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id: amish-shunning-meidung
title: Amish Meidung Discipline
description: >-
An Amish practice of communal discipline in which a member who has
violated the Ordnung (community rules) and refused to repent is shunned
— members limit social contact to encourage repentance and restoration.
Rooted in Anabaptist tradition and based on Matthew 18:15-17.
source: Amish tradition / Anabaptist practice
source_url: https://groups.amishcountry.org/
tags: [amish, anabaptist, discipline, restoration, community]
forked_from: null
image: null
steps:
- headline: Private admonition
description: >-
A member who has violated the Ordnung is first admonished privately by
one or two members, seeking repentance and restoration.
- headline: Bring to the church
description: >-
If private admonition fails, the matter is brought to the church
(congregation). The member is again urged to repent.
- headline: Vote on meidung
description: >-
If the member still refuses, the congregation votes to enter meidung
— shunning. The vote is a communal act, not a leader's decree.
- headline: Shun to restore
description: >-
Members limit social contact with the shunned person — no communal
meals, no business — while continuing family obligations. The purpose
is to make restoration desirable, not to exile permanently.
- headline: Receive the repentant
description: >-
If the member repents, the congregation receives them back with joy
and a vote to end the meidung. Restoration, not punishment, is the
end.
outcome: >-
A member is disciplined by the community with the explicit goal of
restoration; shunning ends the moment repentance is genuine.
practice: >-
Meidung is painful and used rarely. The purpose is always restoration,
not exile. Family obligations continue even in shunning — it is social,
not familial, severance.