and a second printing was distributed to the laity (of course without these pages). Written by bishop Raymond Shirk, he later joined the Midwest side and organized it in his area. The split resulted in about 10% of the members leaving (more than 2500 members) with higher percentages in the Mid Western settlements, like in Christian County, Kentucky about 30 %. In contrast, in Pennsylvania there weren't even any ministers that left to join the Midwest Conference. The official name is "Old Order Midwest Mennonite Conference" (OOMMC) and they had five bishops joining them. In 2021 they had 21 ministers of whom seven were ordained since the split. They also had 7 deacons who joined and in 2021 had 12 ordained deacons. There are several settlements with meeting houses in upstate New York, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois but also in Tennessee, Iowa and Kentucky. The biggest percentage joining them were in New York and Missouri. Parts of a Stauffer Mennonite current split-off (Arthur Martin movement) in Illinois joined them. They exchange ministers with this group and are even present at ordinations. Current reports quote that the shifting of membership from the big Groffdale Mennonite church to the split-off group still grows. The OOMMC works together with the tractor-forbidding former Groffdale Mennonite group of Spencer, Tennessee. A sign of all these combined churches is that their settlements have the right for slightly changed local rulings, instead of the Groffdale Conference nationwide rulings. That means here and there are material items forbidden or permitted which are not forbidden or permitted elsewhere under the same conference "umbrella". It is understood the special settlement variations are accepted if moving in or out from and to another settlement. A nationwide sign of this movement is the agreement on the computer issue. Belief and practice The black carriages (called "Carridge or Fuhr" instead of Amish "Dachwägle") of the Wenger Mennonites distinguish them from the Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who use gray ones. with round corners. Groffdale Conference buggies have a small window in the back and big ones in the upper part of left and right front door. It is also allowed to put rubber on the wheels. Currently just conservative Groffdale Conference members have steel on their wheels, while all Amish must have steel, they are not allowed to have rubber put on it. Stauffer Mennonites and Reidenbachers must also have steel. Smoothly driving carriages