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  2. Amish - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. It has been suggested that this article be merged with Amish in Canada. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships This article is about a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships. For other uses, see Amish (disambiguation ...

  3. Amish religious practices - Wikipedia

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    There is no "church hopping" from church to church, as is the practice of some outside the Amish Anabaptist community, and relationships are assumed to be long-term. With long-term neighbor relationships as the norm, extending over time to include multiple generations as members, the implications have major impacts on relationships.

  4. Subgroups of Amish - Wikipedia

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    As of 2000, the Swartzentruber Amish had 64 church districts, 3,165 members, and a total population of 7,101 in 12 states with 33 districts in Ohio alone. [4] As of 2011 the Swartzentruber Amish had 119 church districts in 15 states. [6]

  5. The Amish Cook: A new church leader is ordained - AOL

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    In most Amish churches you’ll find four ordained leaders working together, leading out. These brothers spend many hours talking and praying behind the scenes, then sharing with the church what ...

  6. Plain people - Wikipedia

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    Amish young women at the beach, Chincoteague, Virginia. The Old Order Amish are among the fastest-growing populations in the world. They have low infant mortality rates. The average Amish woman can expect to have at least seven live births. [23] Other plain sects with the same or similar doctrines can be expected to have similarly explosive growth.

  7. Amish youth experience a rite of passage called Rumspringa ...

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    “For most Amish teenagers, Rumspringa is a time to explore Amish life without being considered under the rule of their parents. Because remember, family and hierarchy are extremely important.”

  8. She grew up in an Arizona church community. Now, she ... - AOL

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    But the church, she says, was actually a cult. Walker spent her formative years, since age 8, in the group. She says it was a place where members were unable to question leaders "without facing ...

  9. Twelve Tribes communities - Wikipedia

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    A Twelve Tribes dance. The Twelve Tribes, formerly known as the Vine Christian Community Church, [5] the Northeast Kingdom Community Church, [6] the Messianic Communities, [6] and the Community Apostolic Order, [7] is a movement that is defined as either a cult [14] or a new religious movement.