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Locate a Beachy Congregation |
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Would you like to visit a Beachy or a similar type of church for a Sunday service? Do you need help finding one? We have locations for many plain Anabaptist groups, including (see below for expanded list): · Beachy Amish Mennonite · Conservative Mennonite churches · Conservative Amish Mennonite churches · Conservative Brethren groups
If you are interested in attending one or any of these, please send your request. PLEASE PROVIDE A COMPLETE STREET ADDRESS (no apt #s, no PO boxes). Requests outside the US and Canada also welcome. All information you provide is kept private and used only by website personnel to help you with your request. See questions below for more information.
Feel free to share anything you’d like about yourself or the request in the additional space provided on the request form. |
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Eighty years in God’s service: June 26, 1927 — 2007 |
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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.
What specific constituencies do you include or not include? The database includes churches from the following Anabaptist constituencies.
INCLUDED Evangelical Mennonite Constituencies Bethel Fellowship Bible Mennonite Fellowship Caribbean Light and Truth Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario Cumberland Valley Mennonite Church Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church Hope Mennonite Fellowship Keystone Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite Air Missions Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship Midwest Mennonite Fellowship Nationwide Fellowship Churches Pilgrim Mennonite Conference South Atlantic Mennonite Conference Southeastern Mennonite Conference Washington-Franklin Mennonite Conference Western Conservative Mennonite Fellowship York and Adams Counties Churches Unaffiliated conservative Mennonite
‘Old’ Mennonite Constituencies ‘Tennessee’ Churches Weaverland Conference (Horning) Wisler Mennonite– Ohio Wisler Mennonite– IN, MI, MN Scottsville-type Mennonite [on request] |
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Amish Mennonite ‘Amish Mennonite of PA, IN, and ON’ Beachy Amish Mennonite Ambassadors Amish Mennonite Berea Amish Mennonite Maranatha Amish Mennonite ‘Midwest Beachy’ Biblical Mennonite Alliance ‘Tampico’ Amish Mennonite Mennonite Christian Fellowship New Order Amish [on request] Unaffiliated Amish Mennonite
Brethren Conservative Brethren of PA, MD, & VA Dunkard Brethren Old German Baptist Brethren Old Order River Brethren
Other Anabaptist Groups Charity Ministries Unaffiliated Charity-like churches Holdeman Mennonite [on request] Bruderhof [on request] Apostolic Christian Churches [on request] Kleine Gemeinde (conservative) [on request]
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NOT INCLUDED Brethren in Christ Church of the Brethren Conservative Mennonite Conference Hutterite Mennonite Church USA Mennonite Church Canada Old Colony Mennonite Old Order Amish Old Order Mennonites (buggy) Reformed Mennonite Russian Mennonite (non-plain) Stauffer Mennonite Anabaptist churches that do not practice the head covering or other select historic marks of Anabaptism. |
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The Beachy Amish Mennonites |
