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Post by Guadalupe on Mar 20, 2017 16:17:38 GMT -5
The Amish: America’s Fastest Growing Church?by Peter Witkowski ...The fastest growing sector of the evangelical world right now is the Amish. That is correct—our beard sporting, bonnet wearing, and buggy driving brothers and sisters are expanding at a record pace. Over the past five years, the Amish have grown by 18 percent. Between 2015-2016, they started 66 new congregations. They have even reached out to South America, planting communities in both Bolivia and Argentina. During that same time, the number of people that attend Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) churches declined by 11 percent... link
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Post by Brother Randy on Mar 20, 2017 17:41:12 GMT -5
It would be nice to see the number of how of that growth comes from within their own group. It should be noted that those of the Old Order group tend to be more religious then spiritual. While with New Order it is pretty much the reverse.Although tradition still plays a very large part in both groups. It is a very hard thing for an outsider or English person to convert to being Amish. The plain setting is a life style is some thing most people have a very hard time with , along with the covering , plain clothes. Also the teaching of non-resistance is some thing hard to live out. The German and PA Dutch language is also something to over come for an outsider.
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Post by Guadalupe on Mar 29, 2017 7:43:34 GMT -5
It would be nice to see the number of how of that growth comes from within their own group. It should be noted that those of the Old Order group tend to be more religious then spiritual. While with New Order it is pretty much the reverse.Although tradition still plays a very large part in both groups. It is a very hard thing for an outsider or English person to convert to being Amish. The plain setting is a life style is some thing most people have a very hard time with , along with the covering , plain clothes. Also the teaching of non-resistance is some thing hard to live out. The German and PA Dutch language is also something to over come for an outsider. Are there groups that speak English instead and don't do technology? We meet people all the time who "go back to the land" and get rid of computers, autos and other technology with no problems. From some we've been talking to there's converts that do stay. It's not so much getting rid of the technology that hinders people but I'm thinking that it's the non-English speaking that's a stumbling block. That and some of the customs. |
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Post by Brother Randy on Apr 1, 2017 8:29:59 GMT -5
Most all Amish do speak english, though amongst them selfs they would manily speak PA dutch , which is not really dutch but a form of german. And in their services the signing and message would be in german, if not mistaken I believe it is a high german. thus it becomes hard for a lot of outside to convert.
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