On a beautiful sunny day in the city of Luputa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 10th Congolese stake in Africa was organized. More than 1,800 members gathered from villages and farms — some traveling by riding bikes and others riding in the backs of trucks — to the Church building on June 26. Most …
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5 new branches created in Liberia
Full-time missionaries serving in the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission report a recent surge in convert baptisms and church attendance necessitating the creation of five new branches this weekend in the Liberia Monrovia Bushrod Island District. As a result of the organization of the new branches, the number of branches will double in the district from …
New stake in Lagos, Nigeria
LAGOS NIGERIA SOUTH STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Umana Effiong Umana, 41, facilities/real estate manager; wife, Stella Ngozi Ikeya. Counselors — Nosakhare Calvin-Brown Okhomina, 39, medical doctor; wife, Beauty Ojo Okhomina. Herbert Member, 43, supervisor/manager; wife, Ifeoma Angela Ezema. via LDS Church News
New stake in Antananarivo, Madagascar
A new stake has been created from the Antananarivo Madagascar Stake. The Antananarivo Madagascar Ivandry Stake, which includes the Sabotsy Namehana Branch and Analamahitsy, Anjanahary, Antananarivo, Betongolo and Ivandry wards, was created by Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Seventy. ANTANANARIVO MADAGASCAR IVANDRY STAKE: (March 13, 2011) President —Tahina-Elisoa Rakotoson, 39, consultant; wife, Mbololontsoa Sendrahasina Ranaivojaona. Counselors — Barege Isimaela N. Raoelimananiaina, …
First mission in Benin
For the first time in two decades, the Church will organize a mission in a nation that at present does not have a stake or district. The Benin Cotonou Mission will include both Benin and Togo which were formerly assigned to the Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan Mission and will administer a population of 15.5 million. via LDS Church Growth
Ghanan to preside over Nigeria Harcourt Mission
Philip Kwame Weah Xaxagbe, 59, and Agnes Yourah Logo Xaxagbe, three children, Dansoman Ward, Accra Ghana McCarthy Hill Stake. Brother Xaxagbe serves as a stake president and is a former bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake Sunday School presidency, branch president and elders quorum president. Former Area Materials Management manager, Corporation of the Presiding …
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Missionaries evacuated from Côte d’Ivoire.
LDS non-African missionaries evacuated from Côte d’Ivoire; Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Mission may divide to create new mission in 2011. Link