Two Sundays ago, the Church created its first branch in the African country of Gabon. The Libreville Branch was organized from the Libreville Group and had 15 local members in attendance. The Church obtained government registration within the past couple months, paving the way for the organization of an official church congregation in the country. …
Category Archives: Stakes & Districts
2 new stakes created in DRC
The Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Binza Stake was organized from the Kinshasa DR Congo Mont Ngafula and Kinshasa DR Congo Ngaliema Stakes and includes the following seven wards and one branch: The Binza, Binza Pigeon, Binza UPN, Lubudi, Musey, Nsanga Maba, and Manenga Wards and the Camp Luka Branch. The Kinshasa DR Congo …
New stake president in Aba, Nigeria
ABA NIGERIA STAKE: (Sept. 22, 2012) President — Kennedy Asuburke Godwin Njoku, 35, chief executive officer; succeeding Francis Onyebueze Nmeribe; wife, Christiana Amaka Ogoke Njoku. Counselors — Justice Nwachinemere Otuonye, 32, doctor; wife, Kate Anurika Otuonye. Francis Ngozi Nji, 50, security officer; wife, Uloma Constance Nji. via LDS Church News.
First LDS Stake in Botswana
Members in Botswana report that the Church will create its first stake in Botswana on November 4th. The Church has worked for many years to create the first stake in Botswana. The Church created its first official branch in 1991 and the following year organized a district headquartered in Gaborone. Read the entire story at LDS …
New stake created in Côte d’Ivoire
The Church created a new stake in Côte d’Ivoire last Sunday. The Port-Bouët Côte d’Ivoire Stake was created from the Cocody Côte d’Ivoire Stake and Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Mission and includes the Adjouffou, Jean-Folly, Koumassi, Marcory, Port-Bouët, and Vridi Wards and the Grand-Bassam 1st and Grand-Bassam 2nd Branches. The Church created its first stake in …
New stake presidency in Nigeria
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, community mobilization officer for the Government of Cross River State; wife, Jane Bassey Arikpo. Abam Etim Ekpenyong, 31, mission driver; wife, Glory Abam Ekpenyong. via LDS Church …
New stake president in DRC
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
Growth accelerates in Cape Verde
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 …
New meetinghouse in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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.
New stake president in Nigeria stake
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.