Biblical Mennonite Alliance

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The Biblical Mennonite Alliance (BMA) is a moderately conservative constituency within the Anabaptist tradition and practice. The group resulted from a split with the Conservative Mennonite Conference. In a 1999 meeting, CMC took a vote that failed to uphold the required practice of the woman’s veiling. This was the final straw in a series of issues that increasingly alienated conservative congregations within the conference. These churches broke from CMC and formed BMA.^[1] In the 2005 BMA Directory, the membership was calculated to be at 1,669. BMA retains a governmental body similar to CMC and individual congregational practice still varies widely.

[edit] See also

• Amish Mennonite

[edit] Notes

1. ^ D.L. Miller 1999

[edit] References

• Biblical Mennonite Alliance: Annual Directory 2005. Biblical Mennonite Alliance.
• Miller, D.L. 1999. “Observations.” Calvary Messenger, Vol. 30, No. 10, 23.