79:. Traditional Mennonites are opposed to everything that has to do with war. In 1945/46 a controversy about church discipline led to the withdrawal of the vast majority of the members of the shortly before established Phares O. Stauffer group forming a new group which choose Aaron Martin as minister and later as bishop.
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Contrary to popular belief, Old Order groups do not simply stay as they always have been, but have to struggle in many ways to adapt to the modern world and to preserve traditions that are important to them. Because the Noah Hoover
Mennonites have such a complicated history of splits and mergers,
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In 1961 the Titus Hoover group, from which the Noah
Hoovers emerged, had 64 members. Of these members, 43 were of Reformed Amish Christian Church descent. In 1987 the Noah Hoovers had about 150 members and a total population that can be estimated at around 400. Around 1996 the group had
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Hoovers tried to merge, but in the end less than half of the ones, who had left the David Martins chose to unite with the Titus Hoovers and move to Pennsylvania. The ones, who did not merge with the Titus Hoovers, tried to merge with the
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Mennonites believe in the same Mennonite principles as other Old Order Mennonites. Concerning the use of technology, the group is the most conservative of all Mennonite groups as they permit no engine power at all. Their
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Many people from various backgrounds have been attracted to the Noah Hoover group. The ultra-conservative stance on technology combined with firm
Biblicism, intense spirituality, and high morals standards have had a wide
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and since men wear beards, they can easily be taken for Old Order Amish, only the fact that they also wear mustaches distinguishes them from the Amish. They use mostly
Standard German for Church and Bible reading, and
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Deacon Jonas Nolt of the new Aaron Martin group objected to growing and using tobacco and too much modern farm machinery. He felt strongly that chicks should be hatched by brooding hens instead of being bought from a
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The Noah Hoover
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Mennonites. The group differs from other Old Order Mennonites by having settlements outside the US and Canada
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87:. The people around him formed a new group in 1949 that over several years attracted more and more people from the Aaron Martin group and eventually choose Titus B. Hoover (1925–2016) as bishop.
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The events that led to the Noah Hoover
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