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Defenseless Mennonite Brethren of Christ in North America

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1943

Clergy: -
Congregations: 12
Members: 1,626

Hutterian Brethren

Small groups of Hutterites derive their names from Jacob Hutter, a sixteenth-century Anabaptist. Many believers are of German descent and still use their native tongue at home and in church. "Colonies" share property, practice non-resistance, dress plainly, do not participate in politics, and operate their own schools.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2000

Clergy: 600
Congregations: 444
Members: 43,000

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Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches

The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches can be traced to work organized in 1889 by Isaac Peters and Aaron Walls. Prior to 1987, the group was known as the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2006

Clergy: 47
Congregations: 19
Members: 2,220

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Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1985

Clergy: -
Congregations: 14
Members: 2,094

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General Conference Mennonite Church

The General Conference Mennonite Church was founded in 1860 through the union of more liberal and innovative Mennonite congregations under the leadership of John H. Oberholtzer.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1999

Clergy: 541
Congregations: 295
Members: 35,759

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Conservative Mennonite Conference

The Conservative Amish Mennonite Conference was founded in 1910 as an association of more liberal Amish Mennonite congregations. "Amish" was dropped from the name in 1954.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Data Not Available.

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Conservative Amish Mennonite Conference

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1957

Clergy: 115
Congregations: 67
Members: 5,585

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Old Order Amish Mennonite Church

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.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2001

Clergy: 3,617
Congregations: 898
Members: 80,820

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Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches

The Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches started when Bishop Moses Beachy refused to pronounce the ban against some former Old Order Amish members.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2006

Clergy: 594
Congregations: 207
Members: 11,487

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Reformed Mennonite Church

The Reformed Mennonite Church, a very conservative Mennonite body known for its use of shunning (or avoidance) of deviating members, was founded in 1812 by John Herr and former members of the Mennonite Church.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2006

Clergy: 22
Congregations: 8
Members: 164

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Church of God in Christ, Mennonite

The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, was founded in 1859 by John Holdeman, a former member of the Mennonite Church.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2006

Clergy: 529
Congregations: 138
Members: 13,938

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Old Order (Wisler) Mennonite Church

The Old Order (Wisler) Mennonites, one of several factions of the Old Order Mennonites, was founded in 1870 by Jacob Wisler. As a group, they remain among the most conservative in dress, forms of worship, and social customs.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2004

Clergy: 135
Congregations: 47
Members: 7,100

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Mennonite Church USA

The Mennonite Church grew out of the 16th century Swiss Brethren and was named for Menno Simons, one of their Dutch leaders. It is the largest and oldest of the Mennonite bodies in North America. Many other U.S. Mennonite groups derive from it. Organization within the church was slow since each congregation tended to be autonomous.

Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2006

Clergy: 1,984
Congregations: 935
Members: 109,174

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