Amish
TraditionChristianity (Protestant)
Founded1693 AD
FollowersOver 400,000
Script/LanguagePennsylvania German/English
About Amish
An Anabaptist group that split from the Swiss Brethren under Jakob Ammann. The Amish live in close rural communities and limit the use of modern technology. Most speak Pennsylvania Dutch at home. At around age eighteen young people may experience Rumspringa before choosing baptism. Concentrated in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
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