North American Mennonite missionaries (Mennonite Church (MC)) started to work in Argentina in 1917.
Work among Indians in the far north Chaco territory started in 1943.
In 1953 there were 745 members in congregations founded by these missionaries.

In 1948 a first group of about 150 ethnic Mennonites from Russia heading for Paraguay stranded in Argentina.
They settled mostly in Buenos Aires and assimilated more or less into the Argentinian society.
Ethnic Mennonites from Paraguay joined them bringing their total number to about 400 in the mid 1950s.

In the year 1986 a group of very conservative ethnic Mennonites from Capulin colony, close to the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes in the northern parts of Chihuahua, Mexico came to Argentina and founded "La Nueva Esperanza" colony 40 kilometres from Guatraché, La Pampa.
A second colony of similar immigrants was founded near Pampa de los Guanacos, Santiago del Estero in 1995 by Mennonites from Durango, Mexico.
In 2004 settlers from "La Nueva Esperanza" colony near Guatraché founded "Colonia del Norte" near the city of Santiago del Estero.
Both the settlement near Guatraché and the settlements in Santiago del Estero Province have around 10,000 hectares.
In 2014 Old Colony Mennonites from Santa Rita Colony north of Cuauhtémoc in the  Mexican state of Chihuahua founded a new colony of about 9,500 hectares 30 km far from Villa Mercedes, San Luis.
In 2019, a group of Mennonites from Chihuahua and Canada, bought 8,038 hectares (19,860 acres) of land near Arizona, Gobernador Dupuy Department, San Luis, 296 kilometres (184 mi) from the state capital, which will be 180 families.
North American Mennonite missionaries (Mennonite Church (MC)) started to work in Argentina in 1917. Work among Indians in the far north Chaco territory started in 1943. In 1953 there were 745 members in congregations founded by these missionaries. 
In 1948 a first group of about 150 ethnic Mennonites from Russia heading for Paraguay stranded in Argentina. They settled mostly in Buenos Aires and assimilated more or less into the Argentinian society. Ethnic Mennonites from Paraguay joined them bringing their total number to about 400 in the mid 1950s.
In the year 1986 a group of very conservative ethnic Mennonites from Capulin colony, close to the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes in the northern parts of Chihuahua, Mexico came to Argentina and founded "La Nueva Esperanza" colony 40 kilometres from Guatraché, La Pampa. A second colony of similar immigrants was founded near Pampa de los Guanacos, Santiago del Estero in 1995 by Mennonites from Durango, Mexico. In 2004 settlers from "La Nueva Esperanza" colony near Guatraché founded "Colonia del Norte" near the city of Santiago del Estero. Both the settlement near Guatraché and the settlements in Santiago del Estero Province have around 10,000 hectares. In 2014 Old Colony Mennonites from Santa Rita Colony north of Cuauhtémoc in the  Mexican state of Chihuahua founded a new colony of about 9,500 hectares 30 km far from Villa Mercedes, San Luis. In 2019, a group of Mennonites from Chihuahua and Canada, bought 8,038 hectares (19,860 acres) of land near Arizona, Gobernador Dupuy Department, San Luis, 296 kilometres (184 mi) from the state capital, which will be 180 families.
Mennonites in Argentina