Cape Verde On May 25th, the Church organized its third stake in Cape Verde. The Sao Felipe Cape Verde Stake was organized from the Fogo Cape Verde District. Details on which branches became wards are still not available; I will post these as a comment once I obtain this information. The Church continues to experience …
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New stake in Nigeria; new district in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Last Sunday, the Church organized a new stake in Nigeria. The Umuahia Nigeria Stake was organized from the Umuahia Nigeria District. No details are currently available regarding whether all 13 original branches are within the new stake and which branches became wards. There are now 23 stakes and 21 districts in Nigeria. Last Sunday, the …
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First official branches created in Tamale, Ghana
Opened to missionaries in February 2013, Tamale has a population of approximately half a million and is the most northern city in Ghana that has had full-time missionaries assigned. Multiple member groups were organized within the first couple months following the arrival of full-time missionaries in 2013. By early 2014, missionary reports indicated that as …
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New African leaders announced
President Uchtdorf announced several African leaders this weekend during General Conference: Walter Chatora, 48, Johannesburg, South Africa, area seventy W. Jean-Pierre Lono, 54, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, area seventy Tasara Makasi, 40, Johannesburg, South Africa, area seventy Khumbulani Mdletshe, 49, Johannesburg, South Africa, area seventy
2 New Missions to be Created This July in Africa
The Church announced the creation of two new missions this summer in Cote d’Ivoire and the Republic of the Congo. via LDS Church Growth
New stake created in Winneba, Ghana
A new stake has been created from the Swedru Ghana District. The Winneba Ghana Stake, which includes the Asikuma, Odoben 1st and Odoben 2nd branches and the Ansaful, Kojo Bedu, Swedru 1st, Swedru 2nd and Winneba wards, was created by Elder Edward Dube of the Seventy and Elder M.T. Ben Davis, an Area Seventy. via …
New mission president called for Ghana Cape Coast Mission
Richard Scott Stevenson, 57, and Marion Penelope Speir Stevenson, five children, Lake Oswego Ward, Lake Oswego Oregon Stake: Ghana Cape Coast Mission, succeeding President Jeffrey L. Shulz and Sister Lynnette Shulz. Brother Stevenson is a former stake president, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, high councilor, temple ordinance worker, seminary teacher and missionary in the …
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New mission president called for the Accra Ghana Mission
David Louis Heid, 63, and Delynn Susan Parry Heid, three children, Fallbrook 2nd Ward, Vista California Stake: Ghana Accra Mission, succeeding President Daniel K Judd and Sister Kaye Judd. Brother Heid serves as a high priests group leader assistant and is a former PEF missionary in the Africa West Area (Ghana), counselor in a stake …
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Rapid growth in Côte d’Ivoire continues
I may seem to be a bit fixated on recent church growth developments in the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, but I really want to emphasize how exceptional recent growth developments have been in this French-speaking country of 23 million. Some of these developments include: . . . Based on these recent developments, it …
New mission president for Cape Verde
Robert P. and Susan F. MathewsRobert Paul Mathews, 60, and Susan Jean Friedman Mathews, four children, Kingwood 1st Ward, Kingwood Texas Stake: Cape Verde Praia Mission, succeeding President Roberto F. Oliveira and Sister Eliana Oliveira. Brother and Sister Mathews recently served in the Cape Verde Praia Mission. Brother Mathews serves as a temple sealer and …