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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mennonites of Bolivia

The Mennonites of Bolivia, numbering approximately 77,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnoreligious community that originated in the German and Dutch-speaking regions of Central Europe in the early years of the Protestant Reformation. Lowland Germans They are an Diaspora people, in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated. They primarily speak Plautdietsch.

Mennonites in Canada photo
Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mennonite

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: European Peoples
Country: Bolivia
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Plautdietsch (pdt)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 77,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017412
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

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Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Plautdietsch
Language Family: Indo-European

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Plautdietsch Speakers

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Next steps for the Mennonites

The Mennonites are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Mennonites

The Mennonites are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Mennonites

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.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Mennonites of Bolivia

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
readMatthew 5:16

Pray that those who are deceived about what brings peace will not settle for any lies they’ve heard about God and will diligently seek Him and be satisfied when they learn the truth about who He is and what He’s done.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
readPsalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

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

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