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Chapters: Mennonite Church Usa, Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations, Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church, Swartzentruber Amish, Mennonite Church Canada, Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand, Troyer Amish, Old Order German Baptist Brethren, New Order Amish, Old Brethren German Baptist. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Mennonite Church USA represents the largest group of Mennonite Christians in the United States. Although the organization is a recent 2002 merger of existing Mennonite groups, the body has roots in the Radical Reformation of the 16th century. Mennonites make up a large portion of a movement within Christianity called Anabaptism (meaning "baptized again"). The formation of an Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1525 is considered by many to be the beginning of a recognizable Mennonite doctrinal and historical existence. They were named after the Dutch Anabaptist leader Menno Simons (14961561). Mennonites first arrived in America chiefly through the efforts of William Penn of Pennsylvania. Penn visited Mennonite districts in Europe, offering them freedom from persecution and an invitation to come to Pennsylvania. Mennonite Church USA came into existence through the merger of the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church. Total 2006 membership in the Mennonite Church USA was 110,696 members in 950 congregations. There are about 1.6 million Mennonites worldwide as of 2009. Dutch and German immigrants from Krefeld, Germany, settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1683. Swiss Mennonites came to North America in the early part of the 18th century. Their first settlements were in Pennsylvania, then in Virginia and Ohio. These Swiss immi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=426812 ... Read more