Today the LDS Church assigned its first proselytizing missionaries to Rwanda after several years of waiting. Members in Kigali report that two missionaries will serve in the Kigali Branch and begin formal missionary activity. Although the Church officially organized its one and only branch in Rwanda back in 2008, proselytizing missionaries have not been assigned …
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Missionaries serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Mission report that the government of Gabon granted official recognition to the Church and that the Church may send full-time proselytizing missionaries and participate in any of its religious practices in the country. Read more at LDS Church Growth
MASINA KINSHASA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO STAKE: (June 3, 2012) President — Thierry Kasuangi Mutombo, 36, senior office assistant; succeeding Lutumba J. C. Mabaya; wife, Nathalie Sinda Tshay Mutumbo. Counselors — Tabena Faustin Kiembwa, 49, inspector; wife, Julie Kawanga. Vally Kapepula Tshimanga, 42, businessman; wife, Christine Kapenga Mulenbwe. via LDS Church News
The Church has recently experienced an acceleration of growth in Cape Verde that has been unprecedented since the early 1990s. Within the past year, the Church organized the first stake in the capital city Praia and has organized five new branches and one new group the Ponta do Sol, Praia 5th, Relva, Ribeirão Manuel, and …
A new Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, a city with some 104,215 residents will serve as a symbol of faith to Church members who have been meeting in residential property not far from the new building. via LDS Church News.
The mission president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Mission recently visited Bangui, Central African Republic to meet local members and church leadership, visit the President of the Central African Republic, and to assess conditions for opening the country to formal proselytism. LDS Church Growth.
UYO NIGERIA STAKE: (June 3, 2012) President — Enefiok Tom Ntem, 54, deputy head of chambers; succeeding Aniefiok Udo Inyon; wife, Joan Olcon Samuel. Counselors — Stephen Ovunezi Woke, instructor for Seminaries & Institutes; wife, Mercy Onyinye Nwoko Woke. Idorenyin Eyibio Bassey Okon, 37, accountant; wife, Aniekan Patrick Akpan Essien. via LDS Church News.
A new stake has been created from the Abuja Nigeria District. The Abuja Nigeria Stake, which includes the Jikwoyi, Lugbe and Mpape branches and Bwari, Jabi, Kaduna, Karu, Kubwa, Nyanya, Suleja and Wuse wards, was created by Elder LeGrand R. Curtis of the Seventy and Elder Adeyinka Ojediran, an Area Seventy. ABUJA NIGERIA STAKE: (June …
A new stake was recently created in Nigeria. The Abuja Nigeria Stake was organized from the Abuja Nigeria District and includes the following eight wards and three branches: The Bwari, Jabi, Kaduna, Karu, Kubwa, Nyanya, Suleja, and Wuse Wards and the Jikwoyi, Lugbe, and Mpape Branches. One branch – the Abuja Nigeria District Branch – …
CALABAR NIGERIA STAKE: (May 27, 2012) President — Victor Offiong Bassey, 43, English teacher; succeeding Solomon E. Asha; wife, Uche Nicholine Bassey. Counselors — Walter Ifere Obeten, 42, communication mobilization officer for the Government of Cross River State; wife, Jane Bassey Arikpo. Abam Etim Ekpenyong, 31, mission driver; wife, Glory Abam Ekpenyong. LAGOS NIGERIA STAKE: …