Category: Testimonies
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From Fear to Freedom: A Testimony of Grace — Susan Esh
Susan Esh shares her testimony of moving from fear to freedom by the grace of God, in a Hope for Wondering Amish Ladies session—reflecting on Amish upbringing, the bondage of fear, and the peace and assurance she found in Christ.
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From Fight Clubs to Anabaptist — Daniel Willis
Daniel Willis shares how God brought him from a violent, nominally Christian youth into serious discipleship through Scripture, mission work in China, and repeated encounters with conflicting church traditions—tracing how simple obedience to Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount led him to the early Christian and Anabaptist way.
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From Sin to Redemption — Levi Miller
Levi Miller, of Coshocton, Ohio, shares a candid testimony focused on sin and redemption. Raised in a traditional old order Amish setting, he describes bondage to sin, a fearful un-converted church membership, and the genuine new birth that transformed his marriage and family.
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From Presbyterian Roots to Anabaptist Beliefs: A Spiritual Journey — John Kristner
John Kristner, of Clay Center, Kansas, shares his spiritual journey from a United Presbyterian upbringing to a settled life among the Old Order River Brethren. He traces a God-consciousness born out of childhood fears, an early hunger for righteousness, and deliverance from a critical spirit.
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My Testimony — Atlee Miller
Atlee Miller shares his life testimony of God’s redeeming work through years of depression, family difficulty, and a long search for a genuine New Testament brotherhood. Raised Amish in Cashton, Wisconsin, he describes an insecure childhood and a fearful, uncommunicative relationship with his father, and the healing that followed.
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Finding Freedom From Bondage — Ervin Esh
Ervin Esh shares his testimony of finding freedom from bondage. Growing up in a Christian Amish home, a boyhood vow to “do whatever it takes to have friends” set him on a path that led, by age 14, to a pornography addiction he could not break—until a decisive surrender at his baptism.
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My Memories Growing Up Amish — Elam Peachey
Elam Peachey shares his testimony of growing up Amish and finding Christ, opening with a clear statement that he speaks without bitterness. Using family photos and an old farm video, he walks through his roots in Belleville, his family’s farm in Mercersburg, and a turbulent adolescence of rebellion and addictions.