Beachy Churches in

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

Pennsylvania

Bethel
Christian Fellowship

Christian
Believers Fellowship

Year started: 2000

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Summitview C.F.

Year started: 2007

Bishop: None

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Shady Grove C.F.

Cornerstone Mennonite

Mine Road
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 2000

Bishop: Raymond King

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Weavertown A.M.

Other: Renting an old school building for meetings

Gap View
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1973

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Unaffiliated

Origin: Summitview C.F.

Year started: 1969

Bishop: Alvin Stoltzfus

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Weavertown A.M. and Pequea A.M.

Pequea
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1966

Bishop: Ben A. Stoltzfus

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Weavertown A.M.

Plainview Gospel Fellowship

Year started: 1980

Bishop: Ervin Miller

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Old Order Amish

Pleasant View
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1985

Bishop: David J Peachy

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Valley View A.M.

Shade Mountain Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1988

Bishop: Raymond King (PA, oversight)

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Summitview A.M.

Shady Grove
Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1965

Bishop: Perry Troyer (OH, oversight)

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Buffalo Valley A.M. (presently Vicksburg A.M.)

Shekinah Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1991

Bishop: Dave Beiler

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Shady Grove C.F.

Mountain View Mennonite

Summitview
Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1968

Bishop: Leroy Lapp

Affiliation: Maranatha A.M.

Origin: New Order Amish

Valley View
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1954

Bishop: Eli B King Jr

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Old Order Amish

History: TERM PAPER, A History of the Valley View Amish-Mennonite Church (PDF format, 0.5 MB)

Weavertown
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1911

Bishop: David Stoltzfoos

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Origin: Old Order Amish

History: TERM PAPER, History of
the Weavertown Amish Mennonite Congregation (
PDF format, 1.25 MB)

TERM PAPER, History of the
Weavertown Amish Mennonite Church Building
(PDF format, 0.25 MB)

See also: Lapp, Aaron Jr. 2003. Weavertown Church History. Sugarcreek, OH: Carlisle Printing.

West Haven
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1982

Bishop: Lee Stoltzfus

Affiliation: Maranatha A.M.

Origin: Summitview C.F.

Shaver’s Creek Fellowship

Year started: 1994

Bishop: David Fisher

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Origin: Summitview Christian Fellowship

Vicksburg
Amish Mennonite
(originally Buffalo Valley A.M.)

Year started: 1961

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Origin: Pine Grove Mennonite (VA)

Text Box: NO PHOTO

Currently no meetinghouse

Year started: 1927

Bishop: Jerry Yoder

Affiliation: (Beachy A.M.)

Origin: Old Order Amish

History: BOOK, Facts Concerning the Beachy A.M. Division of 1927  (PDF format, 2.25 MB)
(
available online)

ARTICLE, The Rise and Development of the Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches (available online)

DISSERTATION, The Amish of Somerset County, Pennsylvania: A Study of the Rise and Development of the Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches (PDF format, 23 MB)

See also: BOOK, Mountain View Mennonite Church 50th Anniversary (PDF format, 6.2 MB)

TERM PAPER, A Survey of Mt. View’s Faith (PDF format, 1.5 MB)

The Beachy Amish Mennonites   

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Maple Grove
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1928

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Origin: Stark County, OH, group from the Conservative A.M. Conference

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Alabama

3

Kentucky

12

N. Dakota

 

Wyoming

 

Alaska

 

Louisiana

1

Ohio

24

 

 

Arizona

(1)

Maine

1

Oklahoma

1

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Arkansas

5

Maryland

2

Ontario [Ca.]

11

Australia

1

California

 

Massachusetts

 

Oregon

 

Belize

6

Colorado

 

Michigan

1

Pennsylvania

15

Costa Rica

11

Connecticut

 

Minnesota

1

Rhode Island

 

El Salvador

10

Delaware

 

Mississippi

 

South Carolina

3

Ireland

1

District of C.

(1)

Missouri

5

South Dakota

 

Kenya

8

Florida

2

Montana

 

Tennessee

8

Liberia

1

Georgia

2

Nebraska

 

Texas

2

Nicaragua

5

Hawaii

 

Nevada

 

Utah

 

Paraguay

2

Idaho

 

New Hampshire

 

Vermont

 

Romania

1

Illinois

6

New Jersey

1

Virginia

10

Ukraine

4

Indiana

14

New Mexico   

 

Washington

 

Total N.  America: 144

Iowa

3

New York

3

West Virginia

1

Total International: 50

Kansas

6

N. Carolina

1

Wisconsin

 

Total: 194