How to Join the Amish: The Step-by-Step Guide
Atlee Miller, an Ohio New Order Amish father of ten, tells you how to do it at amish-heartland.com.
In a nutshell: come live with us, go to church, get a job, learn Pennsylvania Dutch, do all this for a year and then get educated in the ways of the church, and finally, get voted in by the church. Voila. It’s that simple.
Simple but far from easy. A handful have done it, but not without sacrifice and struggle. Why do they go through with it? ‘A woman’, joked one Amishman I know. ‘That’s usually what’s involved.’
Bonus: Click for what the Amish think about outsiders wanting to join, and a bit about a few real-life converts.
Want to become Amish
Hi,
I’m Indian and strongly want to practice the lifestyle you are in. How to start it?
Thanks,
Rene
Staying with an amish family
Hi! I am 23 going on 24 in few days and I’ve been on a big religious journey in my life and i keep finding myself interested in the Amish more so the fact that living the lifestyle with such access to the internet 24/7 or even my vehicle and things like that more or less i want to move outside my norm and live a more modest lifestyle learn how to use my hands instead of relying on the internet or someone else to fix my problems and i would be honored to have an opportunity to stay with an Amish family and learn and grow into a better man that can provide for a family one day because if I’m honest with myself i lack in so many ways what it takes to be a good man i cant grow any crops or build anything or i mean i can i just lack the knowledge and the internet is a terrible teacher
calling of the lord
Please reach out brothers and sisters, I yern to join and embrace the lord