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The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, also called Holdeman Mennonite, is a Christian Church of Anabaptist heritage. Its formation started in 1859 under its first leader, a self-described prophet named John Holdeman (1832–1900), who was a baptized Mennonite. [1]
John Holdeman (January 31, 1832 - March 10, 1900) was an American self-described prophet and the founder of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, also known as the Holdeman Mennonite Church. [1] [2] [3] This is a plain dress and theologically conservative Mennonite denomination that has 27,000 members, mostly in the United States and Canada ...
A master plan was drawn by architect Robert Holdeman of Traverse City, Michigan. Holdeman grew up in Elkhart County, and his roots remain in the Holdeman Mennonite Church near Wakarusa, Indiana. The plan has been executed closely over the decades and now includes the dining, lodging, and theatre programs originally envisioned.
[130] [131] Another 78,892 of that number are from the Mennonite Church USA. [70] Total membership in Mennonite Church USA denominations decreased from about 133,000, before the MC-GC merger in 1998, to about 114,000 after the merger in 2003. In 2016 it had fallen to under 79,000. Membership of the Mennonite Church USA is on the decline. [70] [120]
The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, commonly referred to as Holdeman Mennonites after the founder of the church, is a theologically Conservative Mennonite plain dress denomination founded in the United States but made up primarily of descendants of Russian Mennonites, including many former members of the Kleine Gemeinde. [61]
Mennonite group Member-ship in 2009 Congre-gations in 2009 Member- ship in 2012 Congre-gations in 2012 Altkolonier Mennonitengemeinde: 2,052: 3: 2,532: 3 Beachy Amish Church: 164: 6: 176: 6 Church of God in Christ, Mennonite: 51: 2: 61: 2 Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference: 482: 3: 535: 5 Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Belice: 420: 10 ...
Total membership in Mennonite Church USA denominations decreased from about 133,000, before the merger in 1998, to a total membership of 120,381 in the Mennonite Church USA in 2001 [2] and 78,892 members in 2016. [3] In May 2021 the main page of their website stated a membership of about 62,000. [4]
The Washington County, Maryland and Franklin County, Pennsylvania Conference, Ohio Wisler Mennonites, Conservative Mennonite Churches of York and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, the Pilgrim Mennonite Conference and the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church operate under a form of administration called a conference where each congregation has a ...