People group profile · PG024874
The Mennonites of Mexico
The Mennonites of Mexico, numbering about 125,000 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.
They are a diaspora people in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Plautdietsch.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Population
- 125,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Germanic
- Primary language
- Plautdietsch (pdt)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Russian Mennonites, Lowland Germans
- Region
- Central 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
45% adherents
Primary language
Plautdietsch · Indo-European family
80% 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
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- 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.
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 | Bolivia | 77,500 | 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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