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Who was “Beachy”?

April 26, 2017beachy

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Who was “Beachy”?

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Moses Beachy was the bishop of an Old Order Amish congregation in Somerset County, PA, in the 1920s. He led part of the congregation to start a new Amish Mennonite group. The group went by his name, Beachy. Beachy churches do not look to him today as the affiliation’s leader or single man of inspiration or a holder of special, unique doctrine or influence, but rather carry the name “Beachy” from what was once a way to distinguish Beachy’s Amish from the other Amish in the community.