Amish vs. Mennonites: What's the difference?

Amish & Mennonites are often confused for one another. How are they alike and how are they different?

My name is Erik Wesner and I'm not Amish. Back in 2004, I met the Amish while selling books. Since then, I've visited 5,000+ Amish homes & dozens of Amish communities. I run the Amish America website. More: https://amishamerica.com/

Images: Jim Halverson, Don Burke (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ozarkinspirations/), S.I., Mike Sparks, Rick Harrison
Simmental Valley (By Hadi - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/....w/index.php?curid=23
Bethel College
By JonHarder - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/....w/index.php?curid=26
Emmental
https://gameo.org/index.php?ti....tle=Emmental_(Switze
https://gameo.org/index.php?ti....tle=Emmental_(Switze
Old Colony Mennonite Family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Mennonites_in_Mexico
Old Colony Mennonite Carriage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Mennonites_in_Argent
Winterbourne meetinghouse (Peter K Burian, CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Winterbour
Select video clips: videvo.net

Links to statistics used in this video and other sources:
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Mennonite Worldwide Population: https://gameo.org/index.php?ti....tle=World_Mennonite_
Horse & Buggy Mennonite Population: https://groups.etown.edu/amish....studies/files/2021/0
Amish Population: https://groups.etown.edu/amish....studies/statistics/p
Called to Mexico book: https://www.google.com/books/e....dition/Called_to_Mex

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