Stephen Lamar Graham, 67, and Vanessa Jane Schofield Graham, five children, Ghana Missionary Training Center; Oak Hills 2nd Ward, Provo Utah Oak Hills Stake. Brother Graham is a former president of the Tahiti Papeete Mission, temple ordinance worker, stake physical facilities representative, high councilor, bishop, ward Young Men president and missionary in the French-Polynesia Mission. …
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In April 2011, when there was no established church branch in Uvira DRCongo, twelve friends of the church decided that they would not wait any longer to be taught the true gospel of Jesus Christ. They along with others, in their Uvira community, had been gathering for many, many years each week to read the Book …
The worst East African drought conditions in 50 years have left more than 13 million people in urgent need of assistance, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is working with various other organizations to coordinate the distribution of aid in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda. Read more at LDS Newsroom
In the recent semiannual general conference, President Thomas S. Monson spoke of the thousands of faithful Latter-day Saints whose lives were being blessed thanks to the Church’s General Temple Patron Fund. The fund helps faithful members with limited financial resources and who live far from a temple to visit the temple for the first time. …
More than 25 years after the Church received legal recognition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Thomas S. Monson announced during general conference that a temple is to be built in the capital city of Kinshasa. In a country with a Church membership of more than 23,000, news of the temple is an …
On the heels of the organization of the new Zambia Lusaka Mission and the creation of several new branches and groups in Malawi, members report that Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve will visit Malawi and offer a formal dedicatory prayer for the nation. Malawi currently pertains to the Zambia Lusaka …
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The first LDS branch was recently organized in Uvira, DR Congo. The Uvira Branch becomes the first LDS branch ever organized in the entire eastern or northern areas of the country. Beginning in 2008, the Church has begun to organize new branches in previously unreached cities such as Gandajika, Kakanda, Kasumbalesa, Kipushi, Matadi, and Mwene-Ditu …
“Missionaries serving in Kenya report that the First Presidency has recently approved the translation of basic church materials and the Book of Mormon into Kamba. Spoken by over four million native speakers, Kamba is currently the language with the 48th most speakers without LDS materials.” via LDS Church Growth
President Monson announced in General Conference today that temples will be built in Khinasa, DRC, and Durban, South Africa. The DRC temple will be the first in Central Africa, and the Durban temple will be the second in South Africa. These temples will bring the total in Africa to five.
The Freetown Sierra Leone District was split yesterday to create a second district in the city, the Freetown Sierra Leone East District. During the first session of the newly organized district there were over 1,000 in attendance. Full-time missionaries report that plans to open additional cities to missionary work were recently postponed to coordinate with …