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In 1990 there were four
Anabaptist groups working in Colombia: the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Colombia, that resulted from the mission work of the General Conference Mennonites, the Asociación de Iglesias de los Hermanos Menonitas, stemming from the Mennonite Brethren mission work, the Iglesia
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In 2012 there were 2,825 members in 67 congregations and in 2020 there were 3,402 members in 73 congregations of
Mennonites of the general Colombian population. There are no exact numbers for the Mennonites of German origin but the number of families is given as around 150 which corresponds to
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Hermanos, stemming from the mission work of the Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio, starting in 1973, and the Comunidad Cristiana Hermandad de Cristo, stemming from the Brethren in Christ, starting in 1982. The membership of these four groups in 1986 was about 2,300.
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Mennonites have their own customs and language (
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