400 / Chronology of Events

paign and Logan counties of western Ohio

Settlement in Williams County began by Mennonites from eastern Pennsylvania; declined after first generation

1843-1845-Likely dates for the earliest surviving minutes of the Ohio Mennonite Conference

1846-Reformed Mennonites organize congregation in Clark County, Ohio 1848-Mennonites settled in Clark County, Ohio 1849-John M. Brenneman ordained bishop in Fairfield County, Ohio 1852-Division among Holmes County Amish on question of outdoor baptism

in streams

Ephraim Huntsberger founded General Conference Mennonite settlement at Wadsworth in Medina County, Ohio

1855-Death of Bishop Henry Sternen

1857-Amish Mutual Aid Plan organized in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1859-First Sunday school founded in Holmes County, Ohio; lasted only a

few years

John Holdeman of Wayne County, Ohio, began preaching with emphasis on experiential religion; later founded Church of God in Christ, Mennonite

1861-Beginnings of American Civil War

Arrvial of Mennonite refugees in Mahoning County, Ohio, from the state of Virginia in the Confederate States of America

Republication of Christopher Dock's Schulordnung in Columbiana County, Ohio, by Bishop Jacob Nold

1862-First session of Amish Diener Versammlungen (conferences) in Wayne County, Ohio; last session in 1878

Movements and Schisms of Late Nineteenth Century

1863-Publication of Christianity and War, a sermon by John M. Brenneman of Allen County, Ohio, as a response to the Civil War

First permanent Sunday school founded by David Plank in Logan County, Ohio

1864-Herald of Truth, a monthly religious paper published in English and German, appeared and was widely read in Ohio communities 1865-End of Civil War

1866-Henry Egly forms separate congregation with emphasis on holiness; beginning of Defenseless Mennonite Church which became Evangelical Mennonite Church in 1948

Ohio Mennonite Conference approved Mennonite Sunday schools

1872 Jacob Wisler organized a separate conference in Wayne County, Ohio,

on the basis of opposition to Sunday school and other innovations 1882-Conestoga and Millwood congregations in eastern Pennsylvania built

meetinghouses twelve years after division in local Amish churches 1885-John S. Coffman reported visiting Allen, Hancock, Wayne, Medina,

Holmes, Fairfield, Perry, and Hocking counties in evangelistic interests 1889-First young people's meeting at Oak Grove Church in Wayne County,

Ohio

Mennonite Book and Tract Society formed at Orrville, Ohio