Meet the Bruderhof: Our exclusive peek inside a modern Christian utopia
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Megan Cornwell2019-07-18T00:00:00
Megan Cornwell spends 48 hours with the Christian community where all possessions are shared, faith sits at the centre of daily life and crime is nonexistent. But is this mere escapism, or a much-needed return to the model the early Church gave us?
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