Swartzentruber Amish

The Swartzentruber Amish are one of the largest and most conservative subgroups of Old Order Amish. The Swartzentruber Amish are considered a subgroup of the Old Order Amish, although they do not fellowship or intermarry with more liberal Old Order Amish. They speak Pennsylvania German as their mother tongue as well as American English (with outsiders).

The history of the Swartzentruber is closely tied to issues of church discipline, particularly the use of Bann und Meidung when a member is shunned, and to issues of Ordnung, or rules regarding what is allowed and what is required.

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