Tag Archives: Menno-Hof

Elkhart, LaGrange County On IHS Bicentennial Road Trip

InkFreeNews.com Posted May 31, 2016  Updated: May 31, 2016 @ 11:01 AM

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Historical Society Press is planning a literary Bicentennial road trip and both Elkhart and LaGrange Counties made the short list. Nappanee’s Amish Acres and Shipshewana’s Menno-Hof are among the historic sites and landmarks recognized with the release of, “Road Trip: A Pocket History of Indiana,” … Read More

Indiana At 200 — Amish Thriving In Northern Indiana

InkFreeNews.com Posted Mar 26, 2016  Updated: Mar 24, 2016 @ 9:02 PM

By ANDREA NEAL In an era of declining church membership for most Christian denominations, one group of believers is experiencing healthy, unprecedented growth. In 2014, the estimated Amish population in Indiana exceeded 50,000, according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. That’s bigger … Read More