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Amish who left church aim to build on momentum of ‘Disrupting History’ symposium

The day after wrapping up the Amish Heritage Foundation’s inaugural conference, executive director Torah Bontrager posted a letter of gratitude on Facebook.

She had “shot for the stars,” she explained, but never expected that the result “would so closely match what I had envisioned.”

More than 100 people attended the conference, held Sept. 28-29 at Franklin & Marshall College. Titled “Disrupting History,” it brought together scholars, former Amish church members and others who have left closed religious sects.

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