The Michigan Amish Fellowship: A Case Study for Defining an Amish Affiliation

Authors

  • Edsel Burdge Jr. Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/jpac.v3i1.9130

Keywords:

Michigan Amish Fellowship, Reformist, affiliation, spirituality, new birth, Ordnung, settlement, Sunday school, outreach, decision-making, Christian community

Abstract

The Michigan Amish Fellowship is a distinct Reformist Amish affiliation marked by intentionality in its religious vision, decision-making procedures, and planned daughter settlements. This article explores the Fellowship’s understandings of “true spirituality,” “scriptural church,” and “living witness.” In the process, the article advances a tentative definition of what constitutes an Amish affiliation.

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Published

2022-11-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)

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Articles

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