Anthony Mua Kaku, 52, and Doe Akua Afriyie Kaku, five children, Abura Ward, Cape Coast Ghana Stake: Nigeria Port Harcourt Mission, succeeding President Philip K. Xaxagbe and Sister Agnes Y. Xaxagbe. Brother Kaku is a stake president and former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop, district clerk and missionary in the Ghana Accra Mission. Coordinator, …
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KUMASI GHANA DICHEMSO STAKE: (Dec. 15, 2013) President — Edmond Kwabena Adusei, 54, teacher/principal superintendent of education for Ghana Education Service; wife, Naomi Owusu. Counselors — Ernest Asante Oteng, 56, head of security ; wife, Cufty Twum Ampofo Oteng. Paul Oppong, 54, tutor at Salem Secondary School; wife, Margaret Denin. via LDS Church News – …
Within the last week, missionaries serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Mission report that the first young, proselytizing missionaries have been assigned to the Central African country of Gabon. Read more at LDS Church Growth
Many of the missionaries who come to the Ghana MTC are recent converts “and many who come who are the only members of the Church in their families,” President Graham said. Some are first- and others are second-generation members. Some have little or no support at home, others have been raised in the Church and …
On December 15th, a new stake was created in Ghana. The Kumasi Ghana Dichemso Stake was organized from the original Kumasi Ghana Stake and the former Konongo Ghana District and includes the following five wards and five branches: The Asokwa, Buokrom, Dichemso, Kwamo, and University Wards and the Atonsu, Daban, Domeabra, Konongo 1st, and Konongo …
Members from 12 branches of the Church in Lomé, Togo, gathered in their recently dedicated Church building on Sunday, Dec. 8, to witness the creation of Togo’s first stake. LDS Church creates first stake in Togo | Deseret News.
Missionaries serving in the Benin Cotonou Mission report that the Church will organize its first stake in Togo this Sunday. via LDS Church Growth: First Stake to be Created in Togo This Sunday.
On November 5th, LDS apostle Elder David A. Bednar dedicated the Central African country of Gabon for missionary work. via LDS Church Growth: Gabon Dedicated for Missionary Work.
Last Sunday, two new districts were created in Nigeria from a division of the Asaba Nigeria District. The Agbor Nigeria District appears to include two branches (Agbor 1st and Agbor 2nd) whereas the Ogwashi-Nsukwa Nigeria District appears to include five branches (Adonte, Nsukwa, Ogwashi-Uku 1st, Ogwashi-Uku 2nd, and Ogwashi-Uku 3rd). The strategy of the newly …
Within the past two years, the Church has begun to experience unprecedented growth in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The number of wards in Abidjan has increased from 30 at year-end 2011 to 46 at present; a more than 50% increase in less than two years. This phenomenal growth stands as perhaps the most rapid church growth …
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