Comparing Amish & Mennonites (Video)

ByErik/Amish America December 8, 2021June 23, 2022

What’s the difference between Amish and Mennonites? I previously covered this question about 10 years ago in written form. I’ve now made it into a video.

Given all the different Amish and Mennonite groups, I couldn’t go incredibly in-depth on this question. But I think this is a pretty solid overview. I discuss a number of different groups, beliefs, and customs.

The first thing I usually think if I hear this question is: which Mennonite group do you mean?

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An Amish America Q-and-A with Dan Miller

ByErik/Amish America May 6, 2010September 25, 2014

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Dan Miller is a top careers and business consultant, bestselling author, and founder of 48 Days, where he helps people from all walks of life discover fulfilling vocations. He is also a long-time successful businessperson and runs an online community for entrepreneurs at a second site, 48Days.net. Dan has Amish roots, which I first learned a few years ago after reading an article he wrote…

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‘Eck balle’: disappearing sport of the Pennsylvania Dutch

Byerik October 4, 2008December 30, 2010

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photo: Rob Ward Richard Stevick, author of Growing up Amish: The Teenage Years, describes eck balle, or cornerball, as ‘the plain peoples’ equivalent of NCAA March Madness.’ From Growing up Amish: ‘Until the 1950s, cornerball flourished among most of the Pennsylvania Dutch communities, both plain and fancy. Although the “fancy” or “church Dutch” eventually abandoned the game, it still thrives among the plainest Amish groups…

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Excommunication and shunning among Old Order Mennonites

Byerik November 10, 2008February 13, 2011

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Shunning is a widely-known yet controversial social practice of the Old Order Amish. How do the Old Order Mennonites, close spiritual cousins of the Amish, approach the matter? An excerpt on the topic: “Members who stray from the teachings and practice of the church are reprimanded by the deacon. Persons who refuse to cooperate with the church may be “set back” from communion. If they…

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Ontario Amish & Mennonites Tied To COVID Increase

ByErik/Amish America November 30, 2020December 3, 2020

I’ve seen a lot less coverage of the Amish & COVID north of the border, perhaps because their populations are smaller and/or because I’m less plugged in to the Canadian media. It may also be – and this is just speculation – because Canadian media is less likely to publish stories readily identifying the subject with their religious background? I seem to recall such a…

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Over 200 Amish Have Taught in Mexico Since 2000

ByErik/Amish America February 5, 2019May 15, 2021

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Have you ever heard about the Amish in Mexico? It’s quite a remarkable story. No, there are no Mexican Amish communities (at least not anymore). But thanks to their outreach to a group of spiritual kin, the Amish have had a regular presence in Mexico for the last two decades. Old Colony Mennonites are an Anabaptist group with some cultural similarities to Amish, including Plain…

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Lancaster County: Gray Buggy or Black Buggy?

ByErik/Amish America January 28, 2020November 29, 2020

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Lancaster County is (I believe) the only place* where you’ll see both gray-topped and black-topped buggies in the same community. Black is easily the most common color for Amish buggies overall. But the Amish in this best-known of all Plain communities actually drive the gray version. Lancaster County Amish buggies So who is holding the reins of the black top carriages in Lancaster County? Those…

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