[2] Deacon Jonas Nolt of the new Aaron Martin group objected to growing and using tobacco and too much modern farm machinery.
[3] In 1952 the new Titus Hoover group in Snyder County was joined by most of the members of the "Reformed Amish Christian Church" from Tennessee which originally was part of the "Amish Christian Church", a group that originally had been established in 1894 near Berne, Indiana, by David Schwartz (1862–1953).
In 1978, they left Snyder County and shifted their center to Scottsville, Kentucky, where they created their main settlement.
Stephan Scott writes: Many people from various backgrounds have been attracted to the Noah Hoover group.
The ultra-conservative stance on technology combined with firm Biblicism, intense spirituality, and high morals standards have had a wide appeal.
[7]Contrary to popular belief, Old Order groups do not simply stay as they always have been, but have to struggle in many ways to adapt to the modern world and to preserve traditions that are important to them.
Because the Noah Hoover Mennonites have such a complicated history of splits and mergers, they are unable to rely on tradition in the same way in which other very conservative groups like, e.g., the Swartzentruber Amish do, so they have had to find out in a longer process how they wish to live.
[12][13] In 2015 the group had the following communities (or church districts or settlements): three in Allen County, Kentucky (two west of Scottsville and one near Holland),[14] two in Missouri (Rich Hill and Richards),[15] one in Ohio, north of Winchester,[16] one in Delano, Tennessee, and three in Belize.
[9] In 2010 their three main Belizean settlements Upper Barton Creek, Springfield and Pine Hill together had a population of 855.