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Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches (1927 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Mennonite/Amish
Religious Tradition: Evangelical Protestant
Description: The Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches started when Bishop Moses Beachy refused to pronounce the ban against some former Old Order Amish members.
Official Site: http://www.beachyam.org/

Connections: Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches


 
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Maps: Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Kansas 4 675 0.23
2 Pennsylvania 12 2,192 0.17
3 Ohio 17 1,773 0.15
4 Virginia 11 1,174 0.14
5 Arkansas 4 333 0.11

Top 5 Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Counties (2020)1 [View all Counties]

Rank County Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Macon County, GA 2 412 34.10
2 Decatur County, IA 1 148 19.36
3 Madison County, VA 1 190 13.73
4 Moultrie County, IL 1 195 13.42
5 Simpson County, KY 2 231 11.79

Top 5 Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Hutchinson, KS Micro Area 3 565 9.13
2 Washington, IN Micro Area 1 214 6.41
3 Parsons, KS Micro Area 1 110 5.45
4 Coshocton, OH Micro Area 2 191 5.22
5 Lewistown, PA Micro Area 1 220 4.77

Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches, Members (1956 - 2009)2


Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches, Ministers & Churches (1956 - 2009)2


Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches, Trends (1956 - 2009)2

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1956 2,677 90 28
1957 2,380 79 26
1958 2,071 64 22
1959 2,217 66 25
1960 2,542 76 27
1961 2,562 85 29
1962 2,969 97 31
1963 2,773 33
1964 2,753 101 36
1965 3,117 99 37
1966 3,689 139 47
1967 3,465 131 46
1969 3,977 144 55
1971 4,069 163 62
1972 4,069 163 62
1973 3,699 178 62
1974 4,297 107 72
1977 4,297 220 72
1978 4,762 200 75
1979 4,846 184 77
1980 5,338 184 79
1981 5,460 241 79
1983 5,338 241 81
1984 5,338 241 81
1985 5,862 278 83
1986 5,862 271 83
1987 6,524 328 97
1989 6,872 376 99
1992 6,968 323 95
1996 8,399 425 138
1997 7,853 381 114
2000 9,205 453 153
2003 10,773 565 185
2005 11,487 594 207
2006 11,487 594 207
2008 12,062 291 211
2009 11,611 293 201
       

Sources

1 The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155. [More information on the data sources]

2 All data on clergy, members, and churches are taken from the National Council of Churches’ Historic Archive CD and recent print editions of the Council’s Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The CD archives all 68 editions of the Yearbook (formerly called Yearbook of the Churches and Yearbook of American Churches) from 1916 to 2000. Read more information on the Historic Archive CD and the Yearbook.

Membership figures are "inclusive." According to the Yearbook, this includes "those who are full communicant or confirmed members plus other members baptized, non-confirmed or non-communicant." Each denomination has its own criteria for membership.

When a denomination listed on the Historic Archive CD was difficult to identify, particularly in early editions of the Yearbook, the ARDA staff consulted numerous sources, including Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions and the Handbook of Denominations in the United States. In some cases, ARDA staff consulted the denomination’s website or contacted its offices by phone. When a denomination could not be positively identified, its data were omitted.

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