Beachy Amish
Mennonite Internet Archive
1. Most archives materials are from 1991 to present.
2. The collection is not comprehensive.
PURPOSE: to make past historical documents available
to the Beachys for the sake of present-day consideration.
All materials here were previously made available
broadly to Amish-Mennonite people.
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MINISTERS’ MEETINGS MINUTES |
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April 2006 |
Meeting minutes from 2006 (Holmes Co.) |
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April 2007 |
Meeting minutes from 2007 (Hutchinson, KS) |
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April 2008 |
Meeting minutes from 2008 (Arthur, IL) |
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March 2009 |
Meeting minutes from 2009 (Sarasota, FL) |
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April 2010 |
Meeting minutes from 2010 (Goshen, IN) |
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April 2011 |
Meeting minutes from 2011 (Lancaster, PA) |
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April 2012 |
Meeting minutes from 2012 (Plain City, OH) |
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April 2013 |
Meeting minutes from 2013 (Holmes-Wayne Cos.) |
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April 2014 |
Meeting minutes from 2014 (Yoder, KS) |
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BISHOP
COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS, STATEMENTS, AND REPORTS |
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April 1992 |
A Charge to Keep, I Have |
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Fall 1995 |
Television & Radio (ratified in 1999); Divorce & Remarriage |
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April 1997 |
General Report 1997 |
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April 2000 |
Bishop Committee: Proposed Statement of Purpose,
Function, and Structure (ratified) |
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April 2001 |
The Computer, Email, and the Internet |
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April 2001 |
Mountain View Mennonite and the radio |
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April 2002 |
The Covering/Headship Veil |
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April 2003 |
Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage rewrite (ratified) |
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April 2004 |
General Report 2004 |
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April 2005 |
General Report 2005 |
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April 2007 |
Leadership Failure Statement Draft 2007 |
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April 2008 |
Leadership Failure Statement Final 2008 (ratified) |
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April 2010 |
General Report 2010 (constituency unity) |
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April 2011 |
General Report 2011 (constitution) |
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April 2012 |
General Report 2012 |
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April 2012 |
Proposed statement of faith |
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April 2013 |
General Report 2013 |
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April 2014 |
General Report 2014 |
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April 2014 |
Proposed Statement of Faith |
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BISHOP COMMITTEE LETTERS TO MINISTERS |
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Aug. 1991 |
New bishop committee & constituency standard |
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July 1992 |
Soliciting feedback on A Charge to Keep, I Have |
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Feb. 1997 |
Soliciting feedback on continuation of committee |
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Dec. 1997 |
Update on committee direction |
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Mar. 2000 |
Bishop committee Purpose,
Function, … |
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July 2000 |
E-Technology questionnaire |
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Feb. 2010 |
Bishop questionnaire |
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Feb. 2011 |
Reflections/statistics from bishops’ meeting |
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AMISH MENNONITE CONSTITUTIONS |
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Maranatha Amish Mennonite |
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Berea Amish Mennonite |
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Ambassadors Amish Mennonite |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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1958 |
Beachy Affiliation Criteria (ratified) [reprint from E.S. Yoder, 1987, pgs. 270-272] |
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1982 |
Peace, War, and Social Issues (1st ed.) |
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1982 |
European Project (France-Belgium) |
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1995 |
Youth Fellowship Meetings changes |
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2004 |
Peace, War, and Social Issues (2nd ed.) |
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2011 |
Proposal: Amish-Mennonite Historical Association |
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2012 |
Amish-Mennonite Historical Association By-laws |
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2012 |
Amish-Mennonite Population Report 2012 |
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Rotation
of Bishop Committee Members (Rotation
is made Mar/Apr of each year at annual ministers’ meeting) |
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Bishop |
Admitted |
Released |
Positions held |
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Eugene Eicher (IN) |
1991 |
1997 |
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Leonard Overholt (OH) |
1991 |
1998 |
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John Mast (TN) |
1991 |
1999 |
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Bennie Byler (VA) |
1991 |
2000 |
Chairman, 1991-2000 |
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Perry Troyer (OH) |
1991 |
2001 |
Secretary, 1991-2001 |
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Ernest Hochstetler (SC) |
1997 |
2002 |
Chairman, 2000-2002 |
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Ivan Beachy (VA) |
1998 |
2003 |
Secretary 2001-02, Chairman
2002-03 |
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Nelson Beachy (OH) |
1999 |
2004 |
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David Yoder (KS) |
2000 |
2005 |
Vice-Chairman 2001-02,
Secretary 2002-05 |
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Elmer Smucker (TX) |
2001 |
2006 |
Chairman 2003-06 |
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Glenn Yoder (IN) |
2002 |
2007 |
Secretary 2006-07 |
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Joe Peachey (PA) |
2003 |
2007* |
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John U. Lapp (PA) |
2004 |
2009 |
Chairman, 2006-08 |
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Tim Miller (VA) |
2005 |
2010 |
Secretary 2007-2009,
Chairman 2009-2010 |
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Roman B. Mullet (OH) |
2006 |
2011 |
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Raymond King (PA) |
2007 |
2011** |
Secretary 2009-2011 |
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Philip Miller (OH) |
2007* |
2013 |
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David Yoder (KS)† |
2009 |
2014 |
Chairman, 2010-2014 |
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Ivan Beachy (VA)† |
2010 |
2015 (tent.) |
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Laban Kauffman (OH) |
2011 |
2016 (tent.) |
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John U. Lapp (PA) |
2011** |
2012 |
Secretary 2011-2012 |
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Tim Miller (VA)† |
2012 |
2017 (tent.) |
Secretary 2012- |
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Steve Miller (IN) |
2013 |
2018 (tent.) |
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Bobby Miller (OH) |
2014 |
2019 (tent.) |
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Note: No secretary was appointed between the 2005 and
2006 ministers’ meetings.
*Philip Miller was appointed to replace Joe Peachey, who resigned prematurely.
**John U. Lapp was appointed to complete the term of
Raymond King, who resigned prematurely
†Second term
on the bishop committee