation.
It is later revealed that he was the one who killed Gorgon's father. When it came to a cave in that buried him and Gorgon, Seeker was found dead.
Uys
Years later, Seeker's twin brother also took up the mantle of the Seeker and fought the group Fantastic Force.
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