Tuesday, March 3, 2020
20+ New Stakes to be Created in West Africa in 2020
Church leaders in West Africa report that at least 20 new stakes will be created later this year in the Africa West Area. Specific locations for where these new stakes will be created have not yet been announced. One new stake has been organized in West Africa thus far in 2020 - the Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire Selmer Stake on March 1st. It appears the size of current stakes and districts that most of these stakes will be organized in Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire.
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Amazing... hopefully this indicates that retention rates are high and conversion levels are high as well.
Would this be a record for this area?
I hope and pray that increased stake leadership in these countries will hope transform them and their people into Christ's elect. The West African Saints will be a huge part of the Restoration of the Lord's Kingdom.
at the end of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxQ8hJWkIE it is mentioned that elder Christofferson met with county leaders where the groundbreaking for the Virginia temple will be happening in April
Here's a list of 20 stakes that appear likely to be organized in 2020:
COTE D'IVOIRE (4)
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire (14th stake)
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire (15th stake)
Abudjan Cote d'Ivoire (16th stake)
Yamoussoukro Cote d'Ivoire (2nd stake)
GHANA (5)
Ashaiman Ghana (2nd stake)
Kumasi Ghana (4th stake)
Kumaski Ghana (5th stake)
Sunyani Ghana (1st stake)
Tema Ghana 2nd stake)
LIBERIA (1)
Monrovia Liberia (6th stake)
NIGERIA (10)
Aba Nigeria (5th stake)
Benin City Nigeria (9th stake)
Benin City Nigeria (10th stake)
Eket Nigeria (2nd stake)
Ikot Ekpene Nigeria (2nd stake)
Lagos Nigeria (7th stake)
Lagos Nigeria (8th stake)
Ogwashi-uku Nigeria (1st stake)
Ukat Aran Nigeria (2nd stake)
Warri Nigeria (2nd stake)
Linguistically, English and French will be the primary growth languages in this countries, although hopefully we will see some type of more growth in Portuguese in Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. Perhaps Sao Tome e Principe may finally have some traction as far as convert growth.
Matt, I think I could see some districts in Cote d'Ivoire that are outside of Abidjan and Yamoussoukro become stakes this year. Thinking maybe San Pedro/Sassandra region for one. Perhaps in exchange, I'd be a bit more conservative on Ghana.
The church news recently did a good article about the Mexico MTC:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/history-revisited/2020-03-02/mexico-city-mtc-missionary-training-center-benemerito-lds-175318
It mentions that Haitian Creole teaching has been moved to the Mexico MTC after the closure of the DR MTC, requiring teachers to be hired and relocated to Mexico. Q’eqchi’ for spanish speakers has also been moved from the Guatemala MTC. The article also mentions that they are considering teaching ESL for Spanish speakers there as well. Most interestingly, they are also considering training Spanish speakers for French speaking mission in places like Africa. This makes me wonder if more Latinos will be called to Africa in the future.
When I was serving in Mexico in 2015, there was an area plan that focused on self-sufficiency as an area. I could perceive that part of the goal was financial (covering operating expenses and fast offering needs). But there was also language that indicated a goal of being able to spread the gospel around the world (as opposed to relying on Americans for their missionary needs). In my experience, I had never heard of a missionary from Mexico being called to a place outside of North and America. I'm sure is has been done, but it is rare.
Looking on the church website, the Brazil MTC offers Japanese training for Portuguese speakers. The Philippines MTC also offers a wealth of languages, but they are mostly for native speakers.
Sometimes it seems like the church is behind in Africa and isn't moving as fast as it should to expand outreach. But it seems like the church is trying to free up more resources to open up expansion. The Wall Street Journal last month that interviewed the Presiding Bishopric mentioned that significant portion of the church revenue goes to subsidize places like Africa, where the church is expanding. Between opening up a new area and several new missions, focusing on making more areas financially self sufficient, and possibly opening up Latinos to serve in Africa, the church is moving in a good direction.
I have already been seeing several mission calls for Latin American Elders to French speaking Africa with training in Mexico.
I think it's exciting because like what was said above very few Mexicans serve outside the Americas.
The goals of the Church are focused on learn term, sustainable growth in Africa.
There is always a strugle between taking the gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue and people and building the Church with a depth and strength of Church membership.
In west Africa the big question is always can we sustain the Church with only materials available in colonial languages, or do we need to translate the hymns, scriptures and temple ordinances into local languages.
When you do local languages there are issues of how broad of orthography to use. In Ghana there is the issue of Fante, Akan and Twi usage in orthography.
I know in Tanzania a few years ago there was a decision to move the Church from using English to using Swahili. In Madagascar the Church uses Malagasy. In some parts of Congo the Church also uses Swahili.
The Durban Temple operates in English, Portuguese, Zulu and Xhosa. In some ways its lack of operation in Sesotho is a questionable oversight.
The politicis of language are extrely complex.
In the case of giving Japanese training at the Brazilian MTC there are large numbers of Brazilians in Japan, many who are of Japanese descent. This is a large enough population to justify sending Portuguese speaking missionaries there, but they still need to be trainined in Japanese.
When my father was on his mission in Brazil in 1972-1974 there were no Brazilian natives serving in his mission.
There are several Japanese speaking areas in Brazil, one is in Sao Paulo. Anothe is in northern Parana state in a smaller place. I was transcribing cemetery headstones on Billiongraves and came across a fair number in one cemetery in a medium sized place. This was not even near Curitiba.
FamilySearch Indexing indexed some Japanese records from Japan, roughly mid-1920s to the outbreak of WWII that were passenger lists of those that were emigrating from there to Brazil.
If I read things correctly basically the Mexico MTC is being used to train the missionary force for Haiti, which is almost all Haitians.
Training native Spanish speakers to be French-language missionaries is an exciting prospect.
I am wondering if there is maybe a need to training missionaries in Nahuatl, Mixtec and other languages of Mexico.
French would also be useful for the Caribbean mission, but I can see Africa as a big goal. I am wondering though about also other goals like Swahili etc.
The fact that the Mexico MTC is almost 3 times as big in area covered as the US MTC is encouraging. On the other hand with BYU having purchased the old Provo High School, there may be room to expand the US MTC even more.
I know some of the people my dad taught and or baptized on his mission to Brazil were or Japanese descent. He served in Maua, President Predente, Apucarana, Sorocaba and Santos. So in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo State and in Parana State I believe.
I'm wondering if the MTC in Mexico City may have enough land for its second temple someday.
@L Chris Jones there's more than enough land. But a second temple in CDMX is NOT forthcoming until they can get their local attendance up at their existing temple.
The next Mexican temple will more than likely be announced for Torreón (5 stakes in the metro area plus multiple stakes and districts outside), and Querétaro (3 stakes in the metro area plus other nearby stakes).
@L Chris Jones there's more than enough land. But a second temple in CDMX is NOT forthcoming until they can get their local attendance up at their existing temple.
The next Mexican temple will more than likely be announced for Torreón (5 stakes in the metro area plus multiple stakes and districts outside), and Querétaro (3 stakes in the metro area plus other nearby stakes).
Does anyone know how long Spanish-speaking missionaries for US missions have been trained in Mexico City? My cousin's son is there now and then will come back to the US and go to San Antonio, Texas. (His family lives in southern Utah).
It was a bit of a surprise to me when I heard that news.
I know that it has been happening for at least 3 years. I've got a cousin who was called to a Spanish speaking Texas mission and was trained in Mexico. That was about three years ago. It may be more, but I know it is a least that long ago.
Does anyone know how many stakes were in West Africa at the end of 2017, 2018, and 2019? Just curious given the following two posts:
http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2017/04/rapid-lds-growth-in-west-africa.html
http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2017/07/ten-new-stakes-to-be-created-in-west.html
Thanks Chris!!
I think the MTC in Mexico started training Spanish speaking missionaries called to the US around the time of the age change. That would be late 2012 or early 2013. I served my mission in 2013-2015 and if I'm not mistaken, some people I knew fell into this category. It has been long enough though that events are getting blurred. It seems that it was necessary, because in the summer of 2013 the MTC in Provo reached nearly 9000 occupants, more than twice its usual summer maximum.
Wonderful news for West Africa. If all of these stakes are created, that might in turn necessitate more new temples therein, and if congregational growth continues through the area, there may be a day when the Africa West Area is split in a similar manner to what will happen for the Africa Southeast Area in August of this year. And speaking of temples, earlier today, I published the latest revisions to my April 2020 General Conference predictions to my blog, which includes my latest list of potential locations in which a temple might be announced. An open commenting period is now in effect for those latest updates. I will be continuing to accept feedback on those for the next four weeks exactly (until Wednesday April 1), at which point I will finalize them before General Conference weekend. With my thanks to Matt for continuing to allow me to share such updates here, and to all of you who will be weighing in on those, you can find them at the following web address:
https://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2020/03/revisted-april-2020-general-conference.html
My thanks once again to you all.
I am in the process of creating an article on Ikot Akpatek in Wikipedia. Since Wikipedia claims to be a gazeteer I figure it should have an article on any location that is a stake headquaters. Ikot Akpatek is also a place that even in colonial times British administrators sought to build roads connecting out of, showing it has a long history of importance for trade. It is also a proposed location for a Panamax port.
The ward in Ikot Akpatek and about half the wards in that stake operate in Efik, the other half apparently in English. I am wondering what sort of materials the Church has translated into Efik.
Amazon does list the Book of Mormon as available in Efik. I also found this outdated pintrest post [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483362972483101245/?lp=true] since it does not point one to Come Unot Christ.
David W. Eka, the first stake president in Nigeria and one of two men called as an Area Seventy the conference after when the initial batch were called (although the calling had existed for about 2 years as Area Authority, but those were not announced in conference), shortly after his baptism in 1979 helped translate the Book of Mormon into Efik.
I worry someone will try to delete the Wikipedia article on Eka. He does have an entry in the Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saints Church History, but some argue as a publication of BYU it is not indepdent of the Church members it covers. This is really an absurd case of interpretation of indepdent coverage.
The Efik translation done by Brother Eka was published in 1983 and only included sections. A full translation was announced in 2017. The first full translation of the Book of Mormon into an indigenous language of Africa seems to have been to Fante in 1999. Shona saw a full translation that year as well.
Malagasy, Amharic, Ibo, Swahili and Xhosa all saw full translations in 2000. Tswana and Zulu saw full translations in 2003. In 2004 the Book of Mormon was translated into Lingala, the main language of the area in and around Kinshasa and also of much of the Republic of the Congo. This language has 25 million speakers but only between 10-30% of the population is literate in it, much of the literary activity in that area is done in French. It has a loose and inconsistent system of writing which may make it not useful to even all of the 2.5 million who read that language.
In 2007 the Book of Mormon was translated to Twi, which in some ways is the closest to an official indigenous language in Ghana, and clearly helps in spreading the Church of Jesus Christ in Kumasi, the historic heart of the Akan Empire, where Twi was the main language. Fante was the language of the area around Cape Coast, and is looked on by some as a less authortative language.
2007 saw the Book of Mormon published in Yoruba.
Other languages from Africa with Book of Mormon selections available include Kisii, a language of Kenya with by some accounts 2.2 million speakers.
Sesotho and Tshilubu have also been announced as languages to translate the Book of Mormon into.
As far as I can tell no native language of Ivory Coast has a Book of Mormon translation. While Twi is an Akan language, and Akan languages are spoken in south-west Ivory Coast, Twi itself is limited to Ghana.
It appears that only fante, Akan, Ibo and Yoruba are languages native to the Africa West Area with Book of Mormon translations, with only Efik slated for one in the foresable future.
There are congregations in Nigeria that operate in Ibibio and Tiv and probably some that sue Edo as well. Benin City has 8 stakes and is the heart of the Edo language region so translation to that language would seem to be worthwhile. Nupe might well help in getting to the more local level in Abuja. Hausa would be helpful in moving missionary work into the north of Nigeria, but other considerations may make that not a high priority. A translation in Fon would possibly assist in planting the Church more deeply in Benin.
It appears that there are no translations of the Book of Mormon into indigenous languages of either Liberia or Sierra Leone.
Mende which functions as a regional lingua franca in Southern Sierra Leone might be a good candidate for translation of the Book of Mormon to reach that area more deeply.
Sending US bound missionries called Spanish-speaking to Mexico City to learn Spanish began in the summer of 2013. That was when they relocated to the 90 acre former Benmerito Campus. I knoew someone called Spanish-speaking from Michigan to California who went to that MTC I think in 2013 but maybe 2014.
https://notizie.chiesadigesucristo.org/articolo/chiusura-del-tempio-di-roma
Due to the coronavirus emergency, the Italy Rome Temple is now closed.
Thanks for the update. I've been concerned.
Just another update regarding the Church & Covid-19:
King County, Washington Stake (north of Seattle) has cancelled all church meetings for the time being.
And also, there's info on the Rome Temple's temporary closure (in English):
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/3/5/21166807/church-mormon-lds-rome-temple-seattle-coronavirus
My question is... How many cases does it take for the Church to intervene and make adjustements? There are far more cases in Germany, France, & Spain than Taiwan, Singapore, & Japan and the Church reacted quickly to the latter, but has been silent on the former. Just wondering if there is a standard across the board? Or is each area complying with what their local govt suggests?
"Elder Bednar Makes Historic Visit to Sudan"
5 March 2020 - Khartoum, Sudan News Release
https://news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-bednar-makes-historic-visit-to-sudan
Hello again, everyone! In a previous thread, Pills & Pillows and myself had a back-and-forth exchange on the matter of the coronavirus and the Church's likely response thereunto. I am commenting here and now because I realized that my comments at that time (particularly regarding fearmongering and a lack of faith) were disingenuous, based on both incomplete information and a lack of understanding, and also founded on the wrong tack. So I wanted to post here and now an additional comment to clarify my position, based on information that has since been released, and upon further study and consideration on my part.
I am commenting on that here because taking these comments back to the original thread in which I originally posted would likely be reviving a conversation that has died off. Above and beyond that, however, since this thread has more current comments from you all, all of you are more likely to see it here than you probably would be to find it in that original thread.
In that prior exchange with Pills & Pillows, I focused my comments on the idea of faith vs. fear, and mentioned both fearmongering and a lack of faith in relation to some assertions that were then made. As I also mentioned in a subsequent comment in that earlier conversation, due to some of my own medical issues that I've had over the years, sometimes my ability to convey what I mean to convey with the proper words, tone, and sentiments has been compromised. As a result of all of that, I realize now I was misguided in many of the things I said in that setting.
I also realized that the issue that was bothering me the most about that discussion was not the suggestion that normal Church functions in some parts of the world, or even generally, might be impacted by the coronavirus, but that instead, at the time I was involved in that conversation, there had not been an official statement from the Church in any respect to signify that any such restrictions, precautions, or changes would be imminently forthcoming.
Between when I last commented on that discussion and now, the Church has, of course, canceled all pre-conference leadership meetings, excused the GA Seventies and area seventies serving outside the United States from attending General Conference, closed several temples (including the Rome Italy Temple just today), has taken precautions for missionaries in the affected areas, and canceled Church services in some areas as well. And I am now not convinced these are just isolated impacts. There may be more coming down the pike.
And so, it has become clear to me that I was speaking only for myself, and that the opinions I offered were based on not focusing on the real issue I had with the discussion in question and on the fact that the Church had not yet taken any action in response to COVID-19. As some of you also know, when I have felt in the past that I am right about Church-related matters, or when there is a lack of official word from the Brethren on anything, I often cannot be moved in the opinions I have offered unless and until more official information verifies I was wrong. But by the same token, I hope that it can be said that, once I recognize I was misguided in prior comments or lines of reasoning that I do my level best to own up to that and make up for it.
For that reason, I would like to hereby apologize, both to Pills & Pillows, and to anyone else who may have been bothered by the way in which I presented my opinion in that earlier discussion. In this, as in mostly everything else, I realize at such times just how short-sighted and stubborn I can be. The natural man is clearly alive and well in me in that respect, and I need to work harder at not allowing this to keep happening.
Having set the record straight here, I also want to commit to you all that I will work in the future to be better at ensuring that I say what I really mean, and that I ensure that I am speaking only for myself, and not for the Lord or His leaders. I appreciate this opportunity to set the record straight in this regard, and thank you all for taking time to read this comment. I also appreciate the interactions we have here, and hope to continue to be a valuable contributor hereunto going forward.
Sudan could get a church presence before South Sudan. Ironic.
I've been tracking the impact of the Covid-19 virus on church operations here. It includes the recent closure of all church services int he Bothell Washington Stake and Singapore Stake.
https://mormon.wikia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_and_Mormonism
Looks like today the Seattle Washington temple has been closed indefinitely.
April 1st for now.
I Find it interesting the most most unit growth is in Africa. I am 51 I remember when the church main focus was the house of Israel and the Laminites. Times have really changed
This virus is becoming quite disruptive of the Lord's work. Cancelling church meetings isn't that big a deal, withdrawing missionaries may be a blessing in disguise, but closing temples and halting the work being done for the dead? That's a problem.
I wonder what stake will go into the new stake center planned for the new stake center near the Orem Utah Temple.
Right now the issue with temple work is not the closing of temples, but a technical one that is being worked on in order to allow names to be done in any temple that were submitted but shared with the temple.
At present all the names shared in a temple district stay with that temple district, unless a temple runs short of names provided by members, only then do they pull namesfrom the rest of the larger aggregate. But by as early as this year, probably by or after the middle of this year, all the names will be in a global pool, first in, first out for any ordinance but in order in each ordinance.
Odd language like Thai or some others? The name slips and cards will have the name in the language of the people going to that temple in a phonetic way so one can say the name right when that is needed. No more fumbling over how to say it.
With the Utah temples doing about 60% of all work along with the rest of the tri-state large Churh population area, that will move forward a lot of names that have sat for years without being completed for all ordinances needed.
Salt Lake being down for 4 years with the curent system also meant those names also, without this plan being implemented later this year, would have largely sat there until that temple reopened.
@Bryansb1984, Unless the current Stake boundaries in the Orem area change between now and the dedication of the future Orem Utah Temple, the site announced for construction is located within the boundaries of :
Orem Utah Lakeview Stake - 513644
Stake Office:
450 West 1800 South
OREM, UTAH 84058-7555
UNITED STATES
https://classic.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/#ll=40.266076,-111.725112&z=14&m=google.hybrid&layers=temple,temple.construction,temple.renovated,stakecenter&find=stake:513644
and would be the Stake assigned to the new Stake Center built on site.
The true growth area for Christianity overall at present is in Africa.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has barely penetrated that continent.
5 operating temples is far too few.
If you look at mission allocation we still have much higher levels in Latin America than in Africa.
The 9 temples being built in South America exceed the 6 in process for Africa.
So far COVID-19 seems to not have hit the global south much. Hopefully it stays that way.
Christopher Nicholson, I can see your point about how the work of the Saints to redeem the dead is being impacted by the coronavirus to a certain degree, especially for those temples that have been forced to close as a safety measure during this time. But I believe that the Lord's response to the thwarting of the Saints' ability to build the temple in Jackson County is illustrative of how He might feel in this case. Once the Saints had settled in Nauvoo, the Lord indicated that the Saints were excused from the instruction to build that temple because circumstances beyond their control affected their ability to comply therewith. The interesting thing is that, when the Lord first issued the directive to build the temple there, He knew full well that the Saints would not be able to do that. But He accepted the effort to obey in place of the actual fulfillment of that directive.
In a similar manner, I fully believe that the Lord knew well before any of us did that the coronavirus would lead Church leaders now to close the temples that have been closed or may yet be closed in the wake of the issue. As a consequence, I am sure that, in the interim, He will accept the Saints' desire to redeem the dead in place of the actual deed, since the sincere intent is there. And I also believe that the closure of these temples may inspire many of those impacted thereby to work on family history efforts in their homes in the interim, which in turn will ready them to work all the more diligently to redeem their dead once that opportunity is again avaialable to them.
The Lord has always accepted a willigness to sacrifice in place of the actual deed at least since the moment Abraha"m willingly laid Isaac on that altar, which is probably why he teaches that "to obey is better than to sacrifice." And at times when the Saints have been placed in situations where circumstances beyond their control prevent them from doing His work, He has always accepted the intent for the actual deed, especially when He has had forekInowledge of the circumstances that led to all such scenarios.
I spent this week at the Frankfurt Temple, and I have to say that it was insanely busy, even at uncharacteristic times. For example, they had to split the 9 AM session on Tuesday, which is usually at perhaps a third of capacity (on a good day). I wish I could have done more sealings and initiatories as well, but it was very difficult to get a spot in those sessions. Then, yesterday morning, I waited for about 10 minutes before the first session to even get a locker for changing into my temple clothes. Frankly, it was nearly as busy as during the opening week craze last October, and this is the middle of the year, no major holidays, no long weekend, etc. I could see that in those areas which are affected but not so much that closing the temple would be warranted, this outbreak could definitely lead members to an increased desire to attend the temple.
They announced today in the sacrament here in Central Florida that on March 29th that members of the Orlando South Stake, Leesburg Stake and Lakeland Stake are invited for a meeting for the formation of a new Stake here. Very exciting!
Last Sunday the winder Georgia stake was created from Lilburn and Athens stakes.
Cool about Georgia growth.
Unknown: the people of Africa are of the tribes of Israel, either literally or by adoption.
Just talking to a friend in Italy. Seems due to lockdown they have not had church for three weeks.
When the prophet announced the home study gospel for Sunday School I thought what is this about.
Now across the globe faithful saints will rely on this inspired program. I wonder how much the Lord revealed, or like ourselves the Prophet has his faith tested and was told change Gospel,Doctrine study to home not a church.
An area seventy over my stake's coordinating council said that when the Lord directed President Nelson to do the ministering things, he also gave him helps such as what scriptures, other things he could use.
The Sunday School change was also in the works for years before, as the old books had no updates and were 20 years old. Now they can be updated, or also members can find things that apply from the latest conferences, the Teachings of Presidents books, and other official sources, all of which can be found online and on the Church apps.
And I found because I heard a rumor, that there likely is a 'Plan B' for general conference, something this big that is a no-brainer, in case things go far worse in the next three weeks.
@Keaton, Thank you for the update about new "Winder Georgia Stake"
https://classic.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/#ll=34.041774,-83.694521&z=11&m=google.hybrid&layers=temple,temple.construction,temple.renovated,stakecenter&q=Winder%20Ward&find=ward:218421
@Noachj, we hope to hear more about the March 29th meeting to organize new stake in the Orlando Florida Temple District. Thank you.
@James Anderson I'm wondering what kind of rumors? As in they will telecast conference proceedings and we will watch them at home as if nothing happened? Just curious.
I agree, a temple closer will not thwart the work. Members can do indexing and family history work from home. When the temples reopen there could be many more names ready for the work.
Africans have deep cultural roots in family and social enterprise, There is a clear difference between the restored gospel and colonial missionary churches that came with deception of superiority and enforcement of their traditions to Africans
The beauty of The Church of Jesus Christ lies in it's simple and transparent government and inclusiveness in sharing responsibilities.
It high time we present the Church as a global Church and not an American Church in Africa, SILENTLY MANY SAINTS WILL EITHER WEAR TRADITIONAL DRESS TO CHURCH OR ABSENT FROM SUNDAY SERVICE.
2020 will bring into focus the calling of General Authorities from GHANA, NIGERIA & IVoRY COAST,( A church employee, A Stake President & A Mission President) may make the list surprisingly.
It should not surprise many that there would be rumors about the actual event itself when it comes to actually holding it. Things are much easier to do now than they were in 1919 and 1957, so they could tape all or parts of the entire thing, the rumor had to do with possible pre-recording of the choirs.
The Deseret News told today of streamed sacrament meetings, a few would go and the essential people were there, but the rest stayed home.
For Conference, I could see, if they had to, delivering the talks from the studio they use to broadcast a meeting to wider areas where only those essential to that were there, insert the other things where they had to, and seamlessly carry it fof. We didn't have anything close to that in Salt Lake in 1957, although they would go out and tape a news story, have to go develop the film, and roll actual film in front of something to show you what the news story was. Satellites, Internet streaming, etc., did not come until the last few decades starting in 1980.
We were the first big event to stage a wide-scale broadcast online, back when you used Real Player to listen to radio or events on the Internet. Video didn't really take off until a few years later. And that is much easier, and in the future will be even easier with low-orbit satellite Internet, launching every two weeks more and more birds, and the cable TV industry becoming less relevant as more migrate to streaming.
Pretty soon you will be able to got Church content on just about any device imaginable in any possible place, thus fulfilling what President Kimball said in 1974 in 'When the World Will Be Converted, he said more about other aspects including missonary work, more will come there too.
The Temple in Vancouver,British Columbia (Canada) is the latest temple to close due to Coronavirus.
https://noticias.biblicomentarios.com/cierra-7-templo-en-el-mundo-por-coronavirus-vancouver-canada/
Thank you for the update @Pills & Pillows.
If coronavirus continues to spread in the way it has thus far, then Portland, Spokane, Columbia River temples would all close within the near future. At least I would think so, unless someone else has something to contribute lol.
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Sorry for the delay (it's been busy), but I just wanted to thank you for your sincerity and acknowledgement. That means a lot to me. To be fair, I think your first reaction was normal/healthy -- it takes a period of adjustment to come to terms with discerning news. I had already adjusted (having studied it quite seriously weeks earlier due to my field). So I understand completely where you're coming from -- many people reacted the same way to me. Haha. It's natural. And some people are still adjusting... I was hoping Covid-19 would not impact our daily lives and I hoped I'd be wrong, but unfortunately it has... Thanks goodness we've been counselled to be prepared spiritually, mentally, and physically. I admire your faith and commitment and love reading your insights. Thanks for being who you are -- I know you're going to help a lot of us smile during this difficult time. Stay safe, James!!
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