Indiana Spirit Quest #382: Peter, Peter Traditional Cache

The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just over a year and a half, the quest has grown to over three hundred seventy caches hidden in thirty-eight Indiana counties, and two Ohio counties, and the hiders have grown to eighteen cacher teams, most of which of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans. Over 800 cacher teams have logged over 9,100 finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ caches in a single day (daylight hours only).

Digital Photographs by Lead Dog

Welcome to the German Baptist Old Order Cemetery in Jackson Township, Koskiusko County, Indiana. A very neat big old church here, and big parking lot. Do you want to buy this church? ...

The Old Order German Baptist Brethren are a small group of Brethren that split from the Old German Baptist Brethren (OGBB) in 1921. Though similar to the Old German Baptist Brethren in faith and practice, the Old Order German Baptist Brethren represent those who desired to maintain a strict adherence to tradition. When members of the OGBB began to accept automobiles, this group split from them. They were horse and buggy Brethren group.

In the late 1800s, the Brethren movement divided into three main groups: (1) the conservatives, now known as the "Old Order German Baptist Brethren," (2) the moderates, now known as the "Church of the Brethren," and the liberals, now known as the "Brethren Church." In 1926, a conservative wing of the Church of the Brethren broke off, adopting the name, "Dunkard Brethren." There are still Bible-believing, conservative Brethren members among the Church of the Brethen, but most conservative Brethren are to be found today among the Old Order German Baptist Brethren and the Dunkard Brethren.

The Old Order German Baptist Brethren hold a nationwide annual meeting during the time of Pentecost each year. Brethren travel from all over the country to attend their annual meetings, which provide wonderful times of fellowship for them. They also make decisions at their annual meetings concerning various church and lifestyle issues.

In dress, the German Baptist Brethren look somewhat similar to the Amish. However, unlike the Amish, they use cars, electricity, and most modern amenities. Nevertheless, by tradition, they hold their annual meetings in a large tent, which is normally set up on one of the member's farms.

A similar horse and buggy group was founded in 1939. They are called the Old Brethren German Baptist.

Mama Heeter had a GREAT sense of humour

FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE!! OH, YEAH!

The cache container is a plastic 35 mm film can, now upgraded March '06 to a Spice Jar . Please screw lid on correctly and tightly. BYOP. You MUST sign the log to claim a smilie. If you cache at night, or don't sign the log, or reveal the additional hint in your log, or don't fulfill any additional requirements, your find log will be deleted without notice... The cache is not located near a grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out. xxxxxx

None genuine without this official SixDogTeam seal. Digital photographs taken by Lead Dog, (C) 2005 by RikSu Outfitters with Kodak equipment, unless otherwise noted.

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