https://gameo.org/api.php?hidebots=1&days=30&limit=50&hidecategorization=1&target=Bluffton_University_%28Bluffton%2C_Ohio%2C_USA%29&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomGAMEO - Changes related to "Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)" [en]2024-03-29T06:38:29ZRelated changesMediaWiki 1.35.1https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Illinois_(USA)&diff=178583&oldid=178107Illinois (USA)2024-03-28T10:56:32Z<p>added links</p>
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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 1835 a group of Amish Mennonites from Bavaria, and a few from Butler County, Ohio, settled in the neighborhood of Hennepin, Putnam County. Shortly thereafter most of these moved across the Illinois River into [[Bureau County (Illinois, USA)|Bureau County]], near [[Tiskilwa Mennonite Church (Tiskilwa, Illinois, USA)|Tiskilwa]], and formed the nucleus of what has become the Willow Springs Church. The Central Conference Mennonite Church in Tiskilwa was an offshoot of this congregation.</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 1835 a group of Amish Mennonites from Bavaria, and a few from Butler County, Ohio, settled in the neighborhood of Hennepin, Putnam County. Shortly thereafter most of these moved across the Illinois River into [[Bureau County (Illinois, USA)|Bureau County]], near [[Tiskilwa Mennonite Church (Tiskilwa, Illinois, USA)|Tiskilwa]], and formed the nucleus of what has become the Willow Springs Church. The Central Conference Mennonite Church in Tiskilwa was an offshoot of this congregation.</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>In 1907 a small independent group of Conservative Amish, mostly from Elkhart County, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IN </del>came to Shelbyville in Shelby County. Sometimes called the "sleeping preacher group," they were followers of John D. Kauffman who caused much interest and controversy by his practice of preaching while in trances. An unaffiliated [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonite]] congregation, composed largely of withdrawals from the Roanoke and Metamora congregations, exists near Roanoke. Another unaffiliated Amish Mennonite congregation is located near Tampico.</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>In 1907 a small independent group of Conservative Amish, mostly from Elkhart County, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Indiana </ins>came to Shelbyville in Shelby County. Sometimes called the "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Sleeping Preacher Churches|</ins>sleeping preacher group<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>," they were followers of John D. Kauffman who caused much interest and controversy by his practice of preaching while in trances. An unaffiliated [[Amish Mennonites|Amish Mennonite]] congregation, composed largely of withdrawals from the Roanoke and Metamora congregations, exists near Roanoke. Another unaffiliated Amish Mennonite congregation is located near Tampico.</div></td></tr>
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</table>SamSteinerhttps://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_(USA)&diff=178403&oldid=177164Pennsylvania (USA)2024-03-11T11:30:33Z<p></p>
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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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