At a meeting held in the home of Rev. Joseph Goldsmith, on May 8, 1835, it was decided to divide into two congregations, with Naffziger as pastor of the new organization, while Augspurger and Schrock remained with the mother congregation.  The families which united with the new organization were Holly, Naffziger, Iutzi, Brennaman, Kennel, Gingrich, Sommer, Danner, Stecker, Burcky, Schert, Jordy, Conrad and Lehman. 
     The organizations were then distinguished as the Augspurger and Hessian congregations, and by some outside people as the Hook-and-Eye and Button churches.  Each worked independently of the other.  The former emphasized plainness and wore hooks and eyes on their clothes instead of buttons, while the latter permitted freedom in dress and encouraged education.