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the conferences and then formed their congregations to become the Old Order Amish. The more progressive branch, comprising approximately two-thirds of all Amish, drifted toward the
Mennonite mainstream over the next decades. They first retained the name Amish Mennonite but eventually dropped the word
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In 2008 they had 1,450 baptized members. In 2010 the "Tampico Amish
Mennonite Churches" had 3,342 adherents, including children and young adults who are not yet baptized. In 2017 there were 18 congregations with 2011 baptized members and in 2014 they had 18 churches, 714 households and more than
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Possession Trance and Plain Coats : The Lives, Times, and
Trances of Amish Mennonite "Sleeping" Preachers Noah Troyer and John D. Kauffman, 1878-1920
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History of Tampico Amish & Modern Technology – Part 1
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581:Don Yoder:
53:Noah Troyer
1357:Anabaptism
1351:Categories
1300:Rumspringa
1285:Amish doll
1157:and others
621:References
509:All states
366:Literature
198:Anabaptist
1320:New Order
1237:Stoltzfus
1070:Geauga II
1043:Lancaster
493:Wisconsin
348:Mennonite
328:Hostetler
237:(German:
235:avoidance
201:Christian
1184:Maryland
1123:Nebraska
1118:Michigan
1067:Geauga I
1058:Buchanan
609:See also
477:Missouri
445:Illinois
429:Kentucky
413:Colorado
397:Arkansas
391:in 2020
386:in 2010
381:in 2000
360:Arkansas
356:Missouri
265:Members
182:Arkansas
178:Missouri
79:Arkansas
75:Missouri
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1205:Ordnung
954:at the
888:at the
262:gations
260:Congre-
167:Tampico
123:boycott
85:History
1242:Troyer
1079:Troyer
1053:Holmes
487:2,056
407:1,034
376:State
320:2,011
309:1,450
298:1,222
57:trance
1367:Amish
1268:Other
1247:Yoder
1128:Renno
1023:Amish
763:Dress
524:4,090
519:3,342
514:2,322
484:1,701
481:1,159
389:Souls
384:Souls
379:Souls
287:~900
281:~1995
194:Amish
143:, to
41:plain
1179:Ohio
539:.
503:260
471:247
461:Iowa
455:388
423:105
358:and
314:2017
303:2008
292:2001
276:143
270:1953
257:Year
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497:169
468:103
452:378
449:504
436:109
404:883
401:433
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