Exploring Amish Country explains that “Amish shunning is the use of social exclusion as a method used to enforce Amish church ...

8. What is shunning? If Amish church members break their vows of baptism by disobeying religious leaders or church regulations and refuse to confess their error, they will face excommunication.

Amish communities are tight-knit ... comes when a person is excommunicated or banned from the church and shunned from the community. More conservative groups are more likely to practice strict ...

Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption ...