Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters
    Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters
    Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters
    Ebook163 pages

    Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters

    By Johnny Mast and Shawn Smucker

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    “I am the grandson of Bishop Sam Mullet, who was arrested for the Amish beard-cutting attacks. This is my story.”

    Beard-cutting attacks on Amish people in the middle of the night. Five incidents. Nine victims. How could members of a Christian tradition known for peace and forgiveness enact such violence? What could make members of one Amish group turn against other Amish? In Breakaway Amish, Johnny Mast tells in riveting detail how his Amish community became increasingly isolated from other Amish people, and how the wishes and edicts of his grandfather, Bishop Sam Mullet, overtook daily life in the group. Over time, members became convinced that cutting their own hair was a sign of repentance and remorse. When that conviction led them to cut off the beards of those outside their community, however, it was more than a strange religious ritual. It was a crime.

    Here is an eyewitness account of the disturbing events at Bergholz, an Amish community gone awry. Yet redemption dwells even here, in the bravery and conviction of one who chose to break free.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHerald Press
    Release dateAug 1, 2016
    ISBN9781513800226
    Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters
    Author

    Johnny Mast

    Johnny Mast grew up in the Bergholz Amish community in southern Ohio, known for its beard-cutting attacks on other Amish people. He is the grandson of Bergholz bishop Sam Mullet, and served as his grandfather's right-hand support for his farm and businesses. Mast left Bergholz several years ago and now works on a construction crew. He and his wife, Clara, have one young daughter and live in Ohio.

    Related to Breakaway Amish

    Related ebooks

    Personal Memoirs For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    Related categories

    Reviews for Breakaway Amish

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Breakaway Amish - Johnny Mast

      cbook_preview_excerpt.htmlZێFԾ 0 ]a-LSE2)&e/s"2IVu`Xd2yĉH_ë_`n˯/=Wkי7n8ԡżmwp%F▌]foe&~2̏?ݿ{7w? nhnG3a0KhM`|g*9Pەf h)~pvwffpT0 ΄i4u8aJ\9qYwpф1yX/) GNYVMC'ixCt|R}8Y_o4o, 0v V+ڎ0|𭋟wÇiXJ74: |Ua;oscb4fE+&}e6`*_9-F[!w8cq`nVbMF>gl cSQƞf7N{ʶqXkGB7iXֶ6Ui"x bRN=a3F8`X dFx+;<[ئq2L8 Lpb 9rht?*q12Q<[e&rSyp2aFzXCa; /Be$/?z P5S|aRtWs^q︫;OC,@:`ƙoze0N4?~'YOdVd85 ŘG9tqX"C-Oye64KL2A s% zW5`ouc=Uwӡ6-̻Ġa054!mҺZuhtI+MLhGKDze2n"$?|G1 wfX05\ɴ7&Z_>-0.8㫴>:qú&}pvLQMEk¯-dJT)"jEehrFornSi51+S!ipH\|~V gE%U }#jSb G&MS%~zׇaI+x4 er&Sr/A¹\I]DRi$DN\ښr5u5!{˂M++ , XD1 ֖R:J{P o>MiDCgFQa"C]b&ƞ\1;XA`0E,iPM!R)N';f1sȪ9ڥ!q"cڋ*PUቡ߬f%vwXcq"^O0Ynq0R O_nV^[G QBC_I>dqi!@sp#J[Ԃȋ10%hOBEŃvT̄z[S\K9i/, %-/MKrTL;'5Ԗ1w)RتD̊ӘTX.7,\!HE҅S\$'~!7vR~}3Dbl@4`XY:U }'xsIA5Ca&k&_'WNq[e[ӀBo'摛b-FC bO֖IZPJYxͩ6z 9p5Es;Ȯj.dKp#"i.ȖjrK?}u7s[ wF;,rkwqb|r#i"sr6 9#T'WL"cSz(1vܸR['Εng>'vGLZYq\5o#ysx ZnsTJYg=̥ S nSdݢȓr\W{`A=bǑ,Lۃ6[q^r#aOj3Yz@DFX& 2oq.hQIFT?ԹBO}!"ny3oiDŦ :1'<[;VHHm¡bÁ R)v"'J:ҋF>x.tjOkpt([줣 ]n']Zs\)965Z'wOr[y;MpBFXPdKVFt,8w*zu-jfVݽ]jj-r]rQ%31 /Pm}ڄ1z=g*PoavG>!ef:QJM)}aR$A$DQphs5w'(!Rqck/}.t/2 tŷZʘY9)z"•EbY0wﶻ;8ZsӋX kTn5`OdnF?R䢵 .P̻{0 2Ui4<Bj T#1G:F$p#p_Y>=Ha{l2*pw1 #c&̔c R|)C-dBr[(lxv`EyM3 ;X-9%)%,^> ܜ aRgg߆B5"FrJҷZC)7Lnbf 
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1