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In 1994 the number of baptized members had risen to 4,767. [10] In 2008/9 membership was 7,100 in 40 congregations across 6 states. [11] In 2024 the Weaverland Mennonite Conference had 56 church houses in 7 states. As of 2024, they have 32 church houses in Pennsylvania, 7 in New York, 2 in Virginia, 1 in Kentucky, 8 in Missouri, 1 in Iowa, and ...
The Groffdale Conference arose in 1927 at the conclusion of a seventeen-year disagreement within the Weaverland Old Order Mennonite Conference, over use of the automobile. [7] Five hundred of the more traditional members of the Weaverland conference, about half of the congregation, formed this group in order to retain horse-drawn transportation.
They are the second largest U.S. provider of property and casualty insurance to Christian churches and related ministries. Their corporate headquarters is in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [1] They were founded in 1917 by a group of evangelical Mennonites. [2] Brotherhood Mutual provides insurance to more than 60,000 customers throughout the United ...
Membership of the Weavertown congregation in 1990 was about 110 households, with 220 baptized members. Weavertown Mennonite School is across the street from the church. Sunday church services include Sunday School at 9:00 AM and a worship service starts at 10:00 AM. The church has a strong tradition of hospitality and welcomes visitors.
Old Order Mennonites (Pennsylvania German: Fuhremennischte) form a branch of the Mennonite tradition. Old Order are those Mennonite groups of Swiss German and south German heritage who practice a lifestyle without some elements of modern technology, still drive a horse and buggy rather than cars, wear very conservative and modest dress, and have retained the old forms of worship, baptism and ...
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Joseph Wenger (1868–1956) [1] was an Old Order Mennonite preacher, who, in the 1927 schism of the Weaverland Old Order Mennonite Conference was ordained bishop by bishops in Indiana, Michigan, and Virginia, and made head of a new branch broken from the Weaverland Conference.
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (formerly Conseco, Inc. (from Consolidated National Security Corporation)) is an American financial services holding company based in Carmel, Indiana. [4] Its insurance subsidiaries provide life insurance , annuity and supplemental health insurance products to more than four million customers in the United States .