same confidence characteristic of Grebel, Manz, Hubmaier, Marpeck, Menno Simons, and others. Efforts based on less certainty about the Bible will inevitably be stillborn. As the 500-year anniversary of the first baptisms in the Manz family home in Zurich approaches, strangely, the debate about the necessity of a regenerate church remains an issue. That the concept remains elusive to many was in evidence when a December 19, 2011, report was issued on global Christianity.