There is a site for the Brethern church that does an excellent job of explaining it and as soon as I find the url <G> I will send it . Sandy Lsc12147@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/14/99 6:08:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, > mwlawsr@hotmail.com writes: > > << I would bet that he was not a Tunker minister but a Dunker Minister... a > common religious denomination in the 1700-1800s.... I think denominations > that would most align would be Baptist??? > > Just a guesss >> > > Well, somehow I knew this topic of Tunker vs. Dunker would come up, but I am > no expert on this. Somewhere in the past year or so, this very same issue > came up on a Penna. Dutch list I subscribe to. All I can really remember is > that there actually WAS such a thing as a "Tunker" minister, but no one could > really tell me the difference between "Tunker" and "Dunker." Maybe the > confusion arose because sometimes, using a German dialect "Dunker" comes out > sounding like "Tunker." I think the term "Dunker" comes from the church > members using the "full immersion" method of baptism, but again I am no > expert. I got the impression that the "Dunkers/Tunkers" were aligned with the > Mennonites. I'm sure there's a website somewhere that might explain it more > fully.