In 1958 Mennonites came from Mexico and settled in Spanish Lookout and Blue Creek. Then the settlers in Blue Creek had a dispute about religion practices and a large group moved to Shipyard .^[1]

During the Covid-19 pandemic the government of Belize mandated, among other things, that churches should be limited to 10 persons or less. However, as that goes against the religion of all Christians, the Mennonites elected not to close down churches. As a result police arrived at the Kleine Gemeinde Edental church during Sunday morning services on November 4, 2020 to arrest the pastors and disperse the attendees.

The Blue Creek village chairman, Abram Rempel, said that “the calling of God is higher than the calling of this government,” and that the entire community planned to continue with church services on the upcoming Sunday if the National Oversight Committee (NOC) would not reverse its decision on church fellowship.^[2]