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| − | + | Aaron Martin, born 30 August 1918 in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], PA, joined with the [[Stauffer Mennonite Church|Jacob Stauffer group]] in eastern Snyder County, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], but in 1945 led one of the two-way schisms in that congregation. Martin was ordained to the ministry after this schism, 4 June 1945, and four weeks later bishop. In 1950 the group had 28 members and used the meetinghouse a few miles west of the Susquehanna Trail. Further divisions, a total of four in seven years, reduced the group to small fractions each with a bishop, minister, and deacon, all using the same meetinghouse at different times. | |
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Aaron Martin, born 30 August 1918 in Lancaster County, PA, joined with the Jacob Stauffer group in eastern Snyder County, Pennsylvania, but in 1945 led one of the two-way schisms in that congregation. Martin was ordained to the ministry after this schism, 4 June 1945, and four weeks later bishop. In 1950 the group had 28 members and used the meetinghouse a few miles west of the Susquehanna Trail. Further divisions, a total of four in seven years, reduced the group to small fractions each with a bishop, minister, and deacon, all using the same meetinghouse at different times.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Martin Old Order Mennonites (Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Martin_Old_Order_Mennonites_(Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=89432.
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Landis, Ira D. (1957). Martin Old Order Mennonites (Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Martin_Old_Order_Mennonites_(Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=89432.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 515. All rights reserved.
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