Whats the difference between the Amish and Mennonites?
Amish groups tend to be more cautious with technology and involvement with the larger world than most Mennonites. Most Old Order Amish drive horse-drawn carriages or buggies, dress “plain,” refrain from the use of electricity, emphasize occupations close to the farm and the home and forbid higher education. Mennonites are considerably more acculturated. They embrace education and technology as opportunities, accept reluctantly the stress which modern life places on marriage and the family and encourage an enlargement of the fellowship through worldwide missionary activities.
