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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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 …
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 …
Missionaries report that this coming Sunday the Church will organize a new district in Cape Verde. The new district will consist of the two branches and one group on the island of Sal and perhaps the recently organized Sal Rei Branch on Boa Vista. Missionaries indicate that the new district will be called the Espargos …
An article published in the LDS Church News this past weekend provided what appears to be year-end 2013 membership statistics for the seven countries in the Africa West Area with an LDS presence. The article indicates that there were nearly 20,000 convert baptisms in the Africa West Area. See below for an analysis of membership …
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Two Sundays ago the Church organized a new stake in the Ghana Cape Coast Mission. The Winneba Ghana Stake was organized from the Swedru Ghana District and includes the following five wards and three branches: The Ansaful, Kojo Bedu, Swedru 1st, Swedru 2nd, and Winneba Wards and the Asikuma, Odoben 1st, and Odoben 2nd Branches. …
The Church in West Africa continues to grow rapidly as missionaries share the gospel and as converts reach out to their families and neighbors. via LDS Church News – History of Church in West Africa.
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles recently spent 10 days with Latter-day Saints in West Africa, observing incredible growth and activity in a relatively young area of the Church. via LDS Church News.
Missionaries serving the in the Cape Verde Praia Mission report that the Fogo Cape Verde District became a stake yesterday. No data is available on which branches became wards and I will post this information when it becomes available. via LDS Church Growth: New Stake in Cape Verde.
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 – …