Beachy Churches in

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

Believer’s Fellowship

Berea
Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1961

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Berea A.M.

Origin: Zion A.M. (IN)

Year started: 1964

Bishop: James Yoder

Affiliation: (Beachy A.M.)

Origin: Maple Lawn A.M.

See also: DISSERTATION, The Spatial Development and Organization of an Old Order Amish-Beachy Amish Settlement: Nappanee, Indiana (PDF Format, 9.25 MB)

Bethany Fellowship

Clay Street
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1940 - 1964

Bishop: Marvin Beachy

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Miami A.M.

Christian Mission Fellowship

Year started: 1975

Bishop: Maynard Nisly

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Hebron C.F.

Year started: 1988

Bishop: Wade Burkholder

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Maple Lawn A.M.

Year started: 1976

Bishop: Eugene Eicher

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Ridgeview A.M.

Fellowship Haven

Year started: 1963

Bishop: Virgil Hershberger

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Fair Haven A.M.

Hebron Fellowship

Year started: 2007

Bishop: James Hershberger of Summersville Mennonite (KY)

Affiliation: Ambassadors A.M.

Origin: Summersville Mennonite

Maple Lawn
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1940

Bishop: Thomas Mast

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Old Order Amish

History: TERM PAPER, The David O. Burkholder Movement (PDF Format, 1.0 MB)

See also: DISSERTATION, The Spatial Development and Organization of an Old Order Amish-Beachy Amish Settlement: Nappanee, Indiana (PDF Format, 9.25 MB)

PAMPHLET, The Youth Fellowship Meetings: What It Is, and How It Came to Be (available online)

Mt. Olive Beachy

Year started: 1973

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Mt. Joy Conservative

Ridgeview
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1943

Bishop: Lester Zehr

Affiliation: (Beachy A.M.)

Origin: Old Order Amish

Year started: 1947

Bishop: Wilbur Yoder

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Maple Lawn A.M.

See also: DISSERTATION, The Spatial Development and Organization of an Old Order Amish-Beachy Amish Settlement: Nappanee, Indiana (PDF Format, 9.25 MB)

Fair Haven
Amish Mennonite

(Originally Clinton A.M.)

Living Waters Mennonite

Year started: 1997

Bishop: Glenn Yoder

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Hebron C.F.

Woodlawn
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1959

Bishop: Steven Miller

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Old Order Amish

History: TERM PAPER: The Emerging Woodlawn Church: A Study of Cultural Change in an Amish Group (available online)

Rosewood Fellowship

Year started: 1962

Year ended: 2004

Final affiliation: Midwest Beachy

Origin: Fair Haven A.M.

Fairhaven Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1995

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Origin: Zion A.M.

 

South Haven
Amish Mennonite

Church is no longer in operation.

Year started: 1964

Bishop: Clarence Bontrager (IN, oversight)

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M. (formerly Beachy A.M.)

Origin: Maple Lawn A.M.

Fairview
Amish Mennonite

The Beachy Amish Mennonites   

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Year started: Late 1960s to early 1970s

Bishop: Paul Chupp (OH, oversight)

Affiliation: Berea AM

Origin: Zion A.M.

Oak Grove Church

Year started: 1946

Bishop: Henry Fisher (PA, oversight)

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Origin: Amish

Zion Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1982

Bishop: Alvin Yoder

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Origin: Zion A.M.

Canaan Amish Mennonite