A Timely Letter
Note: The following letter has been copied and sent around to Amish families for years. Most parents have at least one copy stuck away in a desk drawer. When one leaves the Amish community, this…
Whitefield Officials Talk Horse-And-Buggy Safety with Sheriff’s Office, DOT
Whitefield, ME – The hot topic at the Tuesday, Oct. 10 meeting of the Whitefield Board of Selectmen was the Wednesday, Oct. 4 rear-ending of a horse-and-buggy on East River Road by a Whitefield resident…
Exponential growth pushes the Amish into new places like Licking, Mo.
LICKING, MO – The story of abrupt change in this small south-central Missouri town starts with the water tower. A giant baseball is painted on top as a fading reminder of when Rawlings was king.…
Authorities in two counties investigate break-ins at Amish-owned businesses
FREDERICKSBURG, OH – Holmes County Sheriff’s deputies say normally the area near County Road is peaceful and quiet. Lately, however, they have received several calls of break-ins of Amish businesses. Deputies in Wayne County have…
Cows killed after fire rips through Amish barn near Grabill
GRABILL, IN – At least two cows were killed after fire ripped through an Amish barn outside of Grabill late Thursday night, according to Northeast Fire officials. The fire was reported in the 11400 block…
Road repairs up for debate as Amish buggies cause damage in Elkhart County
ELKHART COUNTY, IN – While Amish buggies may be a quaint sight along country roads, those horse hooves are causing damage to asphalt surfaces. Ruts or troughs cut into the road an inch or two deep– that…
Cult-like figure who raped Amish girls jailed 87 years
BUCKS COUNTY, PA – A cult-like figure whose spiritual and financial hold over a formerly Amish couple enabled him to have sexual relationships with six of their daughters has been sentenced to up to 87…
Keep the Tradition of the Church
Question from Jonathan: When someone leaves the Amish 2 Thessalonians 3:6 is used to tell them that they are making a wrong decision by leaving. How do you explain this? Joe Keim…
In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling
A young woman, wearing a traditional full-length Amish dress and white bonnet, stepped away from a farmer’s market, opened her palm and revealed a smartphone. She began to scroll through screens, seemingly oblivious to the…
“I was free:” An Ontario woman flees her Mennonite home in the middle of the night
In October of 2015, Emma Drummond left her Orthodox Mennonite community in Gorrie for the modern world. Her aunt and uncle picked her up just after midnight and drove her to their home in Hanover.…