Amish tradition

Amish communities are Anabaptist groups that emerged from a late seventeenth-century renewal movement within Swiss-South German Mennonitism.

Their communities developed distinctive patterns of separation, mutual aid, and local discipline, especially in North America.

They share Anabaptist commitments to believer's baptism, discipleship, community, and nonresistance, while their cultural practices vary by affiliation.

Worship is usually held in homes or community settings, marked by plain forms, hymn singing, preaching, prayer, and fellowship.

Local districts are autonomous and led by bishops, ministers, and deacons; affiliations differ in practice.