Milverton Anabaptist Institute Online

Milverton Anabaptist Institute Online (MAIO) was created on April 12, 2025 in the Township of Perth East, Ontario, Canada. The Milverton Anabaptist Institute, an educational ministry, was previously established on January 21, 2025, in celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the founding of Swiss Anabaptism. This online site is a resource for everything Anabaptist in the province of Ontario.

Milverton is the largest community in the Township of Perth East, and the center of Ontario's Amish Country. An Amish congregation was first established there over 150 years ago, in 1874.

Mennonite History Online

• Old Order Mennonite Groups in Ontario

• Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario: https://mhso.org/content/mennonite-historical-society-ontario

Amish History Online

• Amish Mennonites in Ontario

Local Sites

• Perth East Amish and Mennonites

Educational

• Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/

Books

• The Amish of Canada: Orland Gingerich, Conrad Press, 1972.https://www.pandorapress.com/store/p305/The_Amish_of_Canada%2C_by_Orland_Gingerich.html#/

• Mennonites in Canada, 1786-1920: The History of a Separate People, by Frank H. Epp. Toronto: Macmillan, 1974.https://www.mennonitesincanada.ca/

• Mennonites in Ontario: Marlene Epp, 1994.https://www.mhso.org/content/mennonites-ontario-0

• In Search of Promised Lands, A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario: Samuel J. Steiner, Herald Press, 2015. https://www.mennomedia.org/9781513800318/in-search-of-promised-lands/

• Old Order Mennonites in Canada, Gelassenheit, Discipleship, Brotherhood: Donald Martin, Pandora Press, 2003.https://www.amazon.ca/Old-Order-Mennonite-Ontario-Gelassenheit/dp/1894710339

• The Mennonites of St. Jacobs and Elmira, Understanding the Variety: Barbara Draper, Pandora Press, 2010. https://www.pandorapress.com/store/p140/The_Mennonites_of_St._Jacobs_And_Elmira%3A_Understanding_the_Variety%2C_by_Barb_Draper.html#/

• A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario: LJ Burkholder, Mennonite Conference of Ontario, 1935.https://www.abebooks.com/Brief-History-Mennonites-Ontario-Giving-Description/31676771941/bd

• New Beginnings, A History of the Old Order Mennonites of Ontario, Urias Weber, Vinyard Publications, 2018.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42739490-new-beginnings

• The Waterloo Mennonites, A Community in Paradox: J. Winfield Fretz, Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1989.https://www.amazon.ca/Waterloo-Mennonites-Community-Paradox/dp/0889209847

Publishers

• Pandora Press, Kitchener: https://www.pandorapress.com/shop-pandora-press-titles.html#/

• Pathway Publishers, Aylmer: https://pathway-publishers.com/

• CMCO Publications, Barwick

• Vinyard Publications, Wallenstein

Genealogy

• Ezra Eby Revived: https://ezraeby.com/

• Waterloo Region Generations: https://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca/

Denominations

• Mennonite Church Eastern Canada: https://mcec.ca/

• Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches: https://onmb.org/

• Old Order Mennonite Church in Ontario

• Independent Old Order Mennonite Church

• Wellesley Orthodox Mennonites

• Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference

• Conservative Mennonite Church of Ontario https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Conservative_Mennonite_Church_of_Ontario

• Midwest Mennonite Fellowship https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Midwest_Mennonite_Fellowship

• Old Colony Mennonites https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Old_Colony_Mennonites#Old_Colony_Mennonite_Church.2C_1958

• Kleine Gemeinde https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kleine_Gemeinde

• Church of God in Christ, Mennonite https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Church_of_God_in_Christ,_Mennonite_(CGC)#Church_of_God_in_Christ.2C_Mennonite_Congregations_in_Canada.2C_2020

• Reformed Mennonites https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Reformed_Mennonite_Church

• Beachy Amish Mennonites: http://www.beachyam.org/

• Maranatha Amish Mennonites https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Maranatha_Amish_Mennonite_Churches

• Milverton Amish https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/milverton-about-the-areas-amish-mennonite-history

• Aylmer Amish https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Old_Order_Amish

• Schwartzentruber Amish https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swartzentruber_Amish

• Troyer Amish

• Be in Christ Church: https://beinchrist.ca/

Independent Anabaptist Churches

• Anchor of Hope Anabaptist Fellowship, Stratford

• Berean Christian Fellowship, Millbank, Perth East: https://bereanchurch.ca/

• New Life Church, Milverton, Perth East: https://www.hessonchurch.com/

General Resources

• Global Anabaptist Wiki: https://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Global_Anabaptist_Wiki

• Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online: https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Welcome_to_GAMEO

• Mennonite Archives of Ontario, Conrad Grebel University College: https://uwaterloo.ca/mennonite-archives-ontario/

• Mennonite Central Committee Ontario: https://mcc.org/

• Pathway Historical Library, Aylmer

Other

• Gnostic Anabaptists

• GLB Anabaptists

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• To add a link to this site, please email: milvertonanabaptist@gmail.com

See Also

S. S. G. Edwards