Divided Into Two Orders
Starting around 1862, some conferences started to be held by the Amish to talk about their place in modern society and church. As innovations and technology progressed, the Amish wanted to decide their place amongst a transforming world. Thus, a more progressive branch of Amish people split from the group and began a new more modern branch. Meanwhile, a conservative group of Amish decided that wanted to isolate themselves completely from any innovations to come. Now, that older conservative group is the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church or Old Order Amish.
Divided Into Two Orders
Amish Versus Mennonite
Now, stay with us for this and we will break down the Amish and Mennonite divisions for you. Well, the founder as we said was actually an Anabaptist. Within the Ananbaptist faith, a few different Anabaptists divisions branched off and formed the Mennonites and Amish. Actually, the Amish really split from the Mennonite church. Now, just so you know Amish Anabaptists do follow some of the same beliefs as Mennonite Anabaptists. Both think their members must be baptized as adults since children aren’t seen as capable of deciding themselves. Yet, the Mennonites do have some big differences in their beliefs. For example, Mennonites have embraced technology in certain ways, which is drastically different from the Amish. Also, Mennonites dress differently, wearing more modern but simple clothing.
Amish Versus Mennonite