"The guests were surprised I knew the common Amish hymns. But there was nothing I liked more than to hear my neighbors sing." ...

TLC has announced "Suddenly Amish," a reality series with Amish hosts that documents six outsiders stepping into Amish life in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. What drives this fascination? Audiences are ...

Pennsylvania’s Amish population is the largest it’s been, prompting some Amish families in the Lancaster area to move farther west, researchers said. “It is growing fast,” said Kyle Kopko, an Amish ...

Let’s debunk the myths pop culture has been telling you about this fascinating and complex group, including misconceptions about the Amish and technology. The idea that the Amish are absolutely free ...

Mitchell is a professor of medicine and vice chair for research in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During the recent White ...

The permanent closing of a North Myrtle Beach Amish store has neighbors and customers scratching their heads. Visitors planning to drop by The Country Living Amish Store will be greeted by locked ...

The Amish are a curiosity in the modern world. Whereas most people use if not rely on technology for their daily lives, the Amish keep their use of technology to a minimum and do just fine without it.

Ohio and Pennsylvania are home to 179,000 Amish, all of whom are expected to end their formal studies after the eighth grade so they can return to their families and begin full-time contributions ...

New York’s Amish community has become an unlikely minority on the frontlines of a battle pitting Constitutional rights against potentially draconian public health laws. On March 3, the New York’s ...

(RNS) — Many years ago, I was called to be my ward’s Primary chorister. Soon after, the Primary president took me aside and told me I had just been given the most important job in the entire Church of ...

A Nov. 28 Threads post (direct link, archive link) makes sweeping claims about the health of Amish people compared to other Americans. “Amish people have a longer life expectancy than regular people ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — About 100 miles north of Washington DC, at the nexus of quiet country roads, sits a network of bustling small businesses and community connections that helped deliver the swing ...