Daniel Beiler grew up in an Amish community with few modern conveniences. He dreamed of a bigger world, and was excommunicated a decade ago. He told BI what he misses most — and what thrills him still ...

"I'd much rather spend money on traveling." Amish families share 'unusual' but very effective way they dry their laundry ...

The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from ...

Researchers have seen changes in the Amish community, particularly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They said the Amish are diversifying their occupations, moving west to find more farmland and ...

Sam Chupp, 51, is the bishop of the Amish community and the man in charge of the aviary and the log-cabin kit and construction business. He's amiable and diligent, but the Amish unwillingness to have ...

Members of a deeply conservative Amish community in Minnesota don't need to install septic systems to dispose of their "gray water," the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in a long-running religious ...

The predominantly Amish community in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, is shocked and scared after a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman was killed this week, a community member told ABC News. "Everyone is ...

Eli Weaver, a married Amish man living in Ohio, was secretly involved in an online relationship with a woman named Barb Raber ...

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No contractors, no repair estimates, no haggling with the insurance company: After a tornado struck an Amish community in Michigan, the work was underway even before the National Weather Service could ...