Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowships (Ireland)

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Overview

The Beachy Amish Mennonites form part of the Anabaptist denomination with links to Old Order Amish Mennonites, which are the one of the most conservative groups between all Anabaptist-Mennonite ideologies. It was founded in 1992 by the Irish-American William McGrath, who after being involved in World War 2, started to establish Mennonite churches and fellowships worldwide.He established churches in different parts of the world such as Germany and Switzerland, but according to his faith he decided to bring the Mennonite fellowships close to his old ancestors. The only Amish presence in Ireland is found on the Dunmore Amish Beachey Fellowship were they support the 1632 Dordrecht Confession of Faith and maintained different practices and beliefs from other Mennonite groups. and also maintained a set of distinctive practices and limits on lifestyle choices. They are a very conservative modern group that is rooted in other Old Order Amish groups. The Beachy Amish Mennonites moved out of this Old stream in 1950 as a consequence of the interest in automobile ownership and other ideologies that involved the contribution to population growth Anderson (2001)Also on his visions on gender roles, way of dressing and engagement with the scripture. Service programs have maintained the Beachy Amish denomination connected with other churches such as: The Ambassadors Amish Mennonite, Marantha Amish Mennonite, Barea Amish Mennonite, Mennonite Christian fellowship and the Midwest Beachy Amish Mennonite.

History: Crucial Moments in The History of Amish Beachey Fellowships in Ireland

The history of the Amish Beachey started all they way back to the 15th century, when Europe became interested in the study of the Bible and sacred texts. The Protestant Reformation started the protestant movement against the church in power at that time in Europe. Their goal was to include the New Testament principles on the people by their obedience of faith and devotion to Christ in earth. The first movement started by the Swiss Brethren believers and then moved to what we call today Anabaptists. The name ‘’Anabaptist” emerged because of their different ideologies and practices of baptism at an adult age. So people though they were being ‘’re-baptized” but they were actually being baptized for the first time.

In 1693, Jakob Amman and his followers expressed their concerns to people in power such as Hans Reist, expressing his highly conservative points of view. Ammon showed his concerns towards excommunicated people, his beliefs on foot washing and uniformity in dress. But he was just seen as the Radical figure of the Reformation and Reist as the one of the normal party. Ammon succeeded in that the practice of foot washing was introduced to the Swiss church at that time, but his group remained secluded until the post-Reformation. People followed his journey around the world and decided to come up with a name related to Jacob Amman for their sub-group and since then they were called “Amish.” The Amish division led by Amman from 1693 to 1698 marked an important and complex event within the Anabaptist community at that time. A sub-group was emerging out of a minority group at the time of the Reformation, which created uncertainties among those practicing the faith. Amman’s separation movement responded to the concern of the“Amish” with practices taking place at that time such as the women’s head veiling and cut hair, television, and clothing items. With the Amish division of the 1860's the Amish community produced to different types of groups:The Old Order Amish, which were very conservative and secluded to Amish Mennonites who were more active in missionary services to other countries, including the United States. The major differences between them was the views on social activism and mission.The Beachy Amish Mennonites are a third generation Amish Mennonites who came to the Americas in 1900, and had a great expansion from the 1950's to the 1990's.

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[Media:2006asiapacific.pdf|2006 Mennonite World Conference Directory for Asia/Pacific]]