Michigan Churches

The Michigan Churches (also: Michigan related Amish ) are a grouping or a connection to the Old Order Amish . The first churches were born in Michigan in 1970 . The group is more evangelical and more open to outsiders, the so-called "seekers" (seekers), than other Old Order Amish churches.

history

The first parish in Mio was founded in 1970 by Amish people from Geauga County , Ohio and northern Indiana . Other local churches that have joined Michigan Churches were not originally Amish, but were founded by evangelistic-minded individuals from Old Order congregations. These congregations subsequently joined the Michigan Churches.

The church in Manton , originally not an Amish congregation, was founded by people who came from Le Roy, Michigan , a horse-and-buggy (horse-and-carriage) congregation, but a heavily evangelistic church that was first established Founded in 1981 by Harry Wanner (1935–2012), an awakened preacher of the Stauffer Old Order Mennonites . In 1994 the church in Le Roy dissolved. The church in Manton then joined the Old Order Amish. The Church in Smyrna, Maine , originally with the " Christian communities " by Elmo Stoll was connected, which is also more evangelistic and open to Seekers, teamed up with Manton after the "Christian communities" broke up early to Stoll's death .

Customs and traditions

It is reported that more people among Michigan Churches' members tend to feel assured of salvation or refer to themselves as born -again Christians than in other Old Order Amish groups. Also GC Waldrep reported that the Michigan Churches spiritually and materially similarities with the New Order Amish have, as they are, however, attributed the Old Order Amish.

Settlements and communities

In 2011 the group had 15 settlements in 3 states and 20 congregations or church districts . In Michigan, the grouping has settlements in Mio, Evart , Fremont , Manton, and Newaygo . There are three settlements in Maine: Smyrna, Unity, and Patten . The Amish near Pearisburg, Virginia are partly affiliated with the Michigan Churches, while others belong to the Believers in Christ, Lobelville , a para-Amish group .

Web links

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  Portal: Anabaptist Movement  - Overview of Wikipedia content about the Anabaptist Movement
• "Amish Scenes From Smyrna - Part I" at amish365.com
• "My Amish Reality: Chapter 2 - Manton, Michigan" at amish365.com
• "Smyrna, Maine Amish - Part III" at amish365.com
• "Smyrna, Maine: Pioneer Place" at amish365.com
• Jeff Smith: "Becoming Amish: One Grosse Pointe Family's Journey to a Simpler Life" at mynorth.com , about the Moser family who joined the Amish and lives in Marion, Michigan.

literature

• Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Steven M. Nolt: The Amish. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2013.
• Charles Hurst, David McConnell: An Amish Paradox. Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Manton, Michigan" at amish365.com
2. ↑ "The Atypical Amish Community at Unity, Maine" at amishamerica.com
3. ↑ "Michigan Amish" at amishamerica.com
4. ↑ Peter Hoover: Radical Anabaptists Today - Part 4 at scrollpublishing.com
5. ↑ Joe Keim: "Are the Amish Truly Born Again?" .
6. ↑ GC Waldrep: "The New Order Amish And Para-Amish groups: Spiritual Renewal Within Tradition." In: Mennonite Quarterly Review , 3, 2008 426.
7. ^ Donald Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Steven M. Nolt: The Amish. Johns Hopkins University Press 2013: 139.
8. ↑ "Maine Amish" at amishamerica.com