 The Budget, main building and sign | |
| City | Sugarcreek |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
The Budget is a USweekly newspaper published inOhio for and by members of various plainAnabaptist Christian communities including theAmish,Amish Mennonite,Beachy Amish, as well as plainMennonite andBrethren communities.The Budget began publishing in 1890. The paper was known as The Weekly Budget up to the time the Royal Printing Company began publishing it in 1920.[citation needed]
Currently,The Budget is published in two editions: a local edition and a national edition, each with different content and readership. The local edition includes the national edition inside. The most unique thing about the Budget is that it consists mainly of columns written and sent in by Scribes in various plainAnabaptist communities all around the world. The Budget Scribes document community events such as baptisms, weddings, births and funerals, as well as information on church attendance, visitors, weather, accidents or illnesses, agricultural happenings, special church and school events. It is similar to a collection ofcircle letters, allowing folks to keep up with friends and relatives who live in far-flung plain communities.
Although the founder and first editor ofThe Budget from 1890 though 1913 was Amish Mennonite John C. Miller, nicknamed "Budget John", the paper was not founded as an Anabaptist paper but as a local paper in Sugarcreek, Ohio.[1]: 189 Amish Mennonite minister Samuel H. Miller was the second editor through 1920. He was followed by S.A. Smith until 1930, when Smith's son George R. Smith took over until 1969. Keith Rathbun, formerly of theCleveland Scene alternative weekly, served as publisher from 2000 - 2016. Milo G. Miller[2] took the lead as publisher in 2017.
The local edition focuses on stories of local interest in several Ohio counties, and includes several pages of non-Amish-specific content. It is the most-read newspaper in its area includingHolmes County as well as parts ofTuscarawas,Wayne andCoshocton counties.
Despite its name, the national edition is published not only nationwide but in several other countries in the Americas as well as overseas.
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