Ada Mast
I would like to share with you all how God changed my life in so many ways. I left the Amish community at the age of 17 in July 2011. I was living an ungodly…
Amish Man’s Letters Sway Lawmakers On Buggy Issue
FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a high tech world of iPads and smart phones, an old-fashioned Amish man showed that pen and paper remain effective communication devices.Jacob Gingerich wrote 138 simple, heart-felt letters to lawmakers in…
Feds Shut Down Amish Farm for Selling Raw Milk
The FDA has won its two-year fight to shut down an Amish farmer who was selling fresh, raw milk to eager consumers in the Washington region, after a judge this month banned Daniel Allgyer from…
Amish man jailed for alleged Vernon County sexual assault, violating probation
VIROQUA, Wis. — An Amish man serving time for sexually assaulting young members of his family is back in jail for allegedly sexually asasulting another child. 26-year-old Isaac Yoder of rural Hillsboro told his parole…
Why I Left the Amish
CLINTON – At age 20, Saloma Furlong stepped onto the night train out of Cleveland in a desperate attempt to escape her life among the Amish. In that moment, “It was both very exhilarating and…
Two buggies struck by hit-and-run drivers (Police seek leads)
Two horse-drawn buggies were struck from behind by hit-and-run drivers in the past two days, police said. A young woman was injured early Monday when a vehicle struck the back of a horse-drawn buggy in…
Man exposes himself to school full of Amish children
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY – Police arrested 46-year-old Darrin Ray Gibbs at his home in rural Warsaw Thursday after they say he exposed and touched himself in front of several Amish children at a school located just…
Religion News: Author of ‘Why I Left the Amish’ to be featured on PBS special
“There are two ways to leave the Amish — one is through life and the other through death,” writes author Saloma Miller Furlong, who grew up in an Amish community in Ohio. “To leave through…
Interview of a {former Amish} Woman (Part 2 of 2)
The following article was taken from If Meadows Speak. Author and interviewer, Tammy, has graciously given us permission to repost her interview with Deborah (not her real name, for the sake of protection), a former…
Amish Girl: From Salvation to Excommunication
When I met the Lord as a young Amish girl and was finally able to come out of the Amish some years later, it was a hard and difficult thing to walk through the mine…