{"id":31500,"date":"2025-04-15T13:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=31500"},"modified":"2026-09-23T02:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:30:18","slug":"amish-doctors-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/amish-doctors-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Podem os Amish tornar-se m\u00e9dicos? N\u00e3o, mas recorrem a m\u00e9dicos e hospitais"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No, not while they remain Amish. Amish schooling ends with the eighth grade, and the church forbids high school and college, so a member cannot train as a physician. The few doctors raised Amish left the church to study. The Amish themselves do see doctors and use hospitals. Why can&#039;t the Amish become doctors? Becoming a doctor takes years of college and medical school, and the Ordnung, the rules each Amish church district keeps, forbids its members to attend high\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\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. Amish schooling ends after eighth grade and the church forbids college, so members cannot train as physicians, though many Amish use doctors and hospitals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[218],"class_list":["post-31500","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\/pt\/learn\/amish-vs-mennonite\/","url_meta":{"origin":31500,"position":0},"title":"Amish vs Mennonite: Same Anabaptist Roots, Different Ways of Living","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Setembro 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Amish and Mennonites share Anabaptist roots, adult baptism and nonresistance. 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