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Would you like to visit a Beachy or conservative Mennonite church for a Sunday service? Do you need help finding one? I have a geographic database of numerous plain churches, including Beachy, various conservative Mennonite conferences, various conservative Amish Mennonite conferences, and various conservative Brethren groups, such as Old Order German Baptist.

 

If you are interested in attending one of these, please send your request. You may send a complete mailing address for better results, but a town or zip code with state/province also works. Requests outside the US and Canada also welcome. All information you provide is kept private and used only by the website’s author to help you with your request. See questions below for more information.

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Feel free to share anything you’d like about yourself or the request in the additional space provided on the request form.

Why dose BeachyAM need the information requested?

A specific street address is needed to plug into the database to generate directions from your location to the church. This does not work for just zip codes or towns/cities. Because BeachyAM receives many requests, this speeds up the process of locating churches and is greatly appreciated.

 

How is my information handled?

BeachyAM respects the privacy of information submitted. Any contact information you share will be used only by BeachyAM to help you locate a church. You needn’t have any reservation or concerns about your inquiry being used or shared in inappropriate ways or ways beyond assistance with locating a church.

 

The location of each request is saved in a spatial database (map). The data may be aggregated (no personally identifiable information included) for Beachys, Amish Mennonites, or Mennonites considering a church planting, so that they can see the general location of all those seeking a plain church and then compare that with where Anabaptist churches already exist to decide where good locations may be to settle. Therefore, your inquiries actually help us.

 

Why doesn’t BeachyAM just list the location of churches on the website?

The primary reason is that the data is in the form of points on a map, without street address, without latitude/longitude coordinates. This is because Beachy churches identify their location through general driving directions, not specific points. However, the spatial database (map) can easily give directions from one address to the plotted location on a by-request basis, and this is handled by BeachyAM personnel.

 

Also, not all Beachy and Mennonite churches are alike. Some are recommended without further discussion. Others are also open to visitors, but the visitor should know a bit more about what to expect, and it may be good to also contact a minister to inform him of a visitor’s attendance. Therefore, recommendations require some discretion on the part of BeachyAM.

Church members of a Beachy Amish Mennonite congregation in Virginia