Wenger Mennonites
At first, after their organization in Lancaster County in 1893, the Old Order Mennonites under J. H. Martin prospered. But by 1926 Joseph Wenger and his element disagreed and some formed a separate unit. This separate unit, the Groffdale Conference, had no evening services, used horses and carriages, and the same type of agricultural practices. Their language was German exclusively in the pulpit and considerably in the homes. They advised their boys in World War II days to go to jail rather than accept the Civilian Public Service alternative. They used the singing table and the German hymnal. They numbered over 1,200 in the late 1950s, mostly in eastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. At that time they co-operated with the Addison Gingrich group at St. Jacobs, Ontario, and some Wisler Mennonites in Indiana.
| Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Landis, Ira D. "Wenger Mennonites." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 3 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wenger_Mennonites&oldid=78745.
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Landis, Ira D. (1959). Wenger Mennonites. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 3 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wenger_Mennonites&oldid=78745.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 917. All rights reserved.
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