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Amish people and other Anabaptists in the French region of Alsace experienced persecution during the reign of Louis XIV. The expulsion of Anabaptists from France was ordered in 1712. During the reign of Napoleon, the obligation that Amish people take up arms caused many Amish people to leave France for colonial America. [3]
Her trepidation wasn't grounded in fear of religious punishment, but it stifled her voice all the same. "I was still not comfortable talking to people about it. Even non-Amish people, I often felt ...
The Amish recognized that where business is going in the world today, if we want to keep up and be successful, we're going to have to allow some things in. I wanted answers, and I wasn't getting them
The Daily Yonder reports that as the Amish population in America grows, Amish communities — and their rural neighbors — are finding ways to adapt. Across the country, Amish populations are on ...
According to Albrecht Powell, the Pennsylvania Amish has not always been the largest group of U.S. Amish as is commonly thought. The Amish population in the U.S. numbers more than 390,000 and is growing rapidly (around 3-4% per year), due to large family size (seven children on average) and a church-member retention rate of approximately 80%."
Edward Gingerich (1966 – January 14, 2011) was an Amish man from Rockdale Township, Pennsylvania, who was convicted of manslaughter in the 1993 death of his wife, Katie. [1] He was the first Amish person to be convicted of homicide.
New details have emerged in an alleged harassment case of a Sauk County Amish community that resulted in the School District of Reedsburg canceling the opening two games of the varsity high school ...
When people refer to the Amish today, they normally refer to the Old Order Amish, though there are other subgroups of Amish. [8] The Amish fall into three main subgroups—the Old Order Amish, the New Order Amish , and the Beachy Amish —all of whom wear plain dress and live their life according to the Bible as codified in their church's Ordnung .