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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wayne County Mennonite congregation, which founded the [[Martins Mennonite Church (MC) (Wayne County, Ohio)|Martins]] church southeast of [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], also lost a number of members to the Wisler group in 1872. The [[Wayne County Old Order Mennonites (Ohio, USA)|Wayne County Wisler]] congregation was the largest Old Order Mennonite church in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Some members of the Martins church who lived near Orrville united with the Salem congregation when it was organized by disaffected members of the [[Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Oak Grove Amish Mennonite Church]] in 1892. It has lost members also to the [[Orrville Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio, USA)|Orrville Mennonite Church]], founded by members of the Oak Grove congregation who engaged in business in this thriving railroad center.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Wayne County Mennonite congregation, which founded the [[Martins Mennonite Church (MC) (Wayne County, Ohio)|Martins]] church southeast of [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], also lost a number of members to the Wisler group in 1872. The [[Wayne County Old Order Mennonites (Ohio, USA)|Wayne County Wisler]] congregation was the largest Old Order Mennonite church in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Some members of the Martins church who lived near Orrville united with the Salem congregation when it was organized by disaffected members of the [[Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Oak Grove Amish Mennonite Church]] in 1892. It has lost members also to the [[Orrville Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio, USA)|Orrville Mennonite Church]], founded by members of the Oak Grove congregation who engaged in business in this thriving railroad center.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Medina County Mennonite group built the Guilford meetinghouse near [[Wadsworth (Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth]] and followed their bishop, Abraham Rohrer, into the Wisler branch in 1872, leaving a bare half-dozen members in the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Conference]]. After a severe struggle for survival, aided by [[Funk, John Fretz (1835-1930)|John F. Funk]] and others, the congregation began to grow and is now the [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Rittman, Ohio, USA)|Bethel congregation]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]). Medina County also is the home of the Wadsworth First Mennonite Church ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]), founded in 1852 by "Oberholtzer" (GCM) families from Bucks County, PA, led by [[Hunsberger, Ephraim (1814-1904)|Ephraim Hunsberger]]. The Huber Mennonite Church, also known as Medway, founded soon after 1830 in Clark County near Dayton, has suffered throughout its 125-year history the precarious existence of other small Mennonite congregations in the state. Torn by dissension, losing members to the [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonite]] branch, and led sometimes by an unprogressive leadership or served by nonresident ministers supplied by Conference, it has several times been in danger of extinction.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Medina County Mennonite group built the Guilford meetinghouse near [[Wadsworth (Ohio, USA)|Wadsworth]] and followed their bishop, Abraham Rohrer, into the Wisler branch in 1872, leaving a bare half-dozen members in the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(1843-1927)</ins>|Ohio Conference]]. After a severe struggle for survival, aided by [[Funk, John Fretz (1835-1930)|John F. Funk]] and others, the congregation began to grow and is now the [[Bethel Mennonite Church (Rittman, Ohio, USA)|Bethel congregation]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]). Medina County also is the home of the Wadsworth First Mennonite Church ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]), founded in 1852 by "Oberholtzer" (GCM) families from Bucks County, PA, led by [[Hunsberger, Ephraim (1814-1904)|Ephraim Hunsberger]]. The Huber Mennonite Church, also known as Medway, founded soon after 1830 in Clark County near Dayton, has suffered throughout its 125-year history the precarious existence of other small Mennonite congregations in the state. Torn by dissension, losing members to the [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonite]] branch, and led sometimes by an unprogressive leadership or served by nonresident ministers supplied by Conference, it has several times been in danger of extinction.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The saddest picture of the original Mennonite settlements in Ohio is the number of extinct congregations. Each has left its neglected [[Cemeteries|cemetery]], the site of a small church building and many Mennonite names, some no longer on any church roll. Beginning with Pleasant Hill in Fairfield County and Canal Winchester and Stemens in [[Franklin County (Ohio, USA)|Franklin County]], the list includes a congregation in [[Trumbull County (Ohio, USA)|Trumbull County]], Kolbs in [[Holmes County (Ohio, USA)|Holmes County]], Brubachers, Pleasant View, and Salemskirche in [[Ashland County (Ohio, USA)|Ashland County]], one in [[Crawford-Richland Counties (Ohio, USA)|Richland and Crawford counties]], and one each in Seneca, Wood, and Williams counties. This line continues westward with extinct congregations in Bronson County, MI and [[DeKalb County (Indiana, USA)|DeKalb]], [[Lagrange County (Indiana, USA)|Lagrange]], Elkhart, and St. Joseph counties in Indiana. Most of these followed Jacob Wisler in the [[Old Order Mennonites|Old Order Mennonite]] movement in the 1870's and for reasons already mentioned lost their young people. From all of the extinct Ohio congregations, however, some of the more progressive members moved westward, many to the western part of Elkhart County, IN, where their descendants became members of the Olive, Yellow Creek, [[Clinton Brick Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Clinton Brick]], or Old Order Mennonite congregations. A few moved farther west to [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], or [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]], where their descendants made an appreciated contribution to the religious and institutional life of Mennonite congregations, both Mennonite Church. and General Conference Mennonite. The only one of the above-mentioned extinct Ohio Mennonite congregations to become General Conference was the Salemskirche (Salem Mennonite Church), whose last pastor was the German immigrant, Carl Justus van der Smissen (1879-1890), retired theological teacher of the Wadsworth Mennonite School. His son had been pastor both of Salem and of the General Conference church in [[Cleveland (Ohio, USA)|Cleveland]]. After Van der Smissen's death most of the remaining members together with a few members of the Pleasant View Church (MC) united with the thriving Stone Lutheran Church near the former site of Salem. Most of the Lutheran members of the congregation were descendants of Lutheran families who had come to the neighborhood with the Palatine Mennonites in the 1830s.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The saddest picture of the original Mennonite settlements in Ohio is the number of extinct congregations. Each has left its neglected [[Cemeteries|cemetery]], the site of a small church building and many Mennonite names, some no longer on any church roll. Beginning with Pleasant Hill in Fairfield County and Canal Winchester and Stemens in [[Franklin County (Ohio, USA)|Franklin County]], the list includes a congregation in [[Trumbull County (Ohio, USA)|Trumbull County]], Kolbs in [[Holmes County (Ohio, USA)|Holmes County]], Brubachers, Pleasant View, and Salemskirche in [[Ashland County (Ohio, USA)|Ashland County]], one in [[Crawford-Richland Counties (Ohio, USA)|Richland and Crawford counties]], and one each in Seneca, Wood, and Williams counties. This line continues westward with extinct congregations in Bronson County, MI and [[DeKalb County (Indiana, USA)|DeKalb]], [[Lagrange County (Indiana, USA)|Lagrange]], Elkhart, and St. Joseph counties in Indiana. Most of these followed Jacob Wisler in the [[Old Order Mennonites|Old Order Mennonite]] movement in the 1870's and for reasons already mentioned lost their young people. From all of the extinct Ohio congregations, however, some of the more progressive members moved westward, many to the western part of Elkhart County, IN, where their descendants became members of the Olive, Yellow Creek, [[Clinton Brick Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Clinton Brick]], or Old Order Mennonite congregations. A few moved farther west to [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], or [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]], where their descendants made an appreciated contribution to the religious and institutional life of Mennonite congregations, both Mennonite Church. and General Conference Mennonite. The only one of the above-mentioned extinct Ohio Mennonite congregations to become General Conference was the Salemskirche (Salem Mennonite Church), whose last pastor was the German immigrant, Carl Justus van der Smissen (1879-1890), retired theological teacher of the Wadsworth Mennonite School. His son had been pastor both of Salem and of the General Conference church in [[Cleveland (Ohio, USA)|Cleveland]]. After Van der Smissen's death most of the remaining members together with a few members of the Pleasant View Church (MC) united with the thriving Stone Lutheran Church near the former site of Salem. Most of the Lutheran members of the congregation were descendants of Lutheran families who had come to the neighborhood with the Palatine Mennonites in the 1830s.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1987 Ohio was the home of 350 congregations of various Mennonites and Amish and 13 [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] churches, totalling about 32,000 baptized members. Since many families have unbaptized children the total number of people exceeded 50,000. Of the 215 congregations that were some variant of Amish or Beachy Amish, about 83 percent were Old Order Amish. "New Order Amish," a recent development, and Beachy Amish make up the other congregations. Amish baptized members totaled about 14,500, while Mennonites and Brethren in Christ number about 17,500.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1987 Ohio was the home of 350 congregations of various Mennonites and Amish and 13 [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] churches, totalling about 32,000 baptized members. Since many families have unbaptized children the total number of people exceeded 50,000. Of the 215 congregations that were some variant of Amish or Beachy Amish, about 83 percent were Old Order Amish. "New Order Amish," a recent development, and Beachy Amish make up the other congregations. Amish baptized members totaled about 14,500, while Mennonites and Brethren in Christ number about 17,500.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Amish congregations seldom exceed 100 baptized members, but among major Mennonite groups many congregations were larger. Among the nearly 150 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ congregations, two-thirds were affiliated with the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC). Of the 11 [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] (GCM) congregations, three held membership also with the [[Ohio <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Conference of </del>Mennonite <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Church USA |Ohio </del>Conference <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of the Mennonite Church</del>]] (MC). Eleven congregations were not affiliated with a conference. The [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Evangelical Mennonite Church]] (EMCh) had four congregations in Ohio. Four churches belong to the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]]; an equal number consider themselves Fellowship Churches (also known as [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Nationwide Fellowship]]). Some half-dozen other Mennonite varieties each have one or two congregations.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Amish congregations seldom exceed 100 baptized members, but among major Mennonite groups many congregations were larger. Among the nearly 150 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ congregations, two-thirds were affiliated with the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC). Of the 11 [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] (GCM) congregations, three held membership also with the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference]] (MC). Eleven congregations were not affiliated with a conference. The [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Evangelical Mennonite Church]] (EMCh) had four congregations in Ohio. Four churches belong to the [[Midwest Mennonite Fellowship|Mid-West Mennonite Fellowship]]; an equal number consider themselves Fellowship Churches (also known as [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Nationwide Fellowship]]). Some half-dozen other Mennonite varieties each have one or two congregations.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Mennonites and Amish are often heavily intermingled, particularly in Ohio's densest Mennonite-Amish area centered on Wayne and Holmes Counties. In the roughly rectangular area from the Wooster, Smithville, [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Dalton (Ohio, USA)|Dalton]] area, and southward to Wilmot, Dundee, Sugarcreek, and Baltic, and from there westward to Clark, then northward through Millersburg, Holmesville, and back to Wooster, lies one of the largest combined settlements of Amish and Mennonites in [[North America|North America]]. It covers a span of about 35 miles (55 km) north and south and 20 miles (33 km) east and west. In that locale are found virtually every variety of Amish and Mennonite in the state and about half of the congregations.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Mennonites and Amish are often heavily intermingled, particularly in Ohio's densest Mennonite-Amish area centered on Wayne and Holmes Counties. In the roughly rectangular area from the Wooster, Smithville, [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Dalton (Ohio, USA)|Dalton]] area, and southward to Wilmot, Dundee, Sugarcreek, and Baltic, and from there westward to Clark, then northward through Millersburg, Holmesville, and back to Wooster, lies one of the largest combined settlements of Amish and Mennonites in [[North America|North America]]. It covers a span of about 35 miles (55 km) north and south and 20 miles (33 km) east and west. In that locale are found virtually every variety of Amish and Mennonite in the state and about half of the congregations.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among the Beachy Amish there are several groups, the more traditional ones still using some German and not having Sunday schools. Among the Old Order Amish are a number of groups who have minor differences in dress, the application of the ban, and in their outlook on what constitutes "worldliness." In the last decade the "[[New Order Amish|New Order Amish]]" have developed. To the outsider they appear similar to the Old Order but they permit hard rubber tires on buggies and rubber-tired tractors for field use, and they make more serious attempts to keep young people in line with standards. They are considered a renewal movement. The "Schwartzentruber Amish," comprising eight congregations, are the most conservative and withdrawn of the Amish. Except where someone is under the ban, many of the various types of Amish will generally speak to each other readily in the familiar "Pennsylvania Dutch" and intermingle freely in weekday or neighborly activities, even if they will not worship or engage in the rite of communion together.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among the Beachy Amish there are several groups, the more traditional ones still using some German and not having Sunday schools. Among the Old Order Amish are a number of groups who have minor differences in dress, the application of the ban, and in their outlook on what constitutes "worldliness." In the last decade the "[[New Order Amish|New Order Amish]]" have developed. To the outsider they appear similar to the Old Order but they permit hard rubber tires on buggies and rubber-tired tractors for field use, and they make more serious attempts to keep young people in line with standards. They are considered a renewal movement. The "Schwartzentruber Amish," comprising eight congregations, are the most conservative and withdrawn of the Amish. Except where someone is under the ban, many of the various types of Amish will generally speak to each other readily in the familiar "Pennsylvania Dutch" and intermingle freely in weekday or neighborly activities, even if they will not worship or engage in the rite of communion together.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mennonite Church (MC) with more than 90 congregations in Ohio, has experienced rapid [[Acculturation|acculturation]] and general loss of plain dress in recent decades. With it has come more emphasis upon trained and salaried ministers; a general rise in the level of [[Education, Mennonite|education]]; more involvement in the [[Professions|professions]]; more participation in [[Urban Church|urban ministries]], social issues, and voting; more involvement in public high school activities; much greater diversification in [[Wymark Evangelical Mennonite Church (Wymark, Saskatchewan, Canada)|worship]] patterns; some influence from the more [[Charismatic Movement|charismatically]] oriented groups, and other changes. This was particularly true of the Ohio Conference congregations and to a somewhat lesser extent among Conservative Mennonite Conference churches. The former Ohio and Eastern Conference had developed historically into a large conglomerate that included 130 congregations in 15 states by 1972, and nearly 16,000 members by 1978. The following year the eastern wing peacefully organized into the fully autonomous [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]]. In 1987 the [[Ohio Conference <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Mennonite Church USA </del>|Ohio Conference of the Mennonite Church]] had 80 congregations with a membership of 11,135. All but seven of its congregations were in Ohio. A number of congregations had other affiliations—General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM), [[African American Mennonite Association|Afro-American Mennonite Association]], the loosely identified group of intentional "church communities" <em>(MC Yearbook </em>(1988-89), 31-33, and [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispañas]] (National Council of Hispanic Mennonite Churches).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mennonite Church (MC) with more than 90 congregations in Ohio, has experienced rapid [[Acculturation|acculturation]] and general loss of plain dress in recent decades. With it has come more emphasis upon trained and salaried ministers; a general rise in the level of [[Education, Mennonite|education]]; more involvement in the [[Professions|professions]]; more participation in [[Urban Church|urban ministries]], social issues, and voting; more involvement in public high school activities; much greater diversification in [[Wymark Evangelical Mennonite Church (Wymark, Saskatchewan, Canada)|worship]] patterns; some influence from the more [[Charismatic Movement|charismatically]] oriented groups, and other changes. This was particularly true of the Ohio Conference congregations and to a somewhat lesser extent among Conservative Mennonite Conference churches. The former Ohio and Eastern Conference had developed historically into a large conglomerate that included 130 congregations in 15 states by 1972, and nearly 16,000 members by 1978. The following year the eastern wing peacefully organized into the fully autonomous [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]]. In 1987 the [[Ohio <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mennonite </ins>Conference|Ohio Conference of the Mennonite Church]] had 80 congregations with a membership of 11,135. All but seven of its congregations were in Ohio. A number of congregations had other affiliations—General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM), [[African American Mennonite Association|Afro-American Mennonite Association]], the loosely identified group of intentional "church communities" <em>(MC Yearbook </em>(1988-89), 31-33, and [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispañas]] (National Council of Hispanic Mennonite Churches).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For many years the slogan "a mission outpost for every congregation" was popular in the Ohio Conference. Fifteen new mission churches were begun in Ohio in the 1950s, 12 in the 1960s, and 3 in the 1970s. Two began in the 1980s.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For many years the slogan "a mission outpost for every congregation" was popular in the Ohio Conference. Fifteen new mission churches were begun in Ohio in the 1950s, 12 in the 1960s, and 3 in the 1970s. Two began in the 1980s.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ohio has a half-dozen voluntary service units and nine [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] [[Ten Thousand Villages|Ten Thousand Villages]] and thrift shops. In 1987 [[Church Planting|church planting]] efforts were underway at Bellefontaine, Canton, Columbus, Fremont, and Grafton. Increasingly, Mennonites are involved in [[Health Services|health and human service]] facilities. Ironically, the pioneer Mennonite Home for the Aged at Rittman closed its doors in 1974, the victim of rising standards in building codes. However, whether it be private or community-based health facilities and retirement centers, such as [[Bluffton Mennonite Deaconess Home and Hospital (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton Community Hospital]], Mennonite Memorial Home at Bluffton, Green Hills at [[West Liberty (Ohio, USA)|West Liberty]], Orr Villa at Orrville, Walnut Hills at Walnut Creek, or Fairlawn Haven at [[Archbold (Ohio, USA)|Archbold]], Mennonites are involved at many levels. Adriel School (in earlier days the Orphan's Home or Children's Home) at West Liberty has changed focus several times. In the late 1980s, it featured residential and day treatment programs for children with learning, behavioral, or emotional problems. Other institutions were the Hattie Larlham Foundation at Mantua for children with developmental [[Disabilities|disabilities]] and the Sunshine Children's Home at Maumee. The Sunnyhaven Children's Home at Plain City was for trainable retarded children and adults.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ohio has a half-dozen voluntary service units and nine [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] [[Ten Thousand Villages|Ten Thousand Villages]] and thrift shops. In 1987 [[Church Planting|church planting]] efforts were underway at Bellefontaine, Canton, Columbus, Fremont, and Grafton. Increasingly, Mennonites are involved in [[Health Services|health and human service]] facilities. Ironically, the pioneer Mennonite Home for the Aged at Rittman closed its doors in 1974, the victim of rising standards in building codes. However, whether it be private or community-based health facilities and retirement centers, such as [[Bluffton Mennonite Deaconess Home and Hospital (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton Community Hospital]], Mennonite Memorial Home at Bluffton, Green Hills at [[West Liberty (Ohio, USA)|West Liberty]], Orr Villa at Orrville, Walnut Hills at Walnut Creek, or Fairlawn Haven at [[Archbold (Ohio, USA)|Archbold]], Mennonites are involved at many levels. Adriel School (in earlier days the Orphan's Home or Children's Home) at West Liberty has changed focus several times. In the late 1980s, it featured residential and day treatment programs for children with learning, behavioral, or emotional problems. Other institutions were the Hattie Larlham Foundation at Mantua for children with developmental [[Disabilities|disabilities]] and the Sunshine Children's Home at Maumee. The Sunnyhaven Children's Home at Plain City was for trainable retarded children and adults.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The village of Kidron became a central meeting place for several major activities involving Mennonites and Amish. The annual Ohio Mennonite [[Relief Sales|Relief Sale]] was held on the grounds of Central Christian High School and raised $200,000 per year for [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]]. Several huge auctions of horse-drawn implements each year drew thousands of Amish and others, some from out of state, to the village. Kidron also has conference headquarters for the [[Ohio <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Conference of </del>Mennonite <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Church USA |Ohio </del>Conference <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of the Mennonite Church</del>]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The village of Kidron became a central meeting place for several major activities involving Mennonites and Amish. The annual Ohio Mennonite [[Relief Sales|Relief Sale]] was held on the grounds of Central Christian High School and raised $200,000 per year for [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]]. Several huge auctions of horse-drawn implements each year drew thousands of Amish and others, some from out of state, to the village. Kidron also has conference headquarters for the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Holmes-Wayne County area has in recent decades seen a tremendous mushrooming of cottage industries and small businesses and entrepreneurs. The annual <em>Down Home Shoppers Guide: Ohio's Complete Amish Country Tour Guide </em>documented several hundred businesses that were operated by Amish or Mennonites or that cater to the "Dutch" or Amish theme. With Berlin, Walnut Creek, and Sugarcreek as hubs, [[Tourism|tourism]] has become big business.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Holmes-Wayne County area has in recent decades seen a tremendous mushrooming of cottage industries and small businesses and entrepreneurs. The annual <em>Down Home Shoppers Guide: Ohio's Complete Amish Country Tour Guide </em>documented several hundred businesses that were operated by Amish or Mennonites or that cater to the "Dutch" or Amish theme. With Berlin, Walnut Creek, and Sugarcreek as hubs, [[Tourism|tourism]] has become big business.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Having lost these various divisions, the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) constituted the main body in Pennsylvania. For convenience it is usually spoken of as the "Old" Mennonites, but the term "Old" is not official and is not recognized by the group. They have not been influenced much by these various defections. They are still largely conservative, especially in matters of dress and affiliation with other religious bodies, though quite progressive in mission work, Sunday schools, relief work, and other forms of progressive religious effort. As a whole they are more conservative in their religious practices than their brethren of the same branch in the states farther west. Their total membership in the state in 1957 was 26,580 distributed over the various district conferences as follows: [[Franconia Mennonite Church (Telford, Pennsylvania, USA)|Franconia]], 5,311; [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster]], 14,663; [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny]], 2,721; [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern]], 1,878; [[Washington County (Maryland) and Franklin County (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Conference|Franklin County, Pa., and Washington County, Md.]], 682; [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Conference]], 438; independent congregations, 373; unaccounted for, 514.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Having lost these various divisions, the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] (MC) constituted the main body in Pennsylvania. For convenience it is usually spoken of as the "Old" Mennonites, but the term "Old" is not official and is not recognized by the group. They have not been influenced much by these various defections. They are still largely conservative, especially in matters of dress and affiliation with other religious bodies, though quite progressive in mission work, Sunday schools, relief work, and other forms of progressive religious effort. As a whole they are more conservative in their religious practices than their brethren of the same branch in the states farther west. Their total membership in the state in 1957 was 26,580 distributed over the various district conferences as follows: [[Franconia Mennonite Church (Telford, Pennsylvania, USA)|Franconia]], 5,311; [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster]], 14,663; [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny]], 2,721; [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern]], 1,878; [[Washington County (Maryland) and Franklin County (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Conference|Franklin County, Pa., and Washington County, Md.]], 682; [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Conference]], 438; independent congregations, 373; unaccounted for, 514.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><h3>Amish</h3> The [[Amish Mennonites|Amish]] in Pennsylvania divided ca. 1880 into two distinct groups, those who remained unchanged in their forms of worship and church life and practices and hence are called [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]], and those who followed a more progressive pattern and ultimately joined a Mennonite conference. The second group first joined the [[Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference|Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference]] in 1893, which merged with the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference|Ohio Mennonite Conference]] into the [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference]] in 1925. Later several of these congregations transferred to the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]]. Some Old Order Amish (OOA) joined the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Amish Conference]], formed in 1910, and additional OOA groups withdrew to join the [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish]] movement which began in 1926. In 1957 the Beachy Amish had 692 members in Pennsylvania in 5 congregations. The Conservative Conference meanwhile had allied itself with the Mennonite Church (MC). The Old Order Amish in Pennsylvania in 1957 numbered 4,168 members in 52 congregations called "districts."</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><h3>Amish</h3> The [[Amish Mennonites|Amish]] in Pennsylvania divided ca. 1880 into two distinct groups, those who remained unchanged in their forms of worship and church life and practices and hence are called [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]], and those who followed a more progressive pattern and ultimately joined a Mennonite conference. The second group first joined the [[Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference|Eastern Amish Mennonite Conference]] in 1893, which merged with the [[Ohio Mennonite Conference <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(1843-1927)</ins>|Ohio Mennonite Conference]] into the [[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference]] in 1925. Later several of these congregations transferred to the [[Allegheny Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Allegheny Mennonite Conference]]. Some Old Order Amish (OOA) joined the [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Amish Conference]], formed in 1910, and additional OOA groups withdrew to join the [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish]] movement which began in 1926. In 1957 the Beachy Amish had 692 members in Pennsylvania in 5 congregations. The Conservative Conference meanwhile had allied itself with the Mennonite Church (MC). The Old Order Amish in Pennsylvania in 1957 numbered 4,168 members in 52 congregations called "districts."</div></td></tr>
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