Moses Gingerich doesn’t mind fielding the tough questions. Do you go to church now? (“No.”) Do you still believe in God? (“Yes.”) Do you think you’re going to hell? (“Probably.”) He gave the last answer… Columbia man opens up about his Amish past

“Why I Left the Amish,” shows a smiling second-grader with bright dark eyes. The story she tells, however, is anything but a simple tale of a happy childhood… FULL STORY >>>

As a young child I was taken to the neighbor minister to be “brauched” (powwowed) on. This was done for such things as sore throat, earache, canker sores etc. As a child growing up I… Alvin Mast

Dear David, You mentioned that you don’t read in the Bible about “ordnung.” Well, probably a lot of it is tradition, but history teaches us over and over that when people leave the church, their… Uncle to Nephew: You broke your covenant to the Amish Church

I was born into the Amish and lived most of my life in Michigan. When I was 15 my father passed away on December 22, 1997. Then on May 20, 2005 my brother passed away… Mary Troyer