From Jakob Ammann to today. Persecution, migration, schisms, and growth.
Swiss pastor who split the Anabaptists. His name became the name of a people.
Torture, executions, flight. 200 years of persecution forged a people that won't break.
1730-1860: two migration waves. Not a single Amish person remains in Europe.
The Supreme Court ruled: the Amish can keep children from school after 8th grade.
Shooting at an Amish school. Five girls killed. Forgiveness the same day.
Rules that aren't on paper but everyone knows. Dress length, buggy color, hat brim width.
32 states, 600+ communities. Most in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana.
Not against technology. Against mindless adoption. Every innovation — a vote.
1564. Hymns written in prison. Sung without music for 460 years.
Humility, yielding, surrender of self. One word explains everything.
No plumbing, no reflectors, no linoleum. 18th century in the 21st.
400,000+, fastest-growing group, $1.6B economy, and not a single bankruptcy.
Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, Quakers — what's the difference.
How one people became a dozen. Cars, electricity, insurance.
$2 billion yearly. Tourists watch, Amish endure.
No, they're not stuck in the past. And yes, they have a sense of humor.
$0 debt, 0% unemployment, 0 bankruptcies. How?
Shoofly pie, scrapple, chow-chow — food that keeps you standing all day.
At home, 3 hours, wooden benches, no robed pastor.
10-15% leave. Some return. All remember.