Denominational Profile

History

	Old Order Amish Mennonite Church	continuedOld Order Amish Mennonite Church
		split into Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches (1927) Conservative Amish Mennonite Conference (1910)

The Old Order Amish Mennonite Church was founded in Switzerland in the seventeenth century by Mennonites under the leadership of Jacob Amman. The Amish first came to America in the eighteenth century and have become known for the horse and buggy culture they perpetuate.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1925	290	102	7,627
1929	293	106	8,698
1935	346	127	8,500
1937	-	127	9,298
1940	-	150	11,681
1943	-	151	12,053
1944	-	155	13,408
1948	-	225	13,182
1950	691	155	14,494
1951	-	193	15,270
1952	710	198	15,181
1953	725	203	15,435
1954	-	209	15,371
1955	775	222	16,471
1956	786	228	16,794
1957	838	240	16,915
1958	838	246	17,480
1959	881	244	17,321
1960	924	251	17,284
1961	946	260	17,857
1962	985	269	18,534
1963	-	280	19,456
1964	1,032	283	20,079
1965	1,074	285	20,416
1966	1,083	301	21,023
1967	-	-	22,000
1969	950	325	21,500
1972	1,479	365	14,720
1978	2,007	513	33,000
1979	2,140	535	80,250
1980	2,151	535	80,250
1981	2,368	589	82,460
1983	-	598	34,000
1984	2,595	598	34,000
1985	-	598	34,000
1986	-	696	62,640
1987	2,910	722	64,980
1988	3,049	756	68,040
1989	3,140	785	70,650
1992	3,517	873	78,570
1993	3,617	898	80,820
2001	3,617	898	80,820

Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]