When Johann von der Wieck was arrested in early 1534, he fled with a large number of other citizens to Münster, where his brother Bernhard Krechting already was an Anabaptist preacher.
As the cathedral fell through treachery after 16 months on 25 June 1535, Krechting barricaded himself with a few hundred survivors on the principal market in a wagon fort.
They fought fiercely, and it was decided to guarantee the fighters their lives and a safe passage if they laid down their arms.
His efforts to choose a new king and win back Münster during the Oldenburg feud in 1538 failed due to the weakness of his movement.
When Count Anton of Oldenburg removed the Anabaptists from his country in 1538, Krechting was able to remain and find shelter in Gödens.