The vast majority of Amish church services take place in private homes, and Amish individuals are considerably less evangelical (engaging in missionary work) than their Mennonite counterparts.

Scholars define the Old Order Amish by two distinctive features: 1) the use of horse-and-buggy transportation, and 2) the use of Pennsylvania German dialect in church services and daily conversation.

Most Amish today will not pose for a photograph. Considering it a violation of the Second Commandment, which prohibits the making of "graven images," the Amish believe any physical representation ...

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