Ordnung
Rules for Amish, Old Order Mennonite and Conservative Mennonite living / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ordnung is a set of rules for Amish, Old Order Mennonite and Conservative Mennonite living. Ordnung (pronounced [ˈɔʁdnʊŋ] ⓘ) is the German word for order, discipline, rule, arrangement, organization, or system. Because the Amish have no central church government, each assembly is autonomous and is its own governing authority. Thus, every local church maintains an individual set of rules, adhering to its own Ordnung, which may vary from district to district as each community administers its own guidelines. Among the Amish, these rules are largely unwritten, yet they define the very essence of Amish identity.[1][2] Conservative Mennonites refer to Ordnung by the English terms "discipline" or "standard", and their rules are usually written.