Beachy Church Profiles by State

DO YOU WANT TO VISIT A CHURCH? We’d be happy to help! Not finding a church near you? There are around 1,000 Beachy and like-minded churches in our database. This list does not include most of these conservative Anabaptist churches, many of them just like Beachy churches. Please use this CHURCH REQUEST FORM to find one near you.

 

For any other questions about this information, you may contact website personnel All photos were taken by Cory Anderson using an Old Order Camera (film) unless otherwise stated.

 Beachy Churches across the U.S., around the Globe

How do we define which churches are Beachy?

             Because Beachy Amish Mennonite is a fellowship and not a conference, there has never been a permanent, formal way to determine which congregations are Beachy and which aren’t. For the purposes of this listing, a church is Beachy if it meets one of the following criteria:

· It is identified as Beachy in Ministers’ Meetings directories of recent years

· It belongs to a Beachy subgroup, including: Maranatha Amish Mennonite, Berea A.M., Ambassadors A.M., or the ‘Old’ Beachy churches of Illinois and Kentucky.

· It maintains fellowship ties with some Beachy churches or participates in Beachy activities regularly AND would identify itself with the Beachy churches.

Churches with historic ties or significant relationship to Beachys are also listed, though not as Beachy congregations. Extinct churches are also listed when possible.

Sources:

Annual Ministers’ Fellowship Meetings ministerial directory, 2005, 2006, and 2008.

Beachy, William M. 1984. 1984 Directory of the Beachy Fellowship Churches. Sugarcreek, OH: Schlabach Printers.

Eicher, Sara. 1985. Ohio Beachy Fellowship Family Directory. Sugarcreek, OH: Schlabach Printers.

Helmuth, Paul and Melvin Troyer. 1978.  Amish– Beachy– Conservative– Nappanee Community Directory, Volume II.

Hochstetler, Elmer L. 1968. Amish-Mennonite Directory, Nappanee, IN, Volume I. Arthur, IL: M.H. Mast.

Mennonite Church Directories 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Harrisonburg, VA: Christian Light Publications.

Miller, Devon. Amish Mennonite Directories 1993, 1996, 2000, 2005, and 2008. Millersburg, OH: Abana Books.

Showalter, Roy M. and Peggy Jo Byler. 2006. Anabaptist (Mennonite) Directory) 2006. Harrisonburg, VA: Sword and Trumpet.

Yoder, Elmer S. 1987. The Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship Churches. Hartville, OH: Diakonia Ministries.

Personal interviews conducted by Cory Anderson.

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