Siloam Springs Amish Mennonite Church (Clayton, Illinois, USA)
The Siloam Springs Amish Mennonite Church in Clayton, Illinois, USA was established in 1992. The congregation started when New Boston Amish Mennonite church members migrated to Clayton to form a more conservative Beachy Amish congregation.
In 2006, Siloam Springs retained the the German language in worship services unless there was a visitor who did not understand German. They held Sunday School every other Sunday and dressed similarly to the New Order Amish.
In 2018 the church was a member of the Midwest Beachy Amish Mennonite Church and had a membership of 100. The bishop was Wilmer Byler, and the ministers were Nelson Schrock and Marvin Ray Yoder.
Bibliography
Anderson, Cory. The Amish-Mennonites of North America: a portrait of our people. Medina, New York: Ridgeway Publishing, 2012: 97.
Anderson, Cory Alexander. "The Diffusion of Beachy Amish Mennonite Congregations in the US South: A Regional Chronicle and Spatial Analysis." Unpublished paper, 2006: 43. Web. 16 March 2018. http://www.beachyam.org/librarybooks/Anderson(2006)_Diffusion.pdf.
Mennonite Church directory (2017): 47.
Additional Information
Address: 1390 E. 3000th Street, Clayton, Illinois
Phone: 217-894-7101
Website:
Denominational Affiliations:
Midwest Beachy Amish Mennonite Church
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Siloam Springs Amish Mennonite Church
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | March 2018 |
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