The Church organized a new stake in the Johannesburg metropolitan area on June 28th. The Mabopane South Africa Stake was organized from the Pretoria South Africa Stake and includes the following five wards: the Atteridgeville, Mabopane, Montana, Saulsville, and Soshanguve Wards. Senior missionaries note that the new stake leadership is solely comprised of black African …
Category Archives: Stakes & Districts
New stake created in Nigeria
The Church organized a new stake in Calabar on May 17th. The Calabar Nigeria South Stake was organized from a division of the Calabar Nigeria Stake. The new stake includes the following six wards: the Egerton, Etta Agbor, Mbukpa, New Airport, Uwanse, and Yellow Duke Wards. There are now 27 stakes and 20 districts in …
New stakes created in Cote d’Ivoire
The Church organized its first stake in Cote d’Ivoire outside of Abidjan on April 12th. The Yamoussoukro Cote d’Ivoire Stake was organized from a division of the Yamoussoukro Cote d’Ivoire District and includes the following five wards and two branches: the Agbanou, Bouafle, Koko, N’Zuessy 1st, and N’Zuessy 2nd Wards and the Habitat and Kokrenou …
New District Created in Namibia
The Church organized a new district in Namibia last Sunday from the Botswana/Namibia Mission. The Windhoek Namibia District appears to include two branches in Windhoek and a member group in Swakopmund. The Church once operated a district in Namibia during the early 1990s but discontinued it after one of the two branches in the district …
Mozambique, Zambia get first stakes; new districts for Zambia, Malawi
First Stake Organized in Mozambique; New District Created in Zambia; First Stake to be Created in Zambia in March; Second District to be created in Malawi Read the details at LDS Church Growth.
New District Created in Cape Verde
The Church organized a new district in Cape Verde on January 25th. The Assomada Cape Verde District was organized from a division of the Praia Cape Verde Stake and includes the following six branches: the Assomada 1st, Assomada 2nd, Calheta, Chão Bom, Ribeirão Manuel, and Tarrafal Branches. Read more at LDS Church Growth
First stakes pending approval for Mozambique and Zambia
Missionaries report that applications have been sent to Church Headquarters requesting the organization of the first stakes in Mozambique and Zambia. Plans call for the organization of three new stakes from the Beira Mozambique District, Maputo Mozambique District, and the Lusaka Zambia District. Mozambique is the country with the fourth most members without a stake …
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New stake created in Nigeria
On November 16th, the Church organized a new stake in the cultural region of southwestern Nigeria known as “Yorubaland.” The Abeokuta Nigeria Stake was organized from the Abeokuta Nigeria District and includes the following eight wards: the Ibara, Idi-Aba, Ilewo-Orile, Ita-Oshin, Kuto, Lafenwa, Obantoko, and Odeda Wards. Read more at LDS Church Growth.
New Stake Created in Ghana
On November 9th, the Church created a new stake in the Accra metropolitan area. The Ashaiman Ghana Stake was organized from a division of the Tema Ghana Stake Read more at LDS Church Growth
New Stake in Côte d’Ivoire
Last Sunday, the Church organized its seventh stake in Abidjan. The Abobo Cote d’Ivoire East Stake was organized from a division of the Abobo Cote d’Ivoire Stake and includes the following eight wards: the Abobo, Agbekoi, Akeikoi 1st, Akeikoi 2nd, Ile Verte, M’Ponon, Plaque, and Quatre Etages Wards. Read more at LDS Church Growth