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