New Order Amish
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The New Order Amish, are an Amish group that split from the Old Order Amish Church in 1966 in favor of a more liberal church. Many of the beliefs that the group disagreed with: Shunning, only being able to hope for salvation, and not using electricty. So in 1966, around one hundred families split with the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, PA, and created two new congregations and named themselves "New Order Amish"
The doctrine of shunning/excommunicating was an important part of the Old Order Amish faith, to reject that was to reject their Amish heritage. Since the whole Amish movement came out of the doctrine of shunning. Jakob Amman had split with the Mennonites since he believed that they were to liberal in their shunning policy. He advocated strict shunning to any baptized member who did not follow the Ordnung, or who left the faith to join another denomonation or religion.
Some modern things the New Order Amish use that is forbidden to be used be Old Order Amish are: tractors, electricity in homes, and telephones.
