Milverton Anabaptist Institute Online
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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
- Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario: https://mhso.org/content/mennonite-historical-society-ontario
Amish History Online
Local Sites
Educational
- Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/
Books
- The Amish of Canada: Orland Gingerich, Conrad Press, 1972.
- Mennonites in Canada, 1786-1920: The History of a Separate People, by Frank H. Epp. Toronto: Macmillan, 1974.
- Mennonites in Ontario: Marlene Epp, 1994.
- In Search of Promised Lands, A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario: Samuel J. Steiner, Herald Press, 2015.
- Old Order Mennonites in Canada, Gelassenheit, Discipleship, Brotherhood: Donald Martin, 2003.
- The Mennonites of St. Jacobs and Elmira, Understanding the Variety: Barbara Draper, Pandora Press, 2010.
- A Brief History of the Mennonites in Ontario: LJ Burkholder, Mennonite Conference of Ontario, 1935.
- New Beginnings, A History of the Old Order Mennonites of Ontario, Urias Weber, Vinyard Publications, 2018.
Publishers
- 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 Conference
- Independent Old Order Mennonite Church
- Orthodox Mennonite Church
- Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference
- Conservative Mennonite Conference of Ontario
- Midwest Mennonite Fellowship
- Old Colony Mennonites
- Kleine Gemeinde
- Church of God in Christ, Mennonite
- Reformed Mennonites
- Beachy Amish Mennonites: http://www.beachyam.org/
- Maranatha Amish Mennonites
- Milverton Amish
- Aylmer Amish
- Schwartzentruber Amish
- Troyer Amish
Independent Anabaptist Churches
- Anchor of Hope Anabaptist Fellowship, Stratford
- Berean Christian Fellowship, Millbank, Perth East
- New Life Church, Milverton, Perth East
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
- GLB Anabaptists (GLBA)
Other
- To add a link to this site, please email: milvertonanabaptist@gmail.com
