“School for Old Order Amish and Mennonites is only a part of the learning necessary for preparation for the adult world. Children have formal schooling in one-room schools to 8th grade and then have a structured learning program supervised by their parents. Classes in the one-room Amish scho...
Built in 1719, theHans Herr Houseis the oldest building in Lancaster County. It’s also considered the longest-standing Mennonite Meeting House in the USA. And it wasn’t even built by Hans Herr (who may or may not have even left Germany), but by his son Christian Herr. A prime examp...
“The best source of that kind of information would be the Mennonite Historical Society, which maintains an extensive genealogical library. Their address is 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, PA 17602. Telephone: (717) 393-9745.” “How true was the portrayal of the Amish in the movie “Witness...
From the back cover of this video: “The Amish, in the year 2000, keep surprising their technology-programmed neighbors by keeping alive ways and beliefs that many modern Americans wish they could recapture. In this colorful, updated documentary, Mennonite historian John Ruth takes us sympatheticall...
The Amish and Mennonite churches still share the same beliefs concerning baptism, non-resistance, and basic Bible doctrines. They differ in matters of dress, technology, language, form of worship, and interpretation of the Bible. The Mennonites hold many of the same beliefs as the Amish, althou...
The following answers to questions we received as part of our “Ask the Amish” feature were given by the resident experts at theMennonite Information CenterinLancaster County: Why don’t the Amish use electricity? “Amish people interpret linking with electrical wires as a connection with the wo...