The Mennonites

Denomination·Founded 1536 CE·Around 1.44 million baptized members in the 110 national churches that belong to Mennonite World Conference, in about 10,400 congregations across 61 countries, as of the November 2025 census. MWC puts the wider Anabaptist family, including bodies outside its membership, at 2.03 million baptized in 87 countries. Roughly 84 percent of MWC members are African, Asian or Latin American. Baptized members only — children are not counted.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Anabaptism → The Mennonites

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Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1Community 1 You × The Mennonites Discussion

Community

who belongs, how you join, how it is organized
A confession, a name, and almost nothing else in common. Old Colony Mennonites in Bolivia farm with horses and speak Plautdietsch; Mennonite Brethren in Congo are evangelical and number in the hundreds of thousands; Mennonite Church USA ordains women. Mennonite World Conference is a fellowship, not a hierarchy — it cannot discipline a member church and has never tried. Go deeper — context →

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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