Mozambique
The Church organized a new stake today in Mozambique. The Nampula Mozambique Stake was created from the Nampula Mozambique District. The new stake includes the following six wards and two branches: the Matutope, Murrapaniua, Muatala, Mutauanha, Nampula, and the Napipine Wards, and the Luaha and Nacala Branches. The Church in Nampula has achieved some of the most rapid growth ever reported by the Church in modern times. This is evident in that there was only one branch in Nampula prior to October 2017. The first branch in Nampula was created in 2005. In October 2017, the Church organized two new branches in Nampula and created a district with three branches. The Church originally planned to organize the first stake in Nampula in April 2020, but the creation of the stake was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the period of time between the organization of a second branch in the city and the creation of the first stake within the city is one of the shortest ever reported by the Church.
There are now five stakes in Mozambique.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo)
The Church organized a new district in the DR Congo on January 10th. The Matadi DR Congo District was organized from four mission branches within the western city of Matadi. These branches include the Buima 1st, Buima 2nd, Matadi, and Nzanza Branches. The Church organized its first branch in Matadi in 2010. Branches in nearby Boma (created in 2018) and Muanda (created in 2019) are not included in the new district.
There are now 23 stakes and six districts in the DR Congo.
Lesser Antilles
A new district was organized in the northern Lesser Antilles, albeit it is unclear where the district is headquartered. The Lesser Antilles North District includes the following six branches: the Portsmouth, St Croix, St John's, St Kitts, St Thomas, and Tortola Branches. The new district includes the nations and territories of Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, and the United States Virgin Islands. This is not the first time the Church has organized a district in this area of the Lesser Antilles. For example, the Church operated a district headquartered in St Kitts and Nevis from 2004 to 2010.
Russia
The Church reinstated the Ufa Russia District on December 20th, 2020. The district was organized from branches in the Samara Russia District and the Yekaterinburg Russia District. The reinstated district includes the Izhevsk, Kazan', Orenburg, Perm, Ufa, and the Ufa Russia District Branches. The Church used to operate a district in Ufa until 2010 when it was discontinued. At one point, there were four branches in the city of Ufa, whereas today there is only one branch. The reinstated district also includes Perm - another city that used to have its own district until 2012.
There are now three stakes and nine districts in Russia.
3 comments:
How old are these stakes announced? Is this information from the church news? North Pole Alaska when will it be announced.? Barrow Alaska changed its name but most people with English Accents have a hard time pronouncing it. What Stake will that be in?
Town fascinates me. A few years ago the NFL network did a show on there High School football team. Said not for faint of heart. I was thinking not for the faint of brain myself. Hate cold weather. A flight from Fairbanks for Branch Conference. Flight to Fairbanks for Stake Conference. There are no roads in and out. How did people get there before air travel? Sled dogs. Cargo ships get there July and August. Only time they can get in. Planes carry other supplies the rest of the time. Does the Patriarch fly up there to give Patriarchal Blessings? Or do members fly to Fairbanks? Travel in Alaska pretty interesting.
Also what happened to the blog about growth in the United States that told about wards and branches created and dissolved. Has that blog been discontinued?
Positive growth, good to see. I always thought that the Portuguese countries of Angola and Mozambique should grow well. Not as sure about Sao Tome and Guinea-Bissau, but at least with an island we have the pretty good model of Cabo Verde; I would say overall the future of Portuguese speaking Africa is very optimistic. Perhaps French is second best, but English speaking places are doing pretty well, too.
The Western speaking African countries are doing well. I wonder what the top native speaking countries for Church growth is. Igbo, Twi, maybe a few in Senegal, Uganda...
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