Their life is surrounded by church, family, home, and work. Their simple way of living is followed by the Ordnung. The Ordnung is defined as the separation of the rest of the world, hard work, women’s loyalty to their husbands, plain dress, and refusal to buy any form of insurance. The Amish church began with Schism in Switzerland within a group of Swizz and Alsatian Anabaptist in 1693.