{"id":3550,"date":"2024-05-24T19:18:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/are-there-any-black-amish\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:50:33","slug":"are-there-any-black-amish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/are-there-any-black-amish\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0647\u0644 \u064a\u0648\u062c\u062f \u0623\u0645\u064a\u0634 \u0633\u0648\u062f\u061f \u0642\u0644\u0629 \u0642\u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u062c\u062f\u0627\u064b\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0648\u062c\u062f \u0645\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0639\u0627\u062a \u0623\u0645\u064a\u0634 \u0633\u0648\u062f\u0627\u0621"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Very few Amish people are Black, and nowhere do they form a community of their own. A few Black and biracial children have grown up in Amish homes, mostly through adoption. A Black adult may ask to join an Amish church like anyone else, but the Amish do not look for converts, and few outsiders of any race ever join. The reason is family more than colour. The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College counts the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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A few Black children have grown up Amish through adoption, and converts of any race are rare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[218],"class_list":["post-3550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-who-are-the-amish"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111065,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/amish-vs-mennonite\/","url_meta":{"origin":3550,"position":0},"title":"Amish vs Mennonite: Same Anabaptist Roots, Different Ways of Living","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Amish and Mennonites share Anabaptist roots, adult baptism and nonresistance. 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