Amish Seventh Day Adventist

[Southerner]

Is anyone familiar w SDA Amish in West Salem, OH? I recently heard about them and I think the original family is from the Swartzentruber.

[Southerner]

https://www.westsalemmission.org/andy-weaver-testimony

[JohnL]

Well now that’s a different flavor, isn’t it.

[JohnH]

They aren’t Amish, any more than my niece is an Anglican 7th Day Adventist or a Catholic 7th Day Adventist or a Pentecostal-charismatic 7th Day Adventist. Unless one thinks that “Amish” is merely an ethnic moniker.

More interestingly, this crowd seems to think that “Anabaptist” is also just an ethnic moniker:

Our camp meeting is lay-led under the organization of West Salem Mission and in cooperation with the Anbaptist Seventh-day Adventist Church, West Salem, a member of the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

That particular area is rife with Mormon and Jehovah’s Witness “missionaries” as well, who view Amish (and Anabaptist) as just another ethnic group like Samoans, French people, Inuit, and so forth to be folded into their denomination.

[Praxis+Theodicy]

They aren’t Amish, any more than my niece is an Anglican 7th Day Adventist or a Catholic 7th Day Adventist or a Pentecostal-charismatic 7th Day Adventist. Unless one thinks that “Amish” is merely an ethnic moniker.

More interestingly, this crowd seems to think that “Anabaptist” is also just an ethnic moniker:

Our camp meeting is lay-led under the organization of West Salem Mission and in cooperation with the Anbaptist Seventh-day Adventist Church, West Salem, a member of the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

That particular area is rife with Mormon and Jehovah’s Witness “missionaries” as well, who view Amish (and Anabaptist) as just another ethnic group like Samoans, French people, Inuit, and so forth to be folded into their denomination.

7th-Day Adventists are uniquely positioned to attract thoughtful Christians from other traditions. Since they meet for worship, study, and community activities on Saturday, Christians can attend their gatherings for quite a while while not arousing suspicion from their home church, which meets on Sunday. A Christian can keep their foot in both doors for a very long time, making the transition to a new church much easier.

Amish are also uniquely susceptible to be attracted to other traditions, since they normally meet every other Sunday. I've heard stories of plenty of Amish who faithfully attend their community's activities during the "on" week, and explore another tradition on their "off" week, learning and considering and opening themselves up to being persuaded by the other church.