New York (USA) - Revision history

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches" to "[[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

2023-08-08T19:12:25Z

Text replacement - "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches" to "[[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "[[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)" to "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

2023-08-08T18:56:24Z

Text replacement - "[[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)" to "[[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches"

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "[[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)" to "[[Rosedale Network of Churches"

2023-03-17T14:30:06Z

Text replacement - "[[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)" to "[[Rosedale Network of Churches"

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "Conservative Mennonite Conference" to "Conservative Mennonite Conference"

2022-02-22T11:56:04Z

Text replacement - "Conservative Mennonite Conference" to "Conservative Mennonite Conference"

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "Conservative Amish Mennonite" to "Conservative Amish Mennonite"

2022-02-22T11:45:01Z

Text replacement - "Conservative Amish Mennonite" to "Conservative Amish Mennonite"

SamSteiner: Text replacement - "Conservative Mennonite Conference" to "Conservative Mennonite Conference"

2022-02-21T13:00:39Z

Text replacement - "Conservative Mennonite Conference" to "Conservative Mennonite Conference"

SamSteiner at 11:47, 9 April 2020

2020-04-09T11:47:34Z

Show changes

RichardThiessen: Added category.

2014-02-28T08:30:25Z

Added category.

RichardThiessen at 07:53, 13 December 2013

2013-12-13T07:53:41Z

RichardThiessen: /* 2000 Update */

2013-12-13T07:53:04Z

2000 Update

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 Thus the total of Mennonites and Old Order Amish in the state in 1955 was 1,119, distributed as follows: [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Mennonite]] 819, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]] 187, [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] 113. A [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonite]] congregation was established at Williamsville, New York, near [[Clarence (New York, USA)|Clarence]], about 1834, which had 34 members in 1948. The [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]] had a congregation of 48 members on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, and a mission in Binghamton on the south-central border of the state.
-New York City and Long Island have become a locus of mission work for the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster]] and [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia]] Mennonite (MC) conferences in the mid-20th century. The Lancaster Conference had four stations, with a total of 52 members, three in the Bronx (1949, 1951, and 1954), and one a Black mission in Harlem (1954). The Franconia Conference had a work at [[Centereach Mennonite Church (Centereach, New York, USA)|Centereach]], Long Island, with 10 members, started in 1953. The House of Friendship, a mission to Jews, was established as an outpost of the [[Maple Grove Mennonite Church of Atglen (Atglen, Pennsylvania, USA)|Maple Grove congregation]] ([[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]]) near Atglen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1956. Further mission stations were established in the western part of the state as follows: by the Lancaster Conference at York's Corners in Allegany County in 1952, and at [[West Union Mennonite Church (Rexville, New York, USA)|West Union]] in Steuben County in 1954, by the Conservative Mennonites at Williamsville in 1936, and by the [[Clarence Center-Akron Mennonite Church (Akron, New York, USA)|Clarence Center Mennonite Church]] (MC) at Arcade in Allegany County in 1956. -- ''Harold S. Bender''
+New York City and Long Island have become a locus of mission work for the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster]] and [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia]] Mennonite (MC) conferences in the mid-20th century. The Lancaster Conference had four stations, with a total of 52 members, three in the Bronx (1949, 1951, and 1954), and one a Black mission in Harlem (1954). The Franconia Conference had a work at [[Centereach Mennonite Church (Centereach, New York, USA)|Centereach]], Long Island, with 10 members, started in 1953. The House of Friendship, a mission to Jews, was established as an outpost of the [[Maple Grove Mennonite Church of Atglen (Atglen, Pennsylvania, USA)|Maple Grove congregation]] ([[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]]) near Atglen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1956. Further mission stations were established in the western part of the state as follows: by the Lancaster Conference at York's Corners in Allegany County in 1952, and at [[West Union Mennonite Church (Rexville, New York, USA)|West Union]] in Steuben County in 1954, by the Conservative Mennonites at Williamsville in 1936, and by the [[Clarence Center-Akron Mennonite Church (Akron, New York, USA)|Clarence Center Mennonite Church]] (MC) at Arcade in Allegany County in 1956. -- ''Harold S. Bender''
 = 1990 Update =
@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 The other large cluster of Mennonite churches was in the southeastern end of the state, in the New York City metropolitan area. Seventeen congregations (including 2 [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] churches in the Bronx and Brooklyn), with about 550 members scattered throughout the five boroughs of New York City, were founded since 1949. Since 1980 these churches (except the Brethren in Christ) have formed a New York City Council of Mennonite Churches which looked like it might develop into a separate district conference. The NYC Council of Mennonite Churches grew out of a minister's fellowship that began in 1960. The council has had cooperative programs. Camp Deerpark (85 miles/ 136 km northwest of the city) at Westbrookville, has been owned and operated by the New York City Mennonite churches since 1969.
-In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
+In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
 The Mennonite population in New York City is very diverse and multi-ethnic. For example the pastors in the 1980s of these NYC congregations were from the following ethnic backgrounds: African-American, Swiss-German, Garifuna (decendants of black slaves and indigenous Carib peoples in Belize), and various Hispanic groups (Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican Republic). These different ethnic groups were all represented on the executive committee of the New York City Council of Mennonite churches and at its bimonthly meetings.
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 The New York City Mennonite churches were developing a vision that would make them completely indigenous (self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating) and integrated. They had a positive partner relationship with the founding mission boards and conferences which spawned them ([[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities]], and [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]], Lancaster Conference, and Atlantic Coast Conference). They were developing a mission strategy that called for planting new churches and developing older ones to be strong and less dependent. They were developing their own urban leadership training program that would pave the way for stronger and more effective [[Urban Church|urban]] churches. With NYC Mennonite Churches becoming a conference and the New York State Conference already one, Mennonites in New York State represent some of the most diverse, most integrated and most aggressively mission-minded in the country.
-As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
+As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
 = 2010 Update =
 <div align="center">

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 Thus the total of Mennonites and Old Order Amish in the state in 1955 was 1,119, distributed as follows: [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Mennonite]] 819, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]] 187, [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] 113. A [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonite]] congregation was established at Williamsville, New York, near [[Clarence (New York, USA)|Clarence]], about 1834, which had 34 members in 1948. The [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]] had a congregation of 48 members on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, and a mission in Binghamton on the south-central border of the state.
-New York City and Long Island have become a locus of mission work for the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster]] and [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia]] Mennonite (MC) conferences in the mid-20th century. The Lancaster Conference had four stations, with a total of 52 members, three in the Bronx (1949, 1951, and 1954), and one a Black mission in Harlem (1954). The Franconia Conference had a work at [[Centereach Mennonite Church (Centereach, New York, USA)|Centereach]], Long Island, with 10 members, started in 1953. The House of Friendship, a mission to Jews, was established as an outpost of the [[Maple Grove Mennonite Church of Atglen (Atglen, Pennsylvania, USA)|Maple Grove congregation]] ([[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]]) near Atglen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1956. Further mission stations were established in the western part of the state as follows: by the Lancaster Conference at York's Corners in Allegany County in 1952, and at [[West Union Mennonite Church (Rexville, New York, USA)|West Union]] in Steuben County in 1954, by the Conservative Mennonites at Williamsville in 1936, and by the [[Clarence Center-Akron Mennonite Church (Akron, New York, USA)|Clarence Center Mennonite Church]] (MC) at Arcade in Allegany County in 1956. -- ''Harold S. Bender''
+New York City and Long Island have become a locus of mission work for the [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster]] and [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia]] Mennonite (MC) conferences in the mid-20th century. The Lancaster Conference had four stations, with a total of 52 members, three in the Bronx (1949, 1951, and 1954), and one a Black mission in Harlem (1954). The Franconia Conference had a work at [[Centereach Mennonite Church (Centereach, New York, USA)|Centereach]], Long Island, with 10 members, started in 1953. The House of Friendship, a mission to Jews, was established as an outpost of the [[Maple Grove Mennonite Church of Atglen (Atglen, Pennsylvania, USA)|Maple Grove congregation]] ([[Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference (MC)|Ohio and Eastern Conference]]) near Atglen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1956. Further mission stations were established in the western part of the state as follows: by the Lancaster Conference at York's Corners in Allegany County in 1952, and at [[West Union Mennonite Church (Rexville, New York, USA)|West Union]] in Steuben County in 1954, by the Conservative Mennonites at Williamsville in 1936, and by the [[Clarence Center-Akron Mennonite Church (Akron, New York, USA)|Clarence Center Mennonite Church]] (MC) at Arcade in Allegany County in 1956. -- ''Harold S. Bender''
 = 1990 Update =
@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 The other large cluster of Mennonite churches was in the southeastern end of the state, in the New York City metropolitan area. Seventeen congregations (including 2 [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] churches in the Bronx and Brooklyn), with about 550 members scattered throughout the five boroughs of New York City, were founded since 1949. Since 1980 these churches (except the Brethren in Christ) have formed a New York City Council of Mennonite Churches which looked like it might develop into a separate district conference. The NYC Council of Mennonite Churches grew out of a minister's fellowship that began in 1960. The council has had cooperative programs. Camp Deerpark (85 miles/ 136 km northwest of the city) at Westbrookville, has been owned and operated by the New York City Mennonite churches since 1969.
-In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
+In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
 The Mennonite population in New York City is very diverse and multi-ethnic. For example the pastors in the 1980s of these NYC congregations were from the following ethnic backgrounds: African-American, Swiss-German, Garifuna (decendants of black slaves and indigenous Carib peoples in Belize), and various Hispanic groups (Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican Republic). These different ethnic groups were all represented on the executive committee of the New York City Council of Mennonite churches and at its bimonthly meetings.
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 The New York City Mennonite churches were developing a vision that would make them completely indigenous (self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating) and integrated. They had a positive partner relationship with the founding mission boards and conferences which spawned them ([[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities]], and [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]], Lancaster Conference, and Atlantic Coast Conference). They were developing a mission strategy that called for planting new churches and developing older ones to be strong and less dependent. They were developing their own urban leadership training program that would pave the way for stronger and more effective [[Urban Church|urban]] churches. With NYC Mennonite Churches becoming a conference and the New York State Conference already one, Mennonites in New York State represent some of the most diverse, most integrated and most aggressively mission-minded in the country.
-As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
+As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[LMC: A Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
 = 2010 Update =
 <div align="center">

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 [[File:ME3_864.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Mennonite Churches in New York State, 1950s.<br />
 Source: Mennonite Encyclopedia, v. 3, p. 864'']]
-In 1833 ff. a large [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Amish Mennonite]] settlement was established near [[Croghan (New York, USA)|Croghan]] and [[Croghan Mennonite Church (Croghan, New York, USA)|Lowville]] in [[Lewis County (New York, USA)|Lewis County]], in the northeastern part of the state, by immigrants direct from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and Lorraine, increased by settlers coming from the Amish community west of [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]] (see [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]), Ontario. In 1955 this settlement had three congregations with a total of 631 members, one of which was at Woodville, some 50 miles nearer the St. Lawrence River. In 1941 a group withdrew from the Conservative church to form the [[First Mennonite Church of New Bremen (Lowville, New York, USA)|New Bremen Mennonite Church]], an independent congregation which in 1955 had 194 members. A large block of the Conservative members withdrew in 1849 to form an Apostolic Christian congregation.
+In 1833 ff. a large [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Amish Mennonite]] settlement was established near [[Croghan (New York, USA)|Croghan]] and [[Croghan Mennonite Church (Croghan, New York, USA)|Lowville]] in [[Lewis County (New York, USA)|Lewis County]], in the northeastern part of the state, by immigrants direct from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and Lorraine, increased by settlers coming from the Amish community west of [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]] (see [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]), Ontario. In 1955 this settlement had three congregations with a total of 631 members, one of which was at Woodville, some 50 miles nearer the St. Lawrence River. In 1941 a group withdrew from the Conservative church to form the [[First Mennonite Church of New Bremen (Lowville, New York, USA)|New Bremen Mennonite Church]], an independent congregation which in 1955 had 194 members. A large block of the Conservative members withdrew in 1849 to form an Apostolic Christian congregation.
 Thus the total of Mennonites and Old Order Amish in the state in 1955 was 1,119, distributed as follows: [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Mennonite]] 819, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]] 187, [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] 113. A [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonite]] congregation was established at Williamsville, New York, near [[Clarence (New York, USA)|Clarence]], about 1834, which had 34 members in 1948. The [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]] had a congregation of 48 members on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, and a mission in Binghamton on the south-central border of the state.
@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 The other large cluster of Mennonite churches was in the southeastern end of the state, in the New York City metropolitan area. Seventeen congregations (including 2 [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] churches in the Bronx and Brooklyn), with about 550 members scattered throughout the five boroughs of New York City, were founded since 1949. Since 1980 these churches (except the Brethren in Christ) have formed a New York City Council of Mennonite Churches which looked like it might develop into a separate district conference. The NYC Council of Mennonite Churches grew out of a minister's fellowship that began in 1960. The council has had cooperative programs. Camp Deerpark (85 miles/ 136 km northwest of the city) at Westbrookville, has been owned and operated by the New York City Mennonite churches since 1969.
-In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
+In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
 The Mennonite population in New York City is very diverse and multi-ethnic. For example the pastors in the 1980s of these NYC congregations were from the following ethnic backgrounds: African-American, Swiss-German, Garifuna (decendants of black slaves and indigenous Carib peoples in Belize), and various Hispanic groups (Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican Republic). These different ethnic groups were all represented on the executive committee of the New York City Council of Mennonite churches and at its bimonthly meetings.
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 The New York City Mennonite churches were developing a vision that would make them completely indigenous (self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating) and integrated. They had a positive partner relationship with the founding mission boards and conferences which spawned them ([[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities]], and [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]], Lancaster Conference, and Atlantic Coast Conference). They were developing a mission strategy that called for planting new churches and developing older ones to be strong and less dependent. They were developing their own urban leadership training program that would pave the way for stronger and more effective [[Urban Church|urban]] churches. With NYC Mennonite Churches becoming a conference and the New York State Conference already one, Mennonites in New York State represent some of the most diverse, most integrated and most aggressively mission-minded in the country.
-As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
+As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[Rosedale Network of Churches|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
 = 2010 Update =
 <div align="center">

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 The other large cluster of Mennonite churches was in the southeastern end of the state, in the New York City metropolitan area. Seventeen congregations (including 2 [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] churches in the Bronx and Brooklyn), with about 550 members scattered throughout the five boroughs of New York City, were founded since 1949. Since 1980 these churches (except the Brethren in Christ) have formed a New York City Council of Mennonite Churches which looked like it might develop into a separate district conference. The NYC Council of Mennonite Churches grew out of a minister's fellowship that began in 1960. The council has had cooperative programs. Camp Deerpark (85 miles/ 136 km northwest of the city) at Westbrookville, has been owned and operated by the New York City Mennonite churches since 1969.
-In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
+In 1988 NYC congregations belonged to district conferences other than the NYSF ([[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]], 5; [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], 8; [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]], 2); [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Mennonite Conference]], 1. Three congregations were in the process of formation. Members of seven of these congregations were Spanish-speaking. Four congregations had an integrated but predominantly Afro-American membership. Five were integrated congregations with several ethnic groups present. Most NYC Mennonite congregations have many ethnic groups represented, some as many as 15. These 16 Mennonite congregations have other national Mennonite affiliations. Most of the seven Spanish-speaking congregations affiliate with the [[Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Menonitas Hispanas |Concilio Nacional de Iglesias Mennonitas Hispañas]]. At least four congregations affiliate with the [[African American Mennonite Association|African American Mennonite Association]].
 The Mennonite population in New York City is very diverse and multi-ethnic. For example the pastors in the 1980s of these NYC congregations were from the following ethnic backgrounds: African-American, Swiss-German, Garifuna (decendants of black slaves and indigenous Carib peoples in Belize), and various Hispanic groups (Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican Republic). These different ethnic groups were all represented on the executive committee of the New York City Council of Mennonite churches and at its bimonthly meetings.
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 The New York City Mennonite churches were developing a vision that would make them completely indigenous (self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating) and integrated. They had a positive partner relationship with the founding mission boards and conferences which spawned them ([[Eastern Mennonite Missions (Lancaster Mennonite Conference)|Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities]], and [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]], Lancaster Conference, and Atlantic Coast Conference). They were developing a mission strategy that called for planting new churches and developing older ones to be strong and less dependent. They were developing their own urban leadership training program that would pave the way for stronger and more effective [[Urban Church|urban]] churches. With NYC Mennonite Churches becoming a conference and the New York State Conference already one, Mennonites in New York State represent some of the most diverse, most integrated and most aggressively mission-minded in the country.
-As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
+As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
 = 2010 Update =
 <div align="center">

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 [[File:ME3_864.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Mennonite Churches in New York State, 1950s.<br />
 Source: Mennonite Encyclopedia, v. 3, p. 864'']]
-In 1833 ff. a large [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Amish Mennonite]] settlement was established near [[Croghan (New York, USA)|Croghan]] and [[Croghan Mennonite Church (Croghan, New York, USA)|Lowville]] in [[Lewis County (New York, USA)|Lewis County]], in the northeastern part of the state, by immigrants direct from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and Lorraine, increased by settlers coming from the Amish community west of [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]] (see [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]), Ontario. In 1955 this settlement had three congregations with a total of 631 members, one of which was at Woodville, some 50 miles nearer the St. Lawrence River. In 1941 a group withdrew from the Conservative church to form the [[First Mennonite Church of New Bremen (Lowville, New York, USA)|New Bremen Mennonite Church]], an independent congregation which in 1955 had 194 members. A large block of the Conservative members withdrew in 1849 to form an Apostolic Christian congregation.
+In 1833 ff. a large [[CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference doing business as CMC)|Conservative Amish Mennonite]] settlement was established near [[Croghan (New York, USA)|Croghan]] and [[Croghan Mennonite Church (Croghan, New York, USA)|Lowville]] in [[Lewis County (New York, USA)|Lewis County]], in the northeastern part of the state, by immigrants direct from [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]] and Lorraine, increased by settlers coming from the Amish community west of [[Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)|Kitchener]] (see [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]]), Ontario. In 1955 this settlement had three congregations with a total of 631 members, one of which was at Woodville, some 50 miles nearer the St. Lawrence River. In 1941 a group withdrew from the Conservative church to form the [[First Mennonite Church of New Bremen (Lowville, New York, USA)|New Bremen Mennonite Church]], an independent congregation which in 1955 had 194 members. A large block of the Conservative members withdrew in 1849 to form an Apostolic Christian congregation.
 Thus the total of Mennonites and Old Order Amish in the state in 1955 was 1,119, distributed as follows: [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Mennonite]] 819, [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]] 187, [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] 113. A [[Reformed Mennonite Church|Reformed Mennonite]] congregation was established at Williamsville, New York, near [[Clarence (New York, USA)|Clarence]], about 1834, which had 34 members in 1948. The [[Mennonite Brethren in Christ|Mennonite Brethren in Christ]] had a congregation of 48 members on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, and a mission in Binghamton on the south-central border of the state.

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:30, 28 February 2014
Line 59:		Line 59:
	Luthy, David. <em>Amish Settlements Across America.</em> Aylmer, ON: Pathway, 1985: 9-10.		Luthy, David. <em>Amish Settlements Across America.</em> Aylmer, ON: Pathway, 1985: 9-10.
	{{GAMEO_footer\|hp=Vol. 3, pp. 863-865; vol. 5, p. 627\|date=December 2013\|a1_last=Bender\|a1_first=Harold S.\|a2_last=Smucker\|a2_first=John I.}}		{{GAMEO_footer\|hp=Vol. 3, pp. 863-865; vol. 5, p. 627\|date=December 2013\|a1_last=Bender\|a1_first=Harold S.\|a2_last=Smucker\|a2_first=John I.}}
		+	[[Category:States of the United States]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:53, 13 December 2013
Line 58:		Line 58:

	Luthy, David. <em>Amish Settlements Across America.</em> Aylmer, ON: Pathway, 1985: 9-10.		Luthy, David. <em>Amish Settlements Across America.</em> Aylmer, ON: Pathway, 1985: 9-10.
−	{{GAMEO_footer\|hp=Vol. 3, pp. 863-865; vol. 5, p. 627\|date=~~February 2009~~\|a1_last=Bender\|a1_first=Harold S.\|a2_last=Smucker\|a2_first=John I.}}	+	{{GAMEO_footer\|hp=Vol. 3, pp. 863-865; vol. 5, p. 627\|date=December 2013\|a1_last=Bender\|a1_first=Harold S.\|a2_last=Smucker\|a2_first=John I.}}

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 As of 1985 the 10 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ conferences and their congregations in New York State were: (1) [[Conservative Mennonite Conference|Conservative Mennonite Conference]]: 7 congregations, 1,026 members, mostly around Lowville; (2) NYS Fellowship, 17, 1,007 (most of the Conservative churches also were affiliated with NYSF, making a total of 23 congregations and 2,033 members); (3) [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 9, 267 (8 in New York City, 250 members: 1 in Bolivar, N.Y., 17 members); (4) [[Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA|Atlantic Coast Conference]] (MC): 5, 200 (all in New York City); (5) [[Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church|Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church]] (EP): 2, 50; (6) [[Nationwide Fellowship Churches|Fellowship]] Churches: 1, 41; (7) [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish Mennonites]]: 1, 26; (8) Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship: 1, 20; (9) [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Mennonite Conference]] (MC): 1, 17; (10) [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]]: 2, 153. -- ''John I. Smucker''
-= 2000 Update =
+= 2010 Update =
 <table class="plain">
 <tr> <th colspan="5">Anabaptist/Mennonite Denominations in New York State</th> </tr>
-<tr> <th>Denomination</th> <th>Congregations<br />in 2000</th> <th>Adherents *<br />in 2000</th> <th>Congregations<br />in 2010</th> <th>Adherents<br />in 2010</th></tr>
+<tr> <th>Denomination</th> <th>Congregations<br />in 2000</th> <th>Adherents *<br />in 2000</th> <th>Congregations<br />in 2010</th> <th>Adherents *<br />in 2010</th></tr>
 <tr> <td>Amish Groups</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">52</td> <td align="right">86</td> <td align="right">10,787</td></tr>
 <tr> <td>Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">159</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">244</td></tr>