Mennonites in El Salvador belong to two different groups of

Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radi ...

s: the ''Iglesia Menonita de El Salvador'' with its center at

Metapán Metapán is a city and municipality in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. Metapán is situated in the northern part of the department, bordering Honduras and Guatemala. It is the second largest city in the department after Santa Ana and ...

in the department of Chalatenango and the ''Iglesia Evangélica Menonita'' which belongs to the

Beachy Amish The Beachy Amish Mennonites, also known as the Beachy Mennonites, are an Anabaptist group of churches in the Conservative Mennonite tradition that have Amish roots. Although they have retained the name "Amish" they are quite different from the O ...

. El Salvador has the second largest Mennonite population in Central America, after

Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...

. In 2012 the ''Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de El Salvador'' had 13 congregations with 515 members and the ''Iglesia Evangélica Menonita'' of the Beachy Amish had 10 congregations with 198 members.''El Salvador''
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GAMEO The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) is an online encyclopedia of topics relating to Mennonites and Anabaptism. The mission of the project is to provide free, reliable, English-language information on Anabaptist-related t ...

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