In 1992, the Schmiedeleut branch of the Hutterian Brethren split into two groups.   This occurred when a faction arose (Group 2 or Gibb Hutterites) and unsuccessfully tried to remove Elder Jacob Kleinsasser from the eldership, citing various alleged offences against him.

(These allegations ranged from misuse of church funds to his not being conservative enough to disagreement over church decisions among others.  Many of these allegations are chronicled in a fraudulent book, pieced together by a Donald Gibb, hence the name, Gibb Hutterites.) 

In their bid to remove the elder, the Group 2 Hutterites initially attempted to legally ban any Hutterites, who didn't agree with their views, from calling themselves "Hutterite".  Fortunately, the two sides were able to reconcile this particular point, and as a result, the Group 2 Hutterites ceased all legal proceedings relating to name use. 

As part of the attempt to remove the elder, the Group 2 Hutterites created a new Church Constitution which most of them endorsed and signed.  (A church constitution was put in place in 1951 to provide a single voice for all Hutterites when dealing dealing with different governmental departments.)  This essentially formed a new church, different from the original Hutterian Church under Kleinsasser's eldership.  Group 2, after adopting their new Church constitution, assigned a committee of elders to look after their own church affairs.   

The two groups have been in disunity ever since.