Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches
Denominational Profile
History
Old Order Amish Mennonite Church |
split into Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches (1927) |
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| The Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches started when Bishop Moses Beachy refused to pronounce the ban against some former Old Order Amish members. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1956 |
90 |
28 |
2,677 |
| 1957 |
79 |
26 |
2,380 |
| 1958 |
64 |
22 |
2,071 |
| 1959 |
66 |
25 |
2,217 |
| 1960 |
76 |
27 |
2,542 |
| 1961 |
85 |
29 |
2,562 |
| 1962 |
97 |
31 |
2,969 |
| 1963 |
- |
33 |
2,773 |
| 1964 |
101 |
36 |
2,753 |
| 1965 |
99 |
37 |
3,117 |
| 1966 |
139 |
47 |
3,689 |
| 1967 |
131 |
46 |
3,465 |
| 1969 |
144 |
55 |
3,977 |
| 1971 |
163 |
62 |
4,069 |
| 1972 |
163 |
62 |
4,069 |
| 1973 |
178 |
62 |
3,699 |
| 1974 |
107 |
72 |
4,297 |
| 1977 |
220 |
72 |
4,297 |
| 1978 |
200 |
75 |
4,762 |
| 1979 |
184 |
77 |
4,846 |
| 1980 |
184 |
79 |
5,338 |
| 1981 |
241 |
79 |
5,460 |
| 1983 |
241 |
81 |
5,338 |
| 1984 |
241 |
81 |
5,338 |
| 1985 |
278 |
83 |
5,862 |
| 1986 |
271 |
83 |
5,862 |
| 1987 |
328 |
97 |
6,524 |
| 1989 |
376 |
99 |
6,872 |
| 1992 |
323 |
95 |
6,968 |
| 1996 |
425 |
138 |
8,399 |
| 1997 |
381 |
114 |
7,853 |
| 2000 |
453 |
153 |
9,205 |
| 2003 |
565 |
185 |
10,773 |
| 2005 |
594 |
207 |
11,487 |
| 2006 |
594 |
207 |
11,487 |
| 2008 |
291 |
211 |
12,062 |
| 2009 |
293 |
201 |
11,611 |
Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The National Council of Churches' data collection was discontinued after the 2012 Yearbook was published, and has been resumed by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The tables and graphs will be updated when the new collection is available. See the Yearbook of Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]
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