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Rumspringa (Pennsylvania German pronunciation: [ˈrʊmˌʃprɪŋə]), [2] also spelled Rumschpringe or Rumshpringa (lit. ' running around ', [3] from Pennsylvania German rumschpringe ' to run around; to gad; to be wild '; [4] compare Standard German herum-, rumspringen ' to jump around '), is a rite of passage during adolescence, used in some Amish communities.
The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...
Amish man operating a hay rake in southeast Ohio Amish children playing baseball, Lyndonville, New York. Having children, raising them, and socialization with neighbors and relatives are important functions of family in the Amish culture. Amish believe large families are a blessing from God. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. It has been suggested that this article be merged with Amish in Canada. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships This article is about a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships. For other uses, see Amish (disambiguation ...
[3] [4] [5] He also wrote a regular column in the Amish magazine Family Life, until he left the Amish and created the "Christian Communities". [6] Elmo Stoll helped a young couple, seekers of French-Canadian background, Marc Villeneuve and his wife, to join the Amish community at Aylmer. This young man started to raise questions about several ...
When he was 17 years old on Jan. 18, 2014, Swartzentruber fled his community in Harmony, Minnesota, and faced the arduous task of rebuilding his life, he told KARE.
Eli Stutzman Jr. was an Amish gay man who was convicted of several murders, including abandoning his son, Daniel, in a cornfield in Nebraska. On Christmas Eve, 1985, a man found the frozen body of ...
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. [2]