USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Amish Similarities. Both groups actually stem from the same Christian movement during the European Protestant Reformation. These Christians were called Anabaptists and they sought to return to a simplicity of faith and practice based on the Bible.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wisconsin is also home to approximately 5, 000 Old Order Mennonites, as well as smaller numbers of Kauffman Amish Mennonites, other Mennonite groups, and Old German Baptist Brethren.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hutterites (German: Hutterer), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: Hutterische Brüder), are a communal ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the early 16th century and have formed intentional communities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Amish have their roots in the Mennonite community. Both were part of the early Anabaptist movement in Europe, which took place at the time of the Reformation. The Anabaptists believed that only adults who had confessed their faith should be baptized, and that they should remain separate from the larger society.