The Mennonite Colony That Made a Deal With a Diamond Company in Angola

[Disciple of Christ]

They are not Old Colony Mennonites, they are progressive Sommerfelder.

[Disciple of Christ]

BTW that's the location of the Angolan Sommerfelder colony Lavoura Esperança (ca. 45 residents, founded in 2023): -7.45173, 20.31385

[Disciple of Christ]

They appear to have grown. Thw newspapers says "nearly 60" people now.

BTW it really depends how you define "progressive". You could call them moderately conservative too if you prefer that.

[JohnH]

They appear to have grown. Thw newspapers says "nearly 60" people now.

BTW it really depends how you define "progressive". You could call them moderately conservative too if you prefer that.

I would like more info someday on the various levels of conservatism etc between various Russian Mennonite groups.

[lmcdoss]

They are not Old Colony Mennonites, they are progressive Sommerfelder.

The colony that appears in the news report is indeed Sommerfelder( with no internet though), but there is also another colony formed in 2025 of horse and buggy old colony mennonites, you can see report on that old colony colony on the die mennonitische post https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=153 ... 2734266412