People group profile · PG017412
The Mennonites of Bolivia
The Mennonites of Bolivia, numbering about 77,500 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.
They are a diaspora people in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated, and they primarily speak Plautdietsch.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 77,500
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Germanic
- Primary language
- Plautdietsch (pdt)
- Primary religion
- Unaffiliated
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Lowland Germans
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mennonites are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mennonites
- 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
Primary religion
30% adherents
Primary language
Plautdietsch · Indo-European family
100% speak Plautdietsch
Gospel resources in Plautdietsch
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Plautdietsch)
Bibles
- 1987 Kindred Press · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mennonites
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
Mennonites in other countries
The same people (ROP3 106548) is reported in 5 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mennonites | Canada | 164,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Mennonites | Mexico | 125,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Mennonites | Paraguay | 50,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Mennonites | United States | 16,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Mennonites | Belize | 14,000 | No Longer Unreached |
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