Unlike the Amish, Mennonite men do not wear beards. The fabrics worn by traditional Mennonite women typically have patterns and designs, in contrast to the plain fabrics of Amish women.

GAP, Pa. — The standoff at the white Amish farmhouse began as a late September sun was just dipping below the horizon. Lydia ...

Most of us do not think of the Amish. The Amish evoke images of horse-drawn buggies, barefoot children, barn raisings, and bonnets and straw hats. The Amish live peaceful lives on bucolic farms. As we ...

KIMBERLY MARSELAS Correspondent Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012 Updated Oct 3, 2013 Though they may sometimes attend two or three weddings in a single day, local Amish couples who prepare traditional ...

require plain dress for members and beards for married men, meet in homes for worship, ordain lay leaders, and live in rural areas. Amish people end formal education at the eighth grade ...

Lessons from the Plain Community about relationships and life together. I had just finished preaching a message on friendship from the Book of Proverbs, and I’d made the case that forging strong ...

With the exception of a few nominal Amish touches at the downtown branch—baskets hanging from the eaves and a rack of plain china in the upstairs eating area—this is a thoroughly Manhattan ...