These church groups are formally part of the MCC ministry by having
representation on the MCC East Coast board of directors.
I. River Brethren Family
A. United Zion,
11 congregations; 900 members located in Pennsylvania.
B. Brethren in Christ,
164 congregations; 16,575 members
Allegheny
BIC Conference, 36 congregations, 4,215 members, located
in Maryland, Pennsylvania (largest population) and West Virginia
Atlantic
BIC Conference, 47 congregations; 6,221 members, located
in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania (largest population)
Southeast
BIC Conference, 45 congregations 2,421 members, located in
Florida (largest population), Georgia and Virginia (ten congregations
are outside MCC EC boundaries)
Susquehanna
BIC Conference, 36 congregations, 3,718 members, located
in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania (largest population)
II. Mennonite Family
A. "Independent" Mennonite Conferences, 98 congregations;
14,440 members
Weaverland Conference*,
29 congregations, 5,000 members, located in New York, Pennsylvania (largest
population) and Virginia.
Groffdale Conference*,
24 congregations, 5,170 members, located in New York and Pennsylvania
(largest population)
Conservative
Conference*, 30 congregations,
3,610 members, located in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New
York (largest population) and Virginia
Caribbean Evangelical Mennonite Mission,
5 congregations; 198 members, located in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Mennonite Conference, 10
congregations; 462 members, located in Puerto Rico
B. Mennonite Church USA,
442 congregations; 47,545 members
Allegheny
Conference, 32 congregations; 3,121 members, located in Delaware,
Pennsylvania (largest population) and West Virginia
Atlantic
Coast Conference, 30 congregations; 4,070 members, located
in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and
Pennsylvania (largest population).
Eastern
District, 16 congregations; 2,151 members, located in Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania (largest population).
Franconia
Conference, 44 congregations; 6,700 members, located in New
Jersey, Pennsylvania (largest population) and Vermont
Franklin
Conference, 14 congregations; 1,186 members, located in Maryland
and Pennsylvania (largest population).
Lancaster
Conference, 191 congregations; 17,496 members, located in
Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania (largest population) and Washington
DC
New
York (State) Conference, 17 congregations; 1,304 members,
located in New York
Southeast Conference, 31 congregations;
2,700, located in Florida (largest population), Georgia and South Carolina
Virginia Conference,
67 congregations; 8,817, located in North Carolina, Virginia (largest
population), Washington DC, West Virginia (four congregations are outside
the MCC EC boundaries)
C. Mennonite Brethren
North Carolina District, 6 congregations;
209 members, located in North Carolina
III. Amish Family
A. Beachy Amish*, 36 congregations;
3,000 members, located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Maine,
New York, Pennsylvania (largest population), South Carolina and Virginia
B. Old Order Amish*, 283 congregations;
19,000 members, located in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania
(largest population), Virginia and West Virginia.
TOTALS: 1,040 congregations with 101,669 members
*The numbers appearing here represent
only the East Coast portion of these groups. Each group has congregations
beyond the East Coast region.
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