Saturday, August 1, 2020

July 2020 Newsletter

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12 comments:

Chris D. said...

On August 1st, the new Africa Central Area - 2151480, was organized from the Africa Southeast Area (renamed Africa South).

https://classic.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/#ll=1.743663,34.51575&z=2&m=google.hybrid&layers=stakecenter&q=Africa%20Central%20Area&find=area:2151480

It includes these 30 Stakes and 17 Districts, among other Area + Mission Branches, Member Groups, etc.

Stakes:

526002 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo
527475 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo
272167 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Masina
365807 Nairobi Kenya East
430072 Brazzaville Republic of Congo
435155 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngaliema
550965 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Mont Ngafula
1009400 Katuba Democratic Republic of the Congo
1069489 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Kimbanseke
1123793 Kampala Uganda North
416045 Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo
480266 Luputa Democratic Republic of the Congo
1978705 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Binza
1978721 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Mokali
1989049 Kisanga Democratic Republic of the Congo
2025302 Makelekele Republic of Congo
615498 Jinja Uganda
2052075 Katoka Democratic Republic of the Congo
2067188 Nairobi Kenya West
1482785 Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo
2055554 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngaba
416061 Likasi Democratic Republic of the Congo
2088428 Kampala Uganda South
2106566 Ruashi Democratic Republic of the Congo
2118645 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Mpasa
2118653 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo N'Djili
2028689 Mwene-Ditu Democratic Republic of the Congo
2130890 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Lukunga
613622 Kolwezi Democratic Republic of the Congo
2150913 Malandji Democratic Republic of the Congo

Districts :

614777 Chyulu Kenya
481475 Dar Es Salaam Tanzania
1123769 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1624180 Eldoret Kenya
1862391 Yaounde Cameroon
2033666 Kilungu Hills Kenya
2052164 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo
2058111 Mombasa Kenya
2086026 Ngandajika Democratic Republic of the Congo
2088363 Douala Cameroon
2096420 Kigali Rwanda
2132427 Masaka Uganda
2132419 Busia Uganda/Kenya
2140209 Kitale Kenya
2145073 Gulu Uganda
2138301 Kisumu Kenya
2156334 Kasumbalesa Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chris D. said...

The new Cameroon Yaounde Mission - 2141590 was organized recently.

https://classic.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/#ll=3.884229,11.518629&z=11&m=google.hybrid&layers=stakecenter&q=Cameroon%20Yaounde%20Mission&find=mission:2141590

It includes these Districts:

1862391 Yaounde Cameroon
2088363 Douala Cameroon

Branches
334944 Bangui Branch (Central African Republic)
1983687 Libreville 1st Branch (Gabon)
2086085 Libreville 2nd Branch (Gabon)


Also, an oddity qith the recent organization of the Africa Central Area, the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, off the west coast of Gabon, has remained assigned to the now Africa South Area, even though geographically closer to the new Africa Central Area.

Eduardo said...

Might want to make a comment but this blog seems dead. Dead on arrival? Shall the blog of Zion falter? No.... Yes.

Reed said...

Matt, thanks for all you do to keep this site active and relevant. I always check it first
thing every day to see what is new in the worldwide Church, and I always enjoy the new
material as it arrives. Keep up the great work! Reed

Eduardo said...

I wonder about wifi and ability of members to do their church work virtually in Africa? How does it compare to the United States?

Jim Anderson said...

In a side presentation at Rootstech, but this is before it all crashed, they reported on an aspect of family history work, and that had to do with the My Family booklet.

They simply had everyone fill it out, for later input into Family Tree. Those were waiting for a better Internet connection, which could come via Starlink as earl as next year. The filled booklets are in that stake family history center waiting for that whatever better connection to be input when they get one.

But I also heard a report on names found and added to Family Tree. The running average through Fabruary was about 6.9 million names a month. In May, that figure jumped to just over 10 million names a month for that month and that is the first time they had that number. I may have other updates in anywhere from two days to several weeks.

I have heard other things too, so while some facets of the Church are down, some are growing at a substantial rate and some if it is seldom reported on although they are happening.

Bryan Dorman said...

Sao Tomé belongs to Luanda Angola Mission, which is part of the Africa South Area. It makes sense because Sao Tomé like Angola (and Mozambique further east) are Portuguese speaking.

Eduardo said...

Last I knew there was a branch in Beirut. Are they okay?

Johnathan Reese Whiting said...

@Jim Anderson

Good to know about the increase in family history submissions. You actually reminded me to go and research some records myself.

James G. Stokes said...

Eduardo, hopefully this article answers your question:

https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2020-08-05/beirut-lebanon-explosion-area-presidency-statement-190372

THanks.

John Pack Lambert said...

Well since the other Portuguese areas are in the South Area this makes sense. Also Cabinda is an outlier.

John Pack Lambert said...

This is more true of Sao Tome than Angola or Mozambique. Those countries have large numbers of people who speak only other languages. Sao Tome is close to completely Portugese speaking. It was uninhabited before the Portuguese began huge sugar plantations there.