Kleine Gemeinde zu Spanish Lookout, Belize
| Kleine Gemeinde zu Spanish Lookout, Belize | |
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 Spanish Lookout, Belize: New York Times, 2006[1] | |
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Congregations |
4 (2006) |
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Membership |
710 (2006) |
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Presiding Officer |
Milton Penner (2006)[2] |
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Location |
Spanish Lookout, Belize |
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Date Established |
1978 |
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MWC Affiliated? |
Yes |
The Kleine Gemeinde came to Belize in 1978. They left the Quellen Colony, Chihauhua, Mexico looking for land. In Belize's Cayo District, located on the north side of the Belize River, they settled 18,500 acres in the jungle that became the Spanish Lookout Colony.[3]
Today (2009), Spanish Lookout is Belize's most modern Mennonite Community.[4] The Mennonites in Spanish Lookout are major producers of dairy, poultry, vegetables and cattle.[5] Furniture manufacturing, house construction, and automotive industry are also important parts of the Spanish Lookout economy.[6] In addition, oil was recently discovered in Spanish Lookout.[7]
While Kleine Gemeinde settled the Spanish Lookout Colony, today (2009) the colony is made up of both Kleine Geiemende and Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church (EMMC) communities.[8]
History
Origins
Growth
Contemporary Trends
Annotated Bibliography
- Snider, Howard. "Agriculture in the Kleine Gemeinde Community of Spanish Lookout, Belize." Mennonite Life. (March 1980): 19.
- This article gives a brief description of the agricultural economy of the Spanish Lookout Colony in 1980.
- "Spanish Lookout: A Modern Mennonite Community." MyBelizeAdventure.com. http://www.mybelizeadventure.com/destinations/cayo/spanishlook/ (accessed 29 July 2009).
- This website supplies travel information about Belize. The article about Spanish Lookout, Belize describes, generally, the Mennonite community, including its location in Belize and its economic activity.
Citations
- ↑ Simon Romero, "Touched by Oil and Hope in Belize," New York Times (21 February 2006). http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/business/worldbusiness/21belize.html?_r=1 (accessed 28 July 2009).
- ↑ "2006 Mennonite World Conference Directory for Caribbean, Central and South America," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=16 (accessed 17 June 2009).
- ↑ D. F. Dueck and John B. Loewen, "Spanish Lookout Colony, Belize," Global Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S6803.html/ (accessed 29 July 2009).
- ↑ "Spanish Lookout," MyBelizeAdventure.com, http://www.mybelizeadventure.com/destinations/cayo/spanishlook/ (accessed 29 July 2009).
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Romero.
- ↑ "Churches," Spanish Lookout, http://www.spanishlookout.bz/churches/church.htm (accessed 29 July 2009).
