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The Mennonites of Belize

The Mennonites of Belize, numbering approximately 14,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Anabaptist ethnoreligious community of mainly Russian Mennonite ancestry who migrated from Mexico beginning in 1958, establishing agricultural colonies such as Spanish Lookout and Shipyard while preserving Plautdietsch. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Plautdietsch is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mennonite

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Belize
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Plautdietsch (pdt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 14,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016204
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Pray for the Mennonites of Belize

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Plautdietsch
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Plautdietsch Speakers

Media Resources in Plautdietsch:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Plautdietsch:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1987 Kindred Press✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Plautdietsch bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mennonites are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Mennonites:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Mennonites of Belize

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
readPsalm 37:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will delight themselves in the Lord, trusting Him to give them the desires of their hearts.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Mennonites Across Countries (ROP3 - 106548) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MennonitesPG043438MennonitesCanada164,000No Longer UnreachedPlautdietschProtestantism
MennonitesPG024874MennonitesMexico125,000Engaged yet UnreachedPlautdietschProtestantism
MennonitesPG017412MennonitesBolivia77,500Engaged yet UnreachedPlautdietschProtestantism
MennonitesPG017249MennonitesParaguay50,000No Longer UnreachedPlautdietschProtestantism
MennonitesPG043327MennonitesUnited States16,000No Longer UnreachedPlautdietschProtestantism
MennonitesPG016204MennonitesBelize14,500No Longer UnreachedPlautdietschProtestantism

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