The Amish aren't the luddites you may have thought. Here are the suprising pieces of tech the Amish use day-to-day at home, outdoors, and in their businesses.

1. Are the Amish a cult? No. As a Christian church they follow the basic tenets of Christian faith; however, they emphasize adult baptism, simplicity, community, separation from popular culture ...

Naomi Swartzentruber published a memoir in 2023 and posts on social media about her escape from her Amish lifestyle, her 20 years working as a stripper and how she's remained in touch with her ...

The ex-Amish subsequently sought refuge four miles (approximately 6.4 kilometers) from her home in the semi-truck of a ...

Amish and non-Amish, who are referred to in the community as English, learn next to one another in classrooms throughout the district. The composition of each class varies based on how many ...

Women who leave their Amish community often face employment, culture and mental health challenges as they transition to non-Amish American or "English" culture. These nonprofits help.

GAP, Pa. — The standoff at the white Amish farmhouse began as a late September sun was just dipping below the horizon. Lydia Stoltzfus estimates she spent about a half-hour rooted in the ...

An armed man allegedly robbed two Amish buggies in western Pennsylvania, according to police.. Authorities received a report of an armed robbery on a road in Lackawannock Township in Mercer County ...

Suzanne Woods Fisher, a non-Amish author who has written 30 Amish books over the past 15 years, says ultimately that the books scratch a certain itch for people all over the political, age, and ...

GAP, Pa. — The standoff at the white Amish farmhouse began as a late September sun was just dipping below the horizon. Lydia Stoltzfus estimates she spent about a half-hour rooted in the ...

The flamboyant, one-time chairman of Gays for Trump has given himself a new task: to persuade Pennsylvania’s 80,000-strong, strait-laced Amish community to vote for Donald Trump and in doing so ...

GAP, Pa. — The standoff at the white Amish farmhouse began as a late September sun was just dipping below the horizon. Lydia Stoltzfus estimates she spent about a half-hour rooted in the ...