Darrell Shuck, left, and Charles Beeghley are shown on the Beeghley family farm south of Lawrence, where the annual Old German Baptist Brethren conference is taking place this weekend. Beeghley is ...

Adherents of the New Conference of the Old German Baptist Brethren try to live by an adage in apparent conflict with itself: “We live in this world, but we are not of this world.” This uneasy ...

What he’s doing is allowing his farm to be home to the annual conference of the Old German Baptist Brethren. When thousands descend on the Beeghley farm Saturday, it will be the first time the ...

Three other non-Amish groups are easily confused with the Amish because they wear distinctive plain dress: Old German Baptist Brethren, Old Order River Brethren, and Hutterites. The two Brethren ...