Comments on: Do Amish evangelize?

By: Mrs. White

Mrs. White — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:31:04 +0000

This is very good – Anabaptist History by Dean Taylor;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21zdEHYDHs

Dean Taylor’s webpage:
http://www.anabaptistslive.com/

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:57:05 +0000

I have known some menonites that dont wear hair coverings .They dress like everyone else for most part an that they do lots of mission activitys an work . They do believe women shldnt wear jeans or other items that are considerd mens clothing.

By: Jessica G.

Jessica G. — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:35:30 +0000

We (Anabaptists) have Communion instead of the Eucharist. It is similar, but we believe it is an Ordinance (a symbolic ritual that recalls a spiritual truth) rather than the real body and blood of Christ.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:12:20 +0000

Yes their humility is amazing but they don’t have the Eucharist (I think).

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:54:51 +0000

Just talked today with a New, New Order Amish man, who lives in the Walhonding,Ohio community,,,and they took a Charter bus load of young people to pass out Gospel CDs on the streets of New York City….
They took 4000 along and the people were taking them, so fast that they were running out of them,,,,

Let’s all ask ourselves,”what am I doing to help in the kingdom of God?” and be sure that all are doing his and her best ,for God’s glory

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:18:39 +0000

I spent the weekend with a Beachy group (my first visit to a Mennonite church) and Sunday evening before church, I was invited to go out singing hymns in a nursing home nearby with the church youth. It was an interesting experience and I felt blessed to go along. There was no preaching or passing out tracts, but I would consider it a form of evangelism. Beachy, I understand are probably more evangelistically-minded than a lot of conservative Anabaptists. But like other conservative groups, evangelism takes less the form of preaching and more serving.

By: Ernie Yoder

Ernie Yoder — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:27:59 +0000

The Amish (overall) see themselves as those that need to sweep their own house rather than sweeping someone else’s house. There is always work to be done in my own heart, or those of my family. Many will apply the words of Jesus to pull the beam from our own eye so we can see better to cast out the mote in a brother’s eye.

There certainly are exceptions to the above view. There are Amish that will share their testimonies- on the street, in prison, or wherever it may be. They love the Lord and truly desire to do all they can to help others find the truth.

I do have a concern that the thought of ‘just letting our light shine’ is in stark contrast to Jesus’ last commandment before His assention. To go and preach and teach ALL things that I have commanded you… does that only mean people in our own congregation?

Valerie, to answer your question honestly…”They don’t have much of a burden for the lost except for those that were members of the Amish church and are excommunicated, and also those that have left the Amish church. That oftentimes is a heartbreaker for many of Amish.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:25:11 +0000

I’ve always wondered, since I became a Christian in what would be considered a Protestant church, where we, right from the start of our conversion, were encouraged to share our faith and have a burden for the Lost, if the Amish have a burden for the lost outside their faith? A revelation of hell to those who don’t know Christ that burdents them? Or wonder if it’s just an assumption that outside their faith we all have opportunities in America so it is pretty much up to each of us to find it on our own? Just wondering how they view this-

By: kerry

kerry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:10:39 +0000

Here where I live, the Amish are not evangelistic – ALTHOUGH you are seeing some of them become a little more open with others in discussing things. Interestingly, there are “religious” signs all over the place alongside the roads, and some of these are at Amish homes. I think as with most things Amish it just depends upon the groups whether they are comfortable with this and if it is allowed.

The Mennonites around here are generally “evangelistic” but to varying degrees depending on how conservative they are. Some are less outward about it, other plain and covering Mennonites actually go door to door to leave tracts on porches and in doors. Sometimes I think people from out of the area get confused, too, as there are many of what we always called “mod” Mennonites who are not plain and are considered locally a bit on the liberal side, if you will. They are very open about evangelizing and it always seems to throw people off who didn’t grow up here to find out that they are Mennonite when some of them look like fashion models, !

By: Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:03:18 +0000

That is true Heather. Jesus lived it AND He spoke it. He is our example in Word & Deed.