Anabaptist communities
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GwenEssay Says Abuse of Horses Is Common in Amish Life, Calls for Cruelty Laws Without Religious Exemptions
Animal cruelty involving Amish owners and the Amish horse trade drew public attention after an August 2, 2016, incident in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. According to an account by...
Mennonite Families Leave Southern Ontario, Canada, as Urban Growth Squeezes Farmland
Aaron Bowman, a member of a Mennonite community that keeps ancient church traditions and is known as the Christian Mennonites, lives in one of the world’s most advanced...
Fire Destroys Vehicles, Bus and Forklift at Green Acres Hutterite Colony Near Wawanesa, Manitoba
A fire tore through a vehicle storage unit at Green Acres Hutterite Colony near Wawanesa on Thursday, destroying four vehicles, a bus and a forklift, according to a...
Amish Typically Pull Teeth Sooner Than Non-Amish, Grunge Reports
Online discussion often repeats the claim that Amish people have poor dental hygiene and that Amish women pull out their teeth on a whim. A Grunge feature states...
Documentary on Sexual Abuse in Amish Communities Now Streaming on PBS
“Keep Quiet and Forgive,” a documentary about sexual abuse in Plain communities, is now available to stream after completing a festival circuit. The feature-length film was made by...
NO HEADLINE: This item is outside the campaign focus. The source is a personal lifestyle column by Gloria Yoder, a New Order Amish woman in Flat Rock, Illinois. It covers small everyday gifts, recipes, and a family hunting story. Its only organizational reference is a passing mention of Operation Christmas Child, and it reports no church leadership, policy, congregational, legal, or relief-work news. It should not be used as a Kingdom News post.
This source does not meet the campaign’s focus, so I have not written an article from it. It is a syndicated lifestyle column, “The Amish Cook,” that centers...
Measles Reported in Amish Country; Photo Shows Plain Community Member in Ephrata, Pennsylvania
A photograph distributed by The Associated Press, credited to Jessie Wardarski, shows a member of the Plain community tending horses on Oct. 9 at The Green Dragon Farmers...
