Beachy Am
What are the Beachy Amish-Mennonites? The “Amish-Mennonites” are the car-driving, outreach focused cousin of the more broadly known horse-and-buggy Amish. They are intertwined in history and heritage.
BeachyAM.org--Beliefs, Practices, and Doctrine
The Beachy Amish-Mennonites are a Christian group with an Anabaptist heritage, evangelical emphasis, and community-based traditionalist practice. They are neither a mainstream church nor a cult, but are rather considered a sect, orthodox in …
BeachyAM.org--General information
The Beachy Amish-Mennonites were those Amish, a minority at the time, that were more (though not entirely) open to modern innovations like the telephone, automobile, farm tractor, and electricity, though not radio or television.
BeachyAM.org--Frequently Asked Questions
Beachy Amish-Mennonites have religious roots in the Amish, and therefore, have some Amish beliefs carried over. One of these is the emphasis on the community of believers.
BeachyAM.org--Church Profiles, Maps, and Statistics
These are not all the plain Anabaptist churches in this state, just those affiliated with an Amish-Mennonite affiliation. There are several thousand plain Anabaptist churches in existence, including churches in nearly every North American state and province.
BeachyAM.org--Amish-Mennonites and Other Plain Anabaptists
The largest contemporary Amish-Mennonite group is the Beachy Amish-Mennonites. The Beachy constituency received its name from Moses Beachy, an Old Order Amish bishop in Somerset County, PA. Beachy refused to administer the Streng Meidung (strong ban) against members.
BeachyAM.org--General Library and Archives
Beachy Amish-Mennonites are similar in belief and practice to many of the conservative Mennonites, albeit with Amish roots. This book details the beliefs, culture, and daily life of a variety of the Beachy A.M.’s closely related kin: the Old Order and conservative Mennonites.
BeachyAM.org--About This Website and Site Personnel
The BeachyAM.org website started May 2005 to serve as a collecting place for unpublished and rare Beachy Amish-Mennonite writings, with an emphasis on scholarly research. As the site grew, visitors often expressed interest in basic, introductory material about the …
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Beachy Amish
Beachy Amish. They also believe and teach nonconformity to the world, Biblical moral practices and teaching, and moderation in the use of modern conveniences. Today all three groups still exist. The Beachy Amish believe that God accepts man only by confessing His Son, Jesus Christ, as Lord, and trusting Him as Saviour from sin.
THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BEACHY AMISH MENNONITE CHURCHES . ALVIN J. BEACHY* A. Major Reasons for the 1927 Division. The events which led to the division of 1927 in the (Casselman) River, Pennsylvania, Old Order Amish congregation had their origin in the incidents of 1895 and 1896. After the division