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Conservative Mennonites (view source)
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Another group was the only Conference to remain conservative namely, the ''Washington County, Maryland/Franklin County, Pennsylvania Conference'' (founded in 1790) centered mostly around Hagerstown, Maryland. Their history to 1960 has been published.<ref>Daniel R. Lehman, ''Mennonites of the Washington County, Maryland and Franklin County, Pennsylvania Conference'', Eastern Mennonite Publications, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1990.</ref>
Another group was the only Conference to remain conservative namely, the ''Washington County, Maryland/Franklin County, Pennsylvania Conference'' (founded in 1790) centered mostly around Hagerstown, Maryland. Their history to 1960 has been published.<ref>Daniel R. Lehman, ''Mennonites of the Washington County, Maryland and Franklin County, Pennsylvania Conference'', Eastern Mennonite Publications, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1990.</ref>
A third grouping peacefully requested to withdraw from the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference]] (located centrally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) in 1968 requesting to keep the 1954 discipline that was being revised. This group bears the name of the ''Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church''.
A third grouping peacefully requested to withdraw from the Lancaster Mennonite Conference (located centrally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) in 1968 requesting to keep the 1954 discipline that was being revised. This group bears the name of the ''Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church''.
Another group geographically centered in York and Adams counties in Pennsylvania withdrew later from the Lancaster Conference in the early 1970s under the direction of their bishop Richard Danner. They are called the ''Conservative Mennonite Churches of York and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania''.
Another group geographically centered in York and Adams counties in Pennsylvania withdrew later from the Lancaster Conference in the early 1970s under the direction of their bishop Richard Danner. They are called the ''Conservative Mennonite Churches of York and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania''.