"MARTIN BOEHM, who lived near what is now Baum gardner's Station, was ordained to the ministry in 1758 when he was 33 years old as an assistant to Bishop Hostetter and three years later 1761, upon the death of the venerable bishop, he was elevated to that position, but believing that the Church was not aggressive enough in battling sin and the evils of the world, and that the discipline and restrictions were too formal and exacting, he soon began to associate with men of other creeds and denominations which did not practice the nonresistant doctrine, and the other ordinances of the Church of which he was one of the pastors and bishops. In 1766 he preached the memorable sermon which is often mentioned in church history in Isaac Long's barn near Lititz, after which it is said pastor Otterbein of the Reformed Church embraced him and said "We are brethren". From that incident, which led to the uniting of these leaders of influence, the United Brethren Church originated and developed into one of the strongest and most influential Christian denominations in the state, but the principles of nonresistance plainness of attire and the washing of the saints feet, which Bishop Boehm tried to carry with him into the new organization, were losing ground already in his lifetime and have now disappeared from the ordinances and regulations of the Church which he believed could be kept free from the worldly habits and practices without the discipline practiced and adhered to by his fathers.". [1]
1725 Martin Behm was born on 30 November. [2] [3]
Martin Behm was a bishop in the United Brethren Church. [4] [5]
Martin Behm was married to Eve Stoner (born c 1735), daughter of Hans Steiner of Conestoga Twp. [6] [7]
[1] Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (1931), 103.
[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Beam 23, [Website].
[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Steiner 7118, [Website].
[4] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Beam 23, [Website].
[5] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Steiner 7118, [Website].
[6] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Beam 23, [Website].
[7] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Steiner 7118, [Website].