Unbaptized people who leave are not shunned, because they never made baptismal promises and joined the church. 9. Do the Amish pay taxes? Yes. They pay income, property, sales, estate, and ...
Go to any Amish community and you’ll see it happen all the time. Amish markets are typically filled with loyal customers. New construction is often met with donations of time, workers, equipment and ...
MOUNT HOPE, Ohio—At age 32, Ryan Hershberger has achieved success far beyond his modest roots. He launched a furniture business with two cousins a decade ago and now owns a company that ...
The family of 11, with ages ranging from 1 to 39 years old, has since been treated and released getty An Amish family in Pennsylvania was recently hospitalized after ingesting toxic mushrooms.
To the Amish, the highest priority is building a heavenly kingdom ... Bush toured eastern Pennsylvania’s Amish country in 2004 and made a concerted pitch for their vote — which he got ...
In Pennsylvania since Sept 14, Mrs Martens has to date registered two Amish and a Mennonite but her enthusiasm remains undimmed. Republicans have made plays for the Amish vote before, notably in ...
“That’s not a woman’s position,” a straw-hatted Amish man in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, says wistfully, referring to the presidency. “I’ve got [voter-registration] papers in my po ...