Beachy Churches in

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

Bethel
Christian Fellowship

Christian
Believers Fellowship

Year started: 2000

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Summitview C.F.

Year started: 2007

Bishop: None

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Shady Grove C.F.

Cornerstone Mennonite

Mine Road
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 2000

Bishop: Raymond King

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Weavertown A.M.

Other: Renting an old school building for meetings

Gap View
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1973

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Summitview C.F.

Year started: 1969

Bishop: John Glick

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

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

Pequea
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1966

Bishop: Ben A. Stoltzfus

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Weavertown A.M.

Plainview Gospel Fellowship

Year started: 1980

Bishop: Ervin Miller

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Old Order Amish

Pleasant View
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1985

Bishop: David J Peachy

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Valley View A.M.

Shade Mountain Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1988

Bishop: Jonas King

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Summitview A.M.

Shady Grove
Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1965

Bishop: Perry Troyer (OH, oversight)

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

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

Shekinah Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1991

Bishop: Ray Byers

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Shady Grove C.F.

Mountain View Mennonite

Summitview
Christian Fellowship

Year started: 1968

Bishop: Leroy Lapp

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: Maranatha A.M.

Origin: Old and New Order Amish

Valley View
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1954

Bishop: Eli B King Jr

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

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 Stoltzfus

Affiliation: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

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: Beachy A.M.

Sub-affiliation: Maranatha A.M.

Origin: Summitview C.F.

Shaver’s Creek Fellowship

Year started: 1994

Bishop: David Fisher

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Summitview Christian Fellowship

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

Year started: 1961

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

Origin: Pine Grove Mennonite (VA)

Year started: 1927

Bishop: Jerry Yoder

Affiliation: (Beachy A.M.)

Sub-affiliation: None

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)

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Maple Grove
Amish Mennonite

Year started: 1928

Bishop: No resident bishop

Affiliation: Unaffiliated A.M.

Sub-affiliation: None

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