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Mary Glick
| January 15, 2025I worked at Beyond Measure Market with some really good people. I made great connections with the customers, my coworkers, and the girls at the apartment. I am thankful for all the friends I made and the memories I’ve created.
Sadie Miller's Newsletter (January 2024)
| January 1, 2025 I am excited to share God’s call on my life to return to Nicaragua and minister to the nationals, specifically the children. The Lord has brought opportunities and established my goings to get the gospel to Nicaragua.
Amish Volunteers Come To Boone To Help With Post-Helene Recovery Project
| December 23, 2024The Amish have long been known and respected for their workmanship, and many of us have seen them in their element while visiting Ohio’s Holmes County and the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area.
Flashing lights too flashy for some Amish. Old order challenges new Ohio buggy law
| December 1, 2024The Swartzentruber Amish are suing to overturn Ohio's new traffic law that requires animal-drawn buggies to have yellow flashing lights, saying the law conflicts with the First Amendment protecting their religious expression.
Grant Awarded to Help Reduce Amish Buggy Crashes
| November 25, 2024A $70,000 federal highway-safety grant has been awarded to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Agency in an effort to reduce vehicle crashes with Amish buggies.
How Trump won Pennsylvania’s Amish vote — with the help of missionaries and Elon Musk
| November 12, 2024Republicans seek votes among Pa. Amish, who rarely cast them
| October 29, 2024Do Amish vote? That depends
| October 23, 202411 in Amish family, including 1-year-old, hospitalized after eating 'toxic mushrooms'
| October 14, 2024Eleven members of an Amish family - including a 1-year-old - were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, "toxic mushrooms," local authorities said.
Prime Crime: Young Mennonite Woman Hunted Down and Executed Over Her Faith
| October 12, 2024Sasha Krause mysteriously disappeared after heading off to church in January 2020. The Mennonite woman and Sunday school teacher was missing for five weeks until a camper made a shocking discovery.
Police look to prevent more horse-drawn buggy crashes on New York roads
| September 20, 2024While they are not as common as regular vehicle crashes, when a horse-drawn buggy is hit by car, or when the horse is just spooked by one, the results are likely to be deadly.
Lawsuit: Former Amish woman claims Kansas City-area chiropractor sexually abused her
| September 18, 2024A former Amish woman claims a Kansas City-area chiropractor sexually abused her when she was a teenager.
Rosanna King, Survivor of Deadly 2006 Amish Schoolhouse Shooting, Dies at 23
| September 5, 2024A 23-year-old survivor of the 2006 Pennsylvania school shooting that took place at an Amish schoolhouse has died, nearly 18 years after the shooting occurred.
Sauk County Sheriff: Harassment of Amish led to Reedsburg football games canceled
| August 27, 2024SAUK COUNTY, WI - Nine juveniles from the Reedsburg area have been cited for disorderly conduct related to multiple reports of harassing behavior toward members of the Amish community.
Harvard Law School defends Amish
| August 27, 2024Swartzentruber sect refuses flashing lights on buggies but won’t take the matter to court. For lawyers and students at Harvard, it’s a valid religious-freedom case.
Lydia Flora
| August 15, 2024Before I left my community, my life felt trapped, hopeless, and pointless, even though I had no fear of physical or sexual abuse. I eventually left because I found the truth of God in John 14:6.
Marilyn Esh
| August 15, 2024Before I left my community, my life as an Amish person was fulfilling in many ways. I had friends, family, and a pretty good education, but my focus was on salvation. However, I eventually left my community.
Sadie Miller
| July 9, 2024What brought me to New Beginnings was my sister; she wanted to come but wouldn't without me. So, I thought, "Why not?" As I considered it more, I realized it would also benefit my future ministry.
Sylvia Miller
| July 3, 2024Before I left my community, my life was characterized by fear, confusion, and anxiety. This environment made it impossible for me to live out God's love and will, as life there revolved around the fear of man.
Linda Yoder
| July 3, 2024My life before I left my community was dark, monotonous, depressing, and sad. The rules made me feel like I couldn’t be myself 100%, and I wanted my own independence.
Rare genetic mutation in Amish population linked to ‘bad’ cholesterol levels
| May 28, 2024Low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, is commonly called “bad” cholesterol since high levels of LDL contribute to a higher risk of coronary heart disease.
Your new neighbors may drive a buggy — Ohio’s Amish population is growing
| May 28, 2024Ohio’s Amish population is on the rise and up nearly 10,000 people in the past five years alone, according to data collected by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
Lancaster County is home to oldest, largest Amish community in US
| April 30, 2024Lancaster County is home to the oldest and largest Amish community in the United States.
Fans Sing Praises as Dale Earnhardt Jr Provides Former Amish Marlin Yoder a Platform for His Story
| April 17, 2024It was back in 2018 that the news broke about two cousins, Marlin Yoder and Reuben Kauffman, who grew up in Wisconsin in the Amish religion, had left their home to work in NASCAR.
America's Amish EXPLOSION: Why the buggy-riding population that doesn't use technology has DOUBLED in size since 2000 and could
| April 16, 2024America's low-technology Amish sect has doubled in size since 2000 and will hit 1 million members this century as it spreads far beyond its Pennsylvania heartland, new research shows.
Jet-powered Amish buggy is wooden-wheeled with Boeing gas turbine
| April 2, 2024The Thunder Buggy is not your average ride. Nope, it’s not some sleek sports car or a roaring muscle car. Its actually a wooden buggy with a jet engine strapped onto it.
Police Reveal How Man Accused of Killing Pregnant Amish Woman Allegedly Knew of the Victim
| March 25, 2024Authorities say the Pennsylvania man suspected of killing Rebekah Byler, 23, in her own home in February was well-known in the area...
Friendship churches to host Regional Amish Awareness Conference
| March 19, 2024FRIENDSHIP - Early registrations are underway at Friendship for a regional Amish Awareness Conference next month which is designed to acquaint area residents with aspects of the Amish lifestyle and how to reach out to them...
Burke’s Garden residents continue to rally behind Amish community
| March 18, 2024BURKES GARDEN, VA - Residents of Burkes Garden are continuing to rally behind the Amish community following a horrific car crash in Wisconsin more than a week ago that left eight members dead.
In yearly Pennsylvania tradition, Amish communities hold spring auctions to support fire departments
| March 17, 2024GORDONVILLE, PA - A couple of hundred used buggies - horses not included - were lined up and ready for the auctioneers gavel last weekend when day began at the Gordonville mud sale, a local Amish tradition dating to the 1960s
