I sat down with a Mennonite counselor one day. Mennonites are like Amish, but have vehicles, they are a little more modern.

Miller said religion permeates every aspect of a person's life. He said the Amish use the word Gemeinde to describe the church, but it means brotherhood or community, something the Amish value. Miller ...

Amish people end formal education at the eighth grade, do not hold political office, restrict involvement with outsiders, selectively use modern technologies, and are conscientious objectors to war.

Following their religious principles, the Amish typically avoid using modern inventions such as septic systems, and the Amish in Lenawee County used a management method considered noncompliant by ...

A New York State law requiring school immunizations does not violate the constitutional rights of Amish parents or their ...

but the Amish are known to be more conservative in their use of modern technology — some might think of their use of horse and buggy as an obvious example. Many Mennonites are less conservative in ...

This video from the 1940s shows the Amish Huyard family harvesting wheat and tobacco using traditional methods. The film was taken by friend of the family Charles Noss, a photographer who worked ...

On November 5, 2024, as millions of Americans headed to the polls, billionaire Elon Musk posted a video on his social media platform X depicting a caravan of Amish individuals travelling via ...