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Christian. Mennonites are a Christian denomination who arose from the teachings of Menno Simons. The mennonites vary in strictness and old order mennonites are very similar to liberal amish.

No. The Mennonites do not embrace the idea of outsiders coming into marriage within the churches community. Marriage is a very serious step for a Mennonite. marriage to an outsider is highly prohibited and would not be accepted by any Mennonite order that I know of. If you swayed a Mennonite to marriage would not yourself be considered Mennonite nor would your ex-mennonite spouse.

Use of horse and buggy is the defining characteristic of the Amish in the United States. But it is not an exclusive trait as there are old order Mennonite groups that do use the horse and buggy as well.

As for subgroups within the Amish, The Old Order Amish are the largest of the sects. Followed by The New Order Amish.

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