The Weaverland Old Order Mennonite Conference is a faction of Old Order Mennonites, which divided in 1927 CE over disagreements over the use of automobiles. Those opposed to car usage became the Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church

Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church

Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church is the largest Old Order Mennonite group to use horse-drawn carriages for transportation. Their black carriages distinguish them from the Amish, who use gray ones. They are mainly rural people, using steel-wheeled tractors to work small farms...

 (also named for Bishop Joseph Wenger

Joseph Wenger (bishop)

Joseph Wenger was an Old Order Mennonite preacher, who, in the 1927 schism of the Weaverland Old Order Mennonite Conference was ordained bishop by bishops in Indiana, Michigan, and Virginia, and made head of a new branch broken from the Weaverland Conference...

). The remainder of the Weaverland Conference are known known as the Horning Church

Horning Church

The Horning Church are an Old Order Mennonite denomination, known for their adoption of the automobile. This group remained from the fragmenting of the Weaverland Conference following the 1927 schism of the Wenger Church which rejected the car...

or "Black-bumper Mennonites" for their past custom of purchasing cars but covering up the flashy chrome with black paint.