The Tobe Amish, also called Tobe Hochstetler Amish, Old Order Tobe Amish or just Old Order Tobe to distinguish them from the

New Order Tobe Amish The New Order Tobe Amish, or often only New Order Tobe, are a small subgroup of Amish that belongs to the New Order Amish. In 1967, they split from the Tobe Amish, who in 1940 had split from the Troyer Amish, a very conservative group.

, are a small subgroup of the Old Order Amish, that emerged in 1940 through a split from the Troyer Amish. They live in

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History

The Tobe Amish have their roots in the most conservative Amish subgroup, the

Swartzentruber Amish The Swartzentruber Amish are one of the largest and most conservative subgroups of Amish, Old Order Amish. The Swartzentruber Amish are considered a subgroups of Amish, subgroup of the Old Order Amish, although they do not fellowship or intermarry ...

, who split from the Old Order mainstream in a process from 1913 to 1917. In 1932 the somewhat less conservative Troyer Amish split from the Swartzentrubers and in 1940 the Tobe Church split from the Troyers. The more progressive group that left the Troyers in 1940 was led by minister Tobias (Tobe) Hochstetler, who was accused of dishonesty in a business dealing. The group led by Hochstetler consisted mostly of his extended family, comprising only some 5 to 6 nuclear families. In 1967 there was another split from which the

emerged.

Population and congregations

In 2011 the Old Order Tobe Amish had 10 church districts in 4 settlements. According to Kraybill et al. the defection rate of their young people is 6.1 percent.Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Steven M. Nolt: The Amish, Baltimore, MD, 2013, page 163.

References

{{Amish Old Order Amish Ohio culture * Pennsylvania Dutch culture in Ohio Christian organizations established in 1967 Anabaptist denominations established in the 20th century Christian denominations founded in the United States