Mennonites

These Mennonites do not use motors, paint, or compressed air.

Mennonites first came to North America as early as 1644.

It is a tight-knit community with the majority of the residents being German-speaking mennonites.

Mennonites take their name from a 16th-century figure, Menno Simons.

These Mennonites do not wear the black jackets and such favored by their fellow, more traditional congregations who visit the mission.

A13 Mennonites are finding new converts among North America's minority groups.

Original Mennonites claimed to be purely descended from the sabbath keeping Waldensians.

Mennonites eat mostly fresh, unprocessed foods, farm without pesticides, and use few or no cosmetics or personal care products.

Conservative Mennonites (for a list of distinctives)

Until 1921 the village had its own school taught in German, for its students and Mennonites in neighboring farms.

Conservative Mennonites do not object to serving their country in peaceful alternatives (alternative service) like hospitals, farming, forestry, road construction and similar occupations.

Amish Mennonites began migrating to Pennsylvania in the 18th century as part of a larger migration from the Palatinate and neighboring areas.

The economic achievements have attracted the attention of organized criminal gangs, putting Mennonites at risk of armed robbery, kidnap and extortion.

Canadian Mennonites are returning and the colony is also an attraction to Paraguayans outside the Mennonite colonies.

Many Amish and Old Order Mennonites do not use traditional health insurance with monthly premiums and co-pays.

Swiss Mennonites of Amish descent from Galicia settled near Dubno in 1815.

There is an active presence of foreign missionaries, such as mennonites, lutherans, members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, among others.

During the late 1950s a number of ministers and lay people alike withdrew to join the Conservative Mennonites which were concentrated more in Lancaster County.

The school was created by Swiss Mennonites living in Waterloo, upset with the increasing military influence on wartime schools in Canada.

Mennonite church In the 16th century, Swiss Mennonites found haven as religious refugees in Obersülzen, where they have formed a community ever since.

Moderate Mennonites include the largest denominations, the Mennonite Brethren and the Mennonite Church.

Conservative Mennonites are generally considered those Mennonites who maintain somewhat conservative dress, although carefully accepting other technology.

"Dutch seventeenth-century non-denominationalism and Religio Rationalis: mennonites, collegiants and the Spinoza connection."

These Mennonites (Pennsylvania Dutch) walked north from the United States in 1799, and founded the village of Jordan and Vineland.

Settlers in this area included Hessians who fought for the British against the American rebels, and Pennsylvania Dutch pacifists (Mennonites).