The Amish Difference
In the Amish community it is often said that the best "health insurance" is eating homegrown fruits and vegetables. Some even suggest that the best way to eat them is pulling them straight from the garden with the dirt still clinging to them!
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Many customers probably don't know much about the Amish other than the little they've heard over the years. The Amish people have a rich history dating back over 300 years. Although practices can vary between communities, the core values of the Amish remain the same.
Amish History
The Amish sect originated from the Mennonite faith. The severance was lead by Jacob Amman, a Swiss Mennonite leader in 1693. The motivation was to practice their own religious beliefs including shunning, the deliberate avoidance of people or things that contradict other core beliefs or values.
The Amish began their migration from the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Germany to America in 1727 to avoid persecution from the Catholic and Protestant Christians. They settled in Holmes County, Ohio and Lancaster, PA and continue to live there together harmoniously. Approximately 200, 000 Amish live in America and Canada.
Amish Lifestyle
Amish lifestyles vary between communities due in part to the absence of a central church or government. While the Amish read and follow the Bible scriptures, their conduct is guided by a concept called the Ordnung, an unwritten code that governs their conduct by tradition.
Amish are very family oriented. Few have elected to move away from their extended families. In order to perpetuate values of working out of the home, involving the whole family and to cultivate a trade they can teach and pass on to their children, Amish have chosen farming or small businesses as the means to sustain their livelihood.
What Does It Mean to Be Amish?
"Some time ago a group of fifty-two people chartered a bus and came to Holmes County to see the Amish. They had arranged to have an Amishman meet them and answer some of their questions.
The first question was: "We all go to church," and they named some of these churches, "so we know about Jesus, but what does it mean to be Amish?"
The Amishman thought a bit and then he asked a question of his own. "How many of you have TV in your homes?" Fifty-two hands went up. "Now, how many of you feel that perhaps you would be better off without TV in your homes?" Again fifty-two hands went up. "All right. Now, how many of you are going to go home and get rid of your TV?" Not one hand went up!
Now that is what it means to be Amish. As a church, if we see or experience something that is not good for us spiritually, we will discipline ourselves to do without. The world in general does not know what it is to do without!"
- Monroe L. Beachy