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Background
Christianity
Radical Reformation
Sermon on the Mount
Doctrines and practices
Theology of Anabaptism
Believer's baptism
Lovefeast
Nonconformity to the world
Nonresistance
Free will
Freedom of religion
Priesthood of all believers
Separation of church and state
Foot washing
Holy kiss
Plain dress
Shunning
Simple living
Documents
Schleitheim Confession
Dordrecht Confession
Ausbund
Martyrs Mirror
Key people
George Blaurock
Hans Denck
Conrad Grebel
Melchior Hoffman
Balthasar Hubmaier
Hans Hut
Jakob Hutter
Alexander Mack
Felix Manz
Pilgram Marpeck
Melchior Rink
Michael Sattler
Menno Simons
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Amish
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Brethren in Christ
Bruderhof
Conservative Mennonites
Hutterites
Mennonite World Conference
Mennonites
Mennonite Brethren
Old Colony Mennonites
Old Order Mennonites
Old German Baptist Brethren
River Brethren
Russian Mennonites
Schwarzenau Brethren
Related movements
Schwenkfelders
Baptists
Pietism
Radical Pietism
Moravian Church
Inspirationalists
Quakers
Neo-Anabaptism
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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 communion.
All Old Order Mennonites reject certain technologies (e.g., radio, television, Internet), but the extent of this rejection depends on the individual group. Old Order groups generally place great emphasis on a disciplined community instead of the individual's personal faith beliefs.[1] The Pennsylvania German language is spoken and vigorous among all horse-and-buggy groups except the Virginia Old Order Mennonites, who lost their original language before becoming Old Order. There is no overall church or conference to unite all the different groups of Old Order Mennonites. In 2008–2009, a minority of Old Order Mennonites accepted automobiles, whereas a majority retain horse and buggy transportation.
The total population of Old Order Mennonites can be estimated to be between 72,000 and 84,000 in 2021.
Very conservative Plautdietsch-speaking Russian Mennonites, who may have a similar belief and lifestyle, are normally not called Old Order Mennonite.
OldOrderMennonites (Pennsylvania German: Fuhremennischte) form a branch of the Mennonite tradition. OldOrder are those Mennonite groups of Swiss German...
Congregations worldwide embody various approaches to Mennonite practice, ranging from OldOrderMennonites (who practice a lifestyle without certain elements...
Reidenbach OldOrderMennonites, also called Thirty-Fivers, comprise about 15 OldOrderMennonite churches, which emerged from a split of the Groffdale Old Order...
also called Horning Church or Black-bumper Mennonites, is a Christian denomination of OldOrderMennonites who use cars. The popular name Horning Church...
Christian denomination. The Amish are closely related to OldOrderMennonites and Conservative Mennonites—denominations that are also a part of Anabaptist Christianity...
with Mennonite groups. In the latest decades the term "Amish Mennonite" is sometimes erroneously used to designate horse-and-buggy OldOrderMennonites, whose...
Anabaptist Christian fellowships, but who are not OldOrder groups or mainline denominations. Conservative Mennonites adhere to Anabaptist doctrine as contained...
different OldOrder Anabaptist groups. In 1989, Sandra L. Cronk wrote about the OldOrder Anabaptists: The OldOrder Amish and the OldOrderMennonites [.....
The name Old Colony Mennonites (German: Altkolonier-Mennoniten) is used to describe that part of the Russian Mennonite movement that is descended from...
considered a part of the larger OldOrder group. The Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church, the largest OldOrderMennonite group, allows about the same...
The Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church, also called Wenger Mennonites, is the largest OldOrderMennonite group to use horse-drawn carriages for transportation...
Mennonites (German: Russlandmennoniten [lit. "Russia Mennonites", i.e., Mennonites of or from the Russian Empire], occasionally Ukrainian Mennonites)...
dialect. There are also some hundreds of Pennsylvania German speaking OldOrderMennonites in Belize. In addition to this, there were another 2,000 mostly Kriol...
areas has greatly declined. It is best preserved in the OldOrder Amish and OldOrderMennonite communities, and presently the members of both groups make...
Hoover Mennonites, called "OldOrderMennonite Church (Hoover)" by the Mennonite World Conference, and sometimes called "Scottsville Mennonites”, are a...
Ambassadors Amish Mennonite Churches and the Maranatha Amish-Mennonite Churches. The Beachy Amish originated as a schism from the OldOrder Amish over practices...
The Stauffer Mennonites, or "Pikers", are a group of OldOrderMennonites. They are also called "Team Mennonites", because they use horse drawn transportation...
rules for Amish, OldOrderMennonite and Conservative Mennonite living. Ordnung (pronounced [ˈɔʁdnʊŋ] ) is the German word for order, discipline, rule...
later became known as "OldOrder Amish" and the progressives who then referred to themselves as "Amish Mennonites". The OldOrder Amish are distinguished...
many Mennonites (OldOrderMennonites, Conservative Mennonites, Reformed Mennonites, Orthodox Mennonites, Old Colony Mennonites and Holdeman Mennonites),...
The John Dan Wenger Mennonites are an Anabaptist Christian denomination that belongs to the OldOrderMennonites. They use horse and buggy transportation...
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