Amish and Quakers are often confused because both were once called Plain people and both refuse to fight. They come from different countries, different centuries and almost opposite convictions about how God speaks. The short version AmishQuakers OriginSwiss and Alsatian Anabaptists; split from the Mennonites in 1693England, 1650s, around George Fox FounderJakob AmmannGeorge Fox AuthorityScripture, read and applied by the congregationThe inward light — God speaking directly to each person WorshipPreaching and hymns, in homes, in Pennsylvania Dutch GermanTraditionally silent,…

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