Do Beachys have electricity and other modern conveniences?
Beachys do not abstain from as many technologies as the Old Order Amish. All Beachys would have electricity, telephones, and modern kitchen appliances. Most churches, though not all, would allow computers, cell phones, tape and CD players, and cameras. Many also allow email. Some allow web access and DVDs on the computer. A very few condone radio. None allow television. Individual churches decide what to allow and what not to allow based on the extent to which they wish to control the level of influence from surrounding secular society, and the level of technology acceptance in any given church is reflected in the amount the churchs practices and mindsets are influenced and blended with that of Western society.
