Nonetheless, all groups use horse and buggy transportation ... What is shunning? If Amish church members break their vows of baptism by disobeying religious leaders or church regulations ...

Scholars define the Old Order Amish by two distinctive features: 1) the use of horse-and-buggy transportation, and 2) the use of Pennsylvania German dialect in church services and daily conversation.

“It’s a lot quicker to jump on your bike and go into town than it is to bring your horse into the barn, harness it to the buggy, and go,” David Mullett, a member of the Old Order Amish ...

The vast majority of Amish church services take place in private ... furniture crafting and families traveling via buggy transportation. Mennonite culture is a wide spectrum.