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| [[Agape Mennonite Assembly (Burton, Ohio, USA)|Agape Mennonite Assembly]] || Burton || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 34 ||  align="right" | 50
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| [[Agape Mennonite Assembly (Burton, Ohio, USA)|Agape Mennonite Assembly]] || Burton || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 34  
 
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| [[Believers’ Fellowship (Stuarts Draft, Virginia, USA)|Believers' Fellowship]] || Stuarts Draft || Virginia ||  align="right" | 2003 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 15 ||  align="right" | 25
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| [[Believers’ Fellowship (Stuarts Draft, Virginia, USA)|Believers' Fellowship]] || Stuarts Draft || Virginia ||  align="right" | 2003 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 15  
 
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| [[Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship (Radiant, Virginia, USA)|Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship]] || Radiant || Virginia ||  align="right" | 2000 ||  align="right" | August 2000 ||  align="right" | 17 ||  align="right" | 25
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| [[Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship (Radiant, Virginia, USA)|Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship]] || Radiant || Virginia ||  align="right" | 2000 ||  align="right" | August 2000 ||  align="right" | 17
 
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| [[Calvary Mennonite Church (Paden, Oklahoma, USA)|Calvary Mennonite Church]] || Paden || Oklahoma ||  align="right" | 1995 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 36 ||  align="right" | 50
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| [[Calvary Mennonite Church (Paden, Oklahoma, USA)|Calvary Mennonite Church]] || Paden || Oklahoma ||  align="right" | 1995 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 36  
 
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| [[Calvary Mennonite Fellowship (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Calvary Mennonite Fellowship]] || Harrisonburg || Virginia ||  align="right" | 1990 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 159 ||  align="right" | 225
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| [[Calvary Mennonite Fellowship (Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA)|Calvary Mennonite Fellowship]] || Harrisonburg || Virginia ||  align="right" | 1990 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 159  
 
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| [[Central Mennonite Church (Dover, Delaware, USA)|Central Mennonite Church]] || Dover || Delaware ||  align="right" | 1954 ||  align="right" | August 2002 ||  align="right" | 165 ||  align="right" | 180
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| [[Central Mennonite Church (Dover, Delaware, USA)|Central Mennonite Church]] || Dover || Delaware ||  align="right" | 1954 ||  align="right" | August 2002 ||  align="right" | 165  
 
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| [[Christ's Ambassadors Church (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica)|Christ's Ambassadors]] || St. Elizabeth || Jamaica ||  align="right" | 1974 ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | 130 ||
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| [[Christ's Ambassadors Church (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica)|Christ's Ambassadors]] || St. Elizabeth || Jamaica ||  align="right" | 1974 ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | 130  
 
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| [[Christian Life Mennonite Church (Beach City, Ohio, USA)|Christian Life Mennonite]] || Beach City || Ohio ||  align="right" | 2001 ||  align="right" | August 2003 ||  align="right" | 115 ||  align="right" | 195
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| [[Christian Life Mennonite Church (Beach City, Ohio, USA)|Christian Life Mennonite]] || Beach City || Ohio ||  align="right" | 2001 ||  align="right" | August 2003 ||  align="right" | 115  
 
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| [[Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship (Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA)|Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship]] || Ephrata || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1998 ||  align="right" | August 2005 ||  align="right" | 168 ||  align="right" | 225
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| [[Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship (Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA)|Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship]] || Ephrata || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1998 ||  align="right" | August 2005 ||  align="right" | 168  
 
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| [[East Hanover Mennonite Church (Palmyra, Pennsylvania, USA)|East Hanover Mennonite Church]] || Palmyra || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 24 ||  align="right" | 50
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| [[East Hanover Mennonite Church (Palmyra, Pennsylvania, USA)|East Hanover Mennonite Church]] || Palmyra || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 24  
 
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| [[East Union Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio, USA)|East Union Mennonite Church]] || Orrville || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1945 ||  align="right" | 2011? ||  align="right" | 66 ||  align="right" |
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| [[East Union Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio, USA)|East Union Mennonite Church]] || Orrville || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1945 ||  align="right" | 2011? ||  align="right" | 66  
 
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| [[Fairhaven Mennonite Church (West Salem, Ohio, USA)|Fairhaven Mennonite Church]] || West Salem || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1965 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 18 ||  align="right" | 24
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| [[Fairhaven Mennonite Church (West Salem, Ohio, USA)|Fairhaven Mennonite Church]] || West Salem || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1965 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 18  
 
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| [[Fair Play Christian Fellowship (Fair Play, South Carolina, USA)|Fair Play Christian Fellowship]] || Fair Play || South Carolina ||  align="right" | 1980 ||  align="right" | February 2009 ||  align="right" | 18 ||  align="right" | 15
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| [[Fair Play Christian Fellowship (Fair Play, South Carolina, USA)|Fair Play Christian Fellowship]] || Fair Play || South Carolina ||  align="right" | 1980 ||  align="right" | February 2009 ||  align="right" | 18  
 
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| [[Faith Mennonite Fellowship (Crawford, Mississippi, USA)|Faith Mennonite Fellowship]] || Crawford || Mississippi ||  align="right" | 1985 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 66 ||  align="right" | 75
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| [[Faith Mennonite Fellowship (Crawford, Mississippi, USA)|Faith Mennonite Fellowship]] || Crawford || Mississippi ||  align="right" | 1985 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 66  
 
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| [[Faith Mennonite Mission (Cuthbert, Georgia, USA)|Faith Mennonite Mission]] || Shellman || Georgia ||  align="right" | 1979 ||  align="right" | February 2008 ||  align="right" | 26 ||  align="right" | 50
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| [[Faith Mennonite Mission (Cuthbert, Georgia, USA)|Faith Mennonite Mission]] || Shellman || Georgia ||  align="right" | 1979 ||  align="right" | February 2008 ||  align="right" | 26  
 
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| [[Followers of Jesus Mennonite Church (Brooklyn, New York, USA)|Followers of Jesus Mennonite Church]] || Brooklyn || New York ||  align="right" | 1986 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 67 ||  align="right" | 124
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| [[Followers of Jesus Mennonite Church (Brooklyn, New York, USA)|Followers of Jesus Mennonite Church]] || Brooklyn || New York ||  align="right" | 1986 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 67  
 
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| [[Goshen Mennonite Church (Laytonsville, Maryland, USA)|Goshen Mennonite Church]] || Laytonsville || Maryland ||  align="right" | 1949 ||  align="right" | February 2001 ||  align="right" | 24 ||  align="right" | 45
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| [[Goshen Mennonite Church (Laytonsville, Maryland, USA)|Goshen Mennonite Church]] || Laytonsville || Maryland ||  align="right" | 1949 ||  align="right" | February 2001 ||  align="right" | 24  
 
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| [[Grand Mesa Christian Church (Delta, Colorado, USA)|Grand Mesa Christian Church]] || Delta || Cologrado ||  align="right" | 2014 ||  align="right" | 2014 ||  align="right" | 11 ||  align="right" |
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| [[Grand Mesa Christian Church (Delta, Colorado, USA)|Grand Mesa Christian Church]] || Delta || Cologrado ||  align="right" | 2014 ||  align="right" | 2014 ||  align="right" | 11  
 
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| [[Hartwell Mennonite Church (Hartwell, Georgia, USA)|Hartwell Mennonite Church]] || Hartwell || Georgia ||  align="right" | 1989 ||  align="right" | February 2009 ||  align="right" | 22 ||  align="right" | 45
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| [[Hartwell Mennonite Church (Hartwell, Georgia, USA)|Hartwell Mennonite Church]] || Hartwell || Georgia ||  align="right" | 1989 ||  align="right" | February 2009 ||  align="right" | 22  
 
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| [[Heritage Mennonite Church (Millbank, Ontario, Canada)|Heritage Mennonite Church]] || Millbank || Ontario ||  align="right" | 1998 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 24 ||  align="right" | 39
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| [[Heritage Mennonite Church (Millbank, Ontario, Canada)|Heritage Mennonite Church]] || Millbank || Ontario ||  align="right" | 1998 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 24  
 
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| [[Herr Street Mennonite Church (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Herr Street Mennonite Church]] || Harrisburg || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 30 ||  align="right" | 60
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| [[Herr Street Mennonite Church (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA)|Herr Street Mennonite Church]] || Harrisburg || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 30  
 
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| [[High Country Mennonite Church (Westcliffe, Colorado, USA)|High Country Mennonite Church]] || Westcliffe || Colorado ||  align="right" | 2011 ||  align="right" | 2011 ||  align="right" | 47 ||  align="right" |
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| [[High Country Mennonite Church (Westcliffe, Colorado, USA)|High Country Mennonite Church]] || Westcliffe || Colorado ||  align="right" | 2011 ||  align="right" | 2011 ||  align="right" | 47  
 
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| [[Juniata Christian Church (Port Royal, Pennsylvania, USA)|Juanita Christian Church]] || Port Royal || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 2005 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 45 ||  align="right" | 100
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| [[Juniata Christian Church (Port Royal, Pennsylvania, USA)|Juanita Christian Church]] || Port Royal || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 2005 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 45  
 
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| [[Kossuth Community Chapel (Bolivar, New York, USA)|Kossuth Community Chapel]] || Bolivar || New York ||  align="right" | 1983 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 22 ||  align="right" | 29
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| [[Kossuth Community Chapel (Bolivar, New York, USA)|Kossuth Community Chapel]] || Bolivar || New York ||  align="right" | 1983 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 22  
 
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| [[Lamb of God Mennonite Church (Butler, Indiana, USA)|Lamb of God Mennonite Church]] || Butler || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2000 ||  align="right" | August 2000 ||  align="right" | 49 ||  align="right" | 85
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| [[Lamb of God Mennonite Church (Butler, Indiana, USA)|Lamb of God Mennonite Church]] || Butler || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2000 ||  align="right" | August 2000 ||  align="right" | 49  
 
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| [[Laws Mennonite Church (Harrington, Delaware, USA)|Laws Mennonite Church]] || Harrington || Deleware ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 2003 ||  align="right" | 45 ||  align="right" | 45
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| [[Laws Mennonite Church (Harrington, Delaware, USA)|Laws Mennonite Church]] || Harrington || Deleware ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 2003 ||  align="right" | 45  
 
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| [[Living Water Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Living Water Mennonite Church]] || Goshen || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1999 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 102 ||  align="right" | 150
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| [[Living Water Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Living Water Mennonite Church]] || Goshen || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1999 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 102  
 
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| [[Living Word Christian Fellowship (Sparta, Wisconsin, USA)|Living Word Christian Fellowship]] || Sparta || Wisconsin ||  align="right" | 2001 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 13 ||  align="right" | 40
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| [[Living Word Christian Fellowship (Sparta, Wisconsin, USA)|Living Word Christian Fellowship]] || Sparta || Wisconsin ||  align="right" | 2001 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 13  
 
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| [[Madison Mennonite Fellowship (Madison, Indiana, USA)|Madison Mennonite Fellowship]] || Madison || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | August 2001 ||  align="right" | 16 ||  align="right" | 35
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| [[Madison Mennonite Fellowship (Madison, Indiana, USA)|Madison Mennonite Fellowship]] || Madison || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | August 2001 ||  align="right" | 16  
 
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| [[Mohican Valley Door of Hope (Danville, Ohio, USA)|Mohican Valley Door of Hope]] || Danville || Ohio ||  align="right" | 2006 ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | 65 ||  align="right" | 126
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| [[Mohican Valley Door of Hope (Danville, Ohio, USA)|Mohican Valley Door of Hope]] || Danville || Ohio ||  align="right" | 2006 ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | 65  
 
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| [[Mount Airy Mennonite Church (Mount Airy, Maryland, USA)|Mt. Airy Mennonite Church]] || Mt. Airy || Maryland ||  align="right" | 1952 ||  align="right" | August 2004 ||  align="right" | 11 ||  align="right" | 21
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| [[Mount Airy Mennonite Church (Mount Airy, Maryland, USA)|Mt. Airy Mennonite Church]] || Mt. Airy || Maryland ||  align="right" | 1952 ||  align="right" | August 2004 ||  align="right" | 11  
 
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| [[Mount Zion House of Prayer (Utica, Ohio, USA)|Mt. Zion House of Prayer]] || Utica || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1995 ||  align="right" | August 1999 ||  align="right" | 62 ||  align="right" | 92
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| [[Mount Zion House of Prayer (Utica, Ohio, USA)|Mt. Zion House of Prayer]] || Utica || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1995 ||  align="right" | August 1999 ||  align="right" | 62  
 
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| [[New Holland Mennonite Church (Batesburg, South Carolina, USA)|New Holland Mennonite Church]] || Batesburg || South Carolina ||  align="right" | 1986 ||  align="right" | July 2009 ||  align="right" | 68 ||  align="right" | 121
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| [[New Holland Mennonite Church (Batesburg, South Carolina, USA)|New Holland Mennonite Church]] || Batesburg || South Carolina ||  align="right" | 1986 ||  align="right" | July 2009 ||  align="right" | 68  
 
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| [[New Hope Mennonite Church (Orrstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|New Hope Mennonite Church]] || Orrstown || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 2003 ||  align="right" | August 2004 ||  align="right" | 34 ||  align="right" | 70
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| [[New Hope Mennonite Church (Orrstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|New Hope Mennonite Church]] || Orrstown || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 2003 ||  align="right" | August 2004 ||  align="right" | 34  
 
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| [[Nickel Mines Mennonite Church (Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA)|Nickel Mines Mennonite Church]] || Paradise || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1935 ||  align="right" | August 2002 ||  align="right" | 70 ||  align="right" | 80
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| [[Nickel Mines Mennonite Church (Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA)|Nickel Mines Mennonite Church]] || Paradise || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1935 ||  align="right" | August 2002 ||  align="right" | 70  
 
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| [[North Vine Mennonite Church (Arthur, Illinois, USA)|North Vine Mennonite Church]] || Arthur || Illinois ||  align="right" | 1957 ||  align="right" | August 2008 ||  align="right" | 81 ||  align="right" | 90
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| [[North Vine Mennonite Church (Arthur, Illinois, USA)|North Vine Mennonite Church]] || Arthur || Illinois ||  align="right" | 1957 ||  align="right" | August 2008 ||  align="right" | 81  
 
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| [[Oak Hill Mennonite Church (Cumberland, Virginia, USA)|Oak Hill Mennonite Church]] || Cumberland || Virginia ||  align="right" | 1970 ||  align="right" | August 2000 ||  align="right" | 51 ||  align="right" | 60
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| [[Oak Hill Mennonite Church (Cumberland, Virginia, USA)|Oak Hill Mennonite Church]] || Cumberland || Virginia ||  align="right" | 1970 ||  align="right" | August 2000 ||  align="right" | 51  
 
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| [[Palm Grove Mennonite Church (Sarasota, Florida, USA)|Palm Grove Mennonite Church]] || Sarasota || Florida ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 2011 ||  align="right" | 115 ||  align="right" | 200
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| [[Palm Grove Mennonite Church (Sarasota, Florida, USA)|Palm Grove Mennonite Church]] || Sarasota || Florida ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 2011 ||  align="right" | 115  
 
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| [[Pleasant Grove Conservative Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Pleasant Grove Conservative Mennonite Church]] || Goshen || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1948 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 170 ||  align="right" | 245
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| [[Pleasant Grove Conservative Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana, USA)|Pleasant Grove Conservative Mennonite Church]] || Goshen || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1948 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 170  
 
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| [[Potter's House Mennonite Chapel (Downing, Missouri, USA)|Potter's House Mennonite Chapel]] || Downing || Missouri ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | July 2011 ||  align="right" | 16 ||  align="right" |
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| [[Potter's House Mennonite Chapel (Downing, Missouri, USA)|Potter's House Mennonite Chapel]] || Downing || Missouri ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | July 2011 ||  align="right" | 16  
 
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| [[Prairie Christian Fellowship (Magrath, Alberta, Canada)|Prairie Christian Fellowship]] || Magrath || Alberta ||  align="right" | 1986 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 30 ||  align="right" | 60
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| [[Prairie Christian Fellowship (Magrath, Alberta, Canada)|Prairie Christian Fellowship]] || Magrath || Alberta ||  align="right" | 1986 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 30  
 
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| [[Red Oak Community Mennonite Church (Blountstown, Florida, USA)|Red Oak Community Mennonite Church]] || Blountstown || Florida ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | February 2003 ||  align="right" | 40 ||  align="right" | 90
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| [[Red Oak Community Mennonite Church (Blountstown, Florida, USA)|Red Oak Community Mennonite Church]] || Blountstown || Florida ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | February 2003 ||  align="right" | 40  
 
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| [[River of Hope Fellowship (Vaughn, Montana, USA)|River of Hope Fellowship]] || Vaughn || Montana ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 2008? ||  align="right" | 23 ||  align="right" |
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| [[River of Hope Fellowship (Vaughn, Montana, USA)|River of Hope Fellowship]] || Vaughn || Montana ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 2008? ||  align="right" | 23  
 
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| [[Shalom Mennonite Church (Epsom, Indiana, USA)|Shalom Mennonite Church]] || Epsom || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1999 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 17 ||  align="right" | 30
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| [[Shalom Mennonite Church (Epsom, Indiana, USA)|Shalom Mennonite Church]] || Epsom || Indiana ||  align="right" | 1999 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 17  
 
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| [[Shekinah Mennonite Fellowship (Croghan, New York, USA)|Shekinah Mennonite Fellowship]] || Castorland || New York ||  align="right" | 1997 ||  align="right" | August 2001 ||  align="right" | 41 ||  align="right" | 55
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| [[Shekinah Mennonite Fellowship (Croghan, New York, USA)|Shekinah Mennonite Fellowship]] || Castorland || New York ||  align="right" | 1997 ||  align="right" | August 2001 ||  align="right" | 41  
 
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| [[Shiloh Mennonite Church (Due West, South Carolina, USA)|Shiloh Mennonite Church]] || Due West || South Carolina ||  align="right" | 1995 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 84 ||  align="right" | 130
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| [[Shiloh Mennonite Church (Due West, South Carolina, USA)|Shiloh Mennonite Church]] || Due West || South Carolina ||  align="right" | 1995 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 84  
 
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| [[Skyline Mennonite Church (Canon City, Colorado, USA)|Skyline Mennonite Church]] || Caon City || Colorado ||  align="right" | 2004 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 67 ||  align="right" | 145
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| [[Skyline Mennonite Church (Canon City, Colorado, USA)|Skyline Mennonite Church]] || Caon City || Colorado ||  align="right" | 2004 ||  align="right" | July 2004 ||  align="right" | 67  
 
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| [[Snow Hill Mennonite Church (Snow Hill, Maryland, USA)|Snow Hill Mennonite Church]] || Snow Hill || Maryland ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 43 ||  align="right" | 50
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| [[Snow Hill Mennonite Church (Snow Hill, Maryland, USA)|Snow Hill Mennonite Church]] || Snow Hill || Maryland ||  align="right" | 1953 ||  align="right" | February 1999 ||  align="right" | 43  
 
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| [[Solid Rock Mennonite Church (Liberty, Kentucky, USA)|Solid Rock Mennonite Church]] || Liberty || Kentucky ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 14 ||  align="right" | 30
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| [[Solid Rock Mennonite Church (Liberty, Kentucky, USA)|Solid Rock Mennonite Church]] || Liberty || Kentucky ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 14  
 
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| [[Strickler's Mennonite Church (Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Strickler's Mennonite Church]] || Middletown || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1837 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 33 ||  align="right" | 48
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| [[Strickler's Mennonite Church (Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Strickler's Mennonite Church]] || Middletown || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1837 ||  align="right" | February 2006 ||  align="right" | 33
 
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| [[Truth and Grace Mennonite Church (Elnora, Indiana, USA)|Truth and Grace Mennonite Church]] || Elnora || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2013 ||  align="right" | 2013 ||  align="right" | 15 ||  align="right" |
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| [[Truth and Grace Mennonite Church (Elnora, Indiana, USA)|Truth and Grace Mennonite Church]] || Elnora || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2013 ||  align="right" | 2013 ||  align="right" | 15  
 
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| [[Two or Three Church (White Cloud, Michigan, USA)|Two or Three Church]] || White Cloud || Michigan ||  align="right" | 2004 ||  align="right" | 2013? ||  align="right" | 10 ||  align="right" |
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| [[Two or Three Church (White Cloud, Michigan, USA)|Two or Three Church]] || White Cloud || Michigan ||  align="right" | 2004 ||  align="right" | 2013? ||  align="right" | 10  
 
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| [[Union Chapel Mennonite Church (Odon, Indiana, USA)|Union Chapel Mennonite Church]] || Odon || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 17 ||  align="right" | 35
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| [[Union Chapel Mennonite Church (Odon, Indiana, USA)|Union Chapel Mennonite Church]] || Odon || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2007 ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 17  
 
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| [[United Bethel Mennonite Church (Plain City, Ohio, USA)|United Bethel Mennonite Church]] || Plain City || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1940 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 236 ||  align="right" | 250
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| [[United Bethel Mennonite Church (Plain City, Ohio, USA)|United Bethel Mennonite Church]] || Plain City || Ohio ||  align="right" | 1940 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 236  
 
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| [[United Covenant Mennonite Church (Etowah, North Carolina, USA)|United Covenant Mennonite Church]] || Etowah || North Carolina ||  align="right" | 1994 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 38 ||  align="right" | 65
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| [[United Covenant Mennonite Church (Etowah, North Carolina, USA)|United Covenant Mennonite Church]] || Etowah || North Carolina ||  align="right" | 1994 ||  align="right" | February 2000 ||  align="right" | 38  
 
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| [[Womelsdorf Mennonite Church (Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, USA)|Womelsdorf Mennonite Church]] || Womelsdorf || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 71 ||  align="right" | 120
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| [[Womelsdorf Mennonite Church (Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, USA)|Womelsdorf Mennonite Church]] || Womelsdorf || Pennsylvania ||  align="right" | 1993 ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 71  
 
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| [[Word of Life Mennonite Church (South Hutchinson, Kansas, USA)|Word of Life Mennonite Church]] || Hutchinson || Kansas ||  align="right" | 2005 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 38 ||  align="right" | 65
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| [[Word of Life Mennonite Church (South Hutchinson, Kansas, USA)|Word of Life Mennonite Church]] || Hutchinson || Kansas ||  align="right" | 2005 ||  align="right" | August 2007 ||  align="right" | 38  
 
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| [[Zion Mennonite Church (Etna Green, Indiana, USA)|Zion Mennonite Church]] || Nappanee || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 2009 ||  align="right" | 12 ||  align="right" | 28
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| [[Zion Mennonite Church (Etna Green, Indiana, USA)|Zion Mennonite Church]] || Nappanee || Indiana ||  align="right" | 2008 ||  align="right" | 2009 ||  align="right" | 12  
 
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| <strong>Totals</strong> || <strong></strong> || <strong></strong> || <strong></strong> || <strong></strong> ||  align="right" | <strong>3,545</strong> ||  align="right" | <strong>4,092</strong>
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| <strong>Totals</strong> || <strong></strong> || <strong></strong> || <strong></strong> || <strong></strong> ||  align="right" | <strong>3,545</strong>  
 
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In an August 1997 meeting, the Conservative Mennonite Conference (CMC) took a vote on the conference's stated position calling baptized woman to wear the prayer veiling. The motion also required ministers' wives to wear the veiling. Approval of the motion required a two-thirds vote; it fell short by one vote. There had earlier been a softening of CMC positions on modesty in dress, and in ministers performing marriages for persons who had been divorced. Some persons also expressed concern about greater use of contemporary worship styles in some CMC churches. A concerned group had been formed in the mid-1990s, but had been ineffective in its appeals to the conference leadership. In February 1997 an extended discussion on the prayer veiling was held in a conference business session, and the lack of conference unity on the issue became evident.

The vote on the prayer veiling was a "final straw" for some leaders who finally left the conference. A meeting of concerned leaders in October 1997 agreed to move toward formation of a new conference, rather than engender further dissension within the CMC. An organizational meeting was held 5-6 June 1998 at the Fairhaven Mennonite Church in West Salem, Ohio at which a constitution was approved and ministerial membership established. Fourteen ministers became charter members of the Biblical Mennonite Alliance (BMA). A Ministerial Enrichment Week was held in February 1999 by which time seven congregations had applied for membership in the Biblical Mennonite Alliance.

The first annual BMA conference was held on 6-8 August 1999 in Plain City, Ohio. At that time 43 ministers and nine congregations representing about 600 members joined the new denomination. Five congregations were formerly members of the Conservative Mennonite Conference: Followers of Jesus Mennonite Church in Brooklyn, New York; Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church in Goshen, Indiana; Snow Hill Mennonite Church in Maryland; Fairhaven Mennonite Church in West Salem, Ohio; and Bethel Mennonite Fellowship in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. The other four congregations were unaffiliated congregations dissatisfied with former conference relationships: Faith Mennonite Fellowship in Crawford, Mississippi; Shiloh Mennonite Church in East Donalds, South Carolina; Calvary Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia; and Mount Zion Mennonite Church in Bladensburg, Ohio. Since 1999, a number of other unaffiliated Mennonite congregations as well as congregations from other Mennonite denominations have joined the alliance.

The 1963 Mennonite Confession of Faith was adopted as the official confession of faith of the denomination. The alliance has operated the Elnora Bible Institute in Elnora, Indiana since 2004, though a Bible institute was held annually beginning in 2000. The mission arm of the BMA is DestiNATIONS International (DNI), which operates a training center in Queens, New York. The Alliance Newsletter, begun in 1998, is the conference periodical.

In 2016 there were 62 congregations in the conference, with 3,545 members.

BMA Congregations

Congregation City State Year Founded Joined BMA Membership
Agape Mennonite Assembly Burton Ohio 1993 February 2000 34
Believers' Fellowship Stuarts Draft Virginia 2003 July 2004 15
Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship Radiant Virginia 2000 August 2000 17
Calvary Mennonite Church Paden Oklahoma 1995 February 2006 36
Calvary Mennonite Fellowship Harrisonburg Virginia 1990 February 1999 159
Central Mennonite Church Dover Delaware 1954 August 2002 165
Christ's Ambassadors St. Elizabeth Jamaica 1974 2007 130
Christian Life Mennonite Beach City Ohio 2001 August 2003 115
Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship Ephrata Pennsylvania 1998 August 2005 168
East Hanover Mennonite Church Palmyra Pennsylvania 1953 July 2004 24
East Union Mennonite Church Orrville Ohio 1945 2011? 66
Fairhaven Mennonite Church West Salem Ohio 1965 February 1999 18
Fair Play Christian Fellowship Fair Play South Carolina 1980 February 2009 18
Faith Mennonite Fellowship Crawford Mississippi 1985 February 1999 66
Faith Mennonite Mission Shellman Georgia 1979 February 2008 26
Followers of Jesus Mennonite Church Brooklyn New York 1986 February 1999 67
Goshen Mennonite Church Laytonsville Maryland 1949 February 2001 24
Grand Mesa Christian Church Delta Cologrado 2014 2014 11
Hartwell Mennonite Church Hartwell Georgia 1989 February 2009 22
Heritage Mennonite Church Millbank Ontario 1998 February 2000 24
Herr Street Mennonite Church Harrisburg Pennsylvania 1953 February 2006 30
High Country Mennonite Church Westcliffe Colorado 2011 2011 47
Juanita Christian Church Port Royal Pennsylvania 2005 August 2007 45
Kossuth Community Chapel Bolivar New York 1983 February 2006 22
Lamb of God Mennonite Church Butler Indiana 2000 August 2000 49
Laws Mennonite Church Harrington Deleware 1953 February 2003 45
Living Water Mennonite Church Goshen Indiana 1999 February 2000 102
Living Word Christian Fellowship Sparta Wisconsin 2001 August 2007 13
Madison Mennonite Fellowship Madison Indiana 1993 August 2001 16
Mohican Valley Door of Hope Danville Ohio 2006 2007 65
Mt. Airy Mennonite Church Mt. Airy Maryland 1952 August 2004 11
Mt. Zion House of Prayer Utica Ohio 1995 August 1999 62
New Holland Mennonite Church Batesburg South Carolina 1986 July 2009 68
New Hope Mennonite Church Orrstown Pennsylvania 2003 August 2004 34
Nickel Mines Mennonite Church Paradise Pennsylvania 1935 August 2002 70
North Vine Mennonite Church Arthur Illinois 1957 August 2008 81
Oak Hill Mennonite Church Cumberland Virginia 1970 August 2000 51
Palm Grove Mennonite Church Sarasota Florida 1953 February 2011 115
Pleasant Grove Conservative Mennonite Church Goshen Indiana 1948 February 1999 170
Potter's House Mennonite Chapel Downing Missouri 2008 July 2011 16
Prairie Christian Fellowship Magrath Alberta 1986 July 2004 30
Red Oak Community Mennonite Church Blountstown Florida 1993 February 2003 40
River of Hope Fellowship Vaughn Montana 2008 2008? 23
Shalom Mennonite Church Epsom Indiana 1999 February 2000 17
Shekinah Mennonite Fellowship Castorland New York 1997 August 2001 41
Shiloh Mennonite Church Due West South Carolina 1995 February 1999 84
Skyline Mennonite Church Caon City Colorado 2004 July 2004 67
Snow Hill Mennonite Church Snow Hill Maryland 1953 February 1999 43
Solid Rock Mennonite Church Liberty Kentucky 2007 August 2007 14
Strickler's Mennonite Church Middletown Pennsylvania 1837 February 2006 33
Truth and Grace Mennonite Church Elnora Indiana 2013 2013 15
Two or Three Church White Cloud Michigan 2004 2013? 10
Union Chapel Mennonite Church Odon Indiana 2007 2008 17
United Bethel Mennonite Church Plain City Ohio 1940 February 2000 236
United Covenant Mennonite Church Etowah North Carolina 1994 February 2000 38
Womelsdorf Mennonite Church Womelsdorf Pennsylvania 1993 2008 71
Word of Life Mennonite Church Hutchinson Kansas 2005 August 2007 38
Zion Mennonite Church Nappanee Indiana 2008 2009 12
Totals 3,545

Bibliography

Canadian Mennonite (13 September 1999).

Emerson, Paul M. BMA: The First Ten Years. Biblical Mennonite Alliance, 2009.

Oswald, Laurie L. "New Conference Carves More Conservative Niche: Former Conservative Conf. Congregations and Others Form a 'Biblical Alliance.'" Mennonite Weekly Review (19 August 1999): 1-2.

Additional Information

Website: Biblical Mennonite Alliance.


Author(s) Richard D. Thiessen
Sam Steiner
Date Published August 2016

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