David Martin Mennonites
David Martin Mennonites are Old Order Mennonites in Wellington County, Ontario and Waterloo Region, Canada. There group started after a division in 1917, concerning issues of discipline, from the Old Order Mennonite Conference in Ontario (est.1889). They do not cooperate with other Old Order groups. They do not own automobiles but do utilize certain aspects of modern technology, such as cellphones and computers, primarily for business.
Demographics
In 1925 there were 55 adult member in the group. In 1942 there were 72 adult members and 92 children and in 1952 89 adult members and 183 children.[1] In the 1990s they had more than 400 adult members.[2]Around the year 2000 the David Martin Mennonites counted about 350 households, which would mean about 2100 people.[3] In 2010 there were about 3,500 people in the group.
References
- Fretz, J. Winfield (1989). The Waterloo Mennonites: A Community in Paradox. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-985-5.
- Martin, Donald (2003). Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, Brotherhood. Herald Press, Waterloo, Ontario.
- ↑ Donald Martin: Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, and Brotherhood", Kitchener, Ontario 2003, page 174/5.
- ↑ Stephen Scott: An Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups, page 67.
- ↑ Donald Martin: Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, and Brotherhood", Kitchener, Ontario 2003, page 176.