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  2. Ephrata Cloister - Wikipedia

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    The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds of the community are now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission .

  3. Church of the Brethren - Wikipedia

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    In 1728, Conrad Beissel, a Brethren minister at Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa.) renounced his association with the Brethren and formed his own group in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. They came to be known as the Ephrata Cloister. Beissel practiced a mystical form of Christianity.

  4. Jacob Engle - Wikipedia

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    They established a homestead in northwest Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In the 1770s, a religious awakening swept through the settlements of Mennonites of Swiss and South German origin along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, PA, that resulted in the forming of the River Brethren. Jacob Engle, assisted by his brother John, became the ...

  5. Lititz, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    An aerial view of 125 East Main Street, the first house in Lititz The Welcome Center at Lititz Train Station Aerial View of Lititz, PA Lititz Spring Park. Lititz / ˈ l ɪ t ɪ t s / is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, 9 miles (14 km) north of Lancaster. [3] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 9,370. [4]

  6. Klein Meetinghouse - Wikipedia

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    The Klein Meetinghouse is an historic Dunkard (Schwarzenau Brethren or Church of the Brethren) meetinghouse that is located in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.Built in 1843, it is the second oldest congregation of the Brethren in the United States, and was established in this area in 1720 when Peter Becker, who led the Brethren to America in 1714, built this meetinghouse.

  7. Weavertown Amish Mennonite Church - Wikipedia

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    Kinzers, PA: Aaron Lapp, Jr, 2003. Irwin, Jerry and Douglas Lee. "The Plain People of Pennsylvania." National Geographic. April, 1984: 492-519. Pages 502, 511, 514, and 556 have pictures of Weavertown members. Page 507 has picture of a family from Pequea. Accompanying text summarizes Amish Mennonite belief and practice. Heller, Karen and Rob ...

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