Mennonites do not have rules against using technology like the Amish so Mennonites use all the same tools every other type of farmer in their area would use.
Most people think Mennonites wear bonnets, long skirts and are farmers. That stereotype often does not apply. There are many urban Mennonites who are radical social justice types, who work for racial reconciliation and protest wars and violence. Mennonites emerged from the Anabaptist tradition in the 16th century. Their distinguishing theological positions are pacifism and adult baptism and have been persecuted by other Christians for their beliefs over the centuries.
Norwegian immigrants settled in Kansas and Wisconsin and brought wheat strains that flourished in the American Midwest.
Yes, they are American citizens. Yes, they vote. Yes, they pay taxes.
95% Were farmers :)
The same places non mennonites eat.
Yes mennonites can. They are not Amish.
The Quakers and the Mennonites were two religious groups that openly condemned slavery in the American colonies.
It depends old order mennonites use horse and buggy. Conservative mennonites drive cars and vans but they have to be non flashy colors like grays and dark blues.
Yes, good basic education is important to Mennonites.
The Mennonites first settled in the state of Pennsylvania. The Mennonites who first migrated over to the United States were primarily of German ancestry.
Answer: Since Mennonites follow the teachings of the Christian scriptures, the Bible, they have only one wife, for life.
The mennonites originated from Europe because a catholic priest actually read the bible. the priests' name was Menno Simons and he joined the anabaptists, which were later called mennonites. They were renamed Mennonites because they followed Menno's beliefs.