Philippines
Three new stakes were created in the Philippines.
The Aparri Philippines Stake was organized from the Aparri Philippines District (organized in 1988) on August 10th. The new stake includes the following five wards and two branches: the Aparri 1st, Aparri 2nd, Camalaniugan 1st, Gattaran, and Lal-Lo Wards and the Camalaniugan 2nd and Magapit Branches. The Aparri Philippines District was one of the oldest districts that had not yet become a stake in the Philippines.
The Muñoz Philippines Stake was organized on August 10th from the Guimba Philippines District (organized in 1992). The new stake includes the following five wards and one branch: the Guimba 1st, Guimba 2nd, Muñoz 1st, Muñoz 2nd, and San Antonio Wards and the Guimba 3rd Branch.
The Tarlac Philippines South Stake was organized on August 24th from the Tarlac Philippines Stake (organized in 1981). The new stake includes the following four wards and one branch: the Capas, Concepcion, Lapaz, and Tarlac 5th Wards and the Dap-Dap Branch.
There are now 137 stakes and 51 districts in the Philippines.
Arkansas
A new stake was created in Arkansas on September 14th. The Centerton Arkansas Stake was organized from a division of the Bentonville Arkansas Stake (organized in 2014) and includes the following seven wards: the Centerton 1st, Centerton 2nd, Centerton 3rd, Gravette, Grove, Highlands, and Morningside Wards. The Rogers Arkansas Stake was also realigned with the Bentonville Arkansas Stake as part of the new stake creation.
There are now four stakes in northwestern Arkansas. There are now eight stakes in Arkansas.
Canada
A new stake was created on September 21st in Alberta, Canada. The Beaumont Alberta Stake was organized from a division of the Edmonton Alberta Gateway Stake (organized in 1983) and includes the following seven wards: the Beaumont, Blackmud Creek, Ellerslie, Meadowlark (Tagalog), Rio Vista (Spanish), Wetaskiwin, and Wildrose (Tagalog) Wards. The new stake is the Church's seventh stake in Edmonton and the third new stake organized during the past decade.
There are now 54 stakes and three districts in Canada.
Idaho
A new stake was created in Idaho on August 24th. The Pocatello Idaho Highland South Stake was organized from a division of the Pocatello Highland Stake (organized in 1963). The new stake includes the following seven wards: the Highland 1st, Highland 2nd, Highland 6th, Highland 7th, Highland 8th, Highland 10th, and Highland 14th Wards. This is the first new stake in Pocatello since the late 1990s. There are now 11 stakes in Pocatello.
There are now 146 stakes in Idaho.
Kiribati
A new stake was created in Kiribati on September 14th. The Tarawa Kiribati Betio Stake was organized from the Tarawa Kiribati West Stake (organized in 2007). The new stake includes the following four wards and two branches: the Betio 1st, Betio 2nd, Betio 3rd, and Temakin Wards and the Borotiam and Tabontebike-Abaiang Branches. Reports also suggest that the Tarawa Kiribati North District may become a stake in October, although this has not yet been confirmed.
There are now three stakes and three districts in Kiribati.
Madagascar
A new stake was created in Madagascar on August 3rd. The Antsirabe Madagascar Stake was organized from the Antsirabe Madagascar District (organized in 2010). The new stake includes the following four wards and three branches: the Ambohimena, Antsirabe, Mahazoarivo, and Tomboarivo Wards and the Andranomanelatra, Manandona, and Saradroa Branches. Antsirabe is now the third city in Madagascar to have a stake following Antananarivo and Toamasina.
There are now five stakes and one district in Madagascar.
South Carolina
A new stake was created in South Carolina on August 24th. The Spartanburg South Carolina Stake was organized from the Greenville South Carolina East Stake (organized in 2003). The new stake includes the following six wards and one branch: the Boiling Springs, Gaffney, Inman, Roebuck, Spartanburg, and Tyger River Wards and the Union Branch. There are now three stakes in the greater Greenville area and 11 stakes statewide.
Texas
A new stake was created in Texas on September 14th. The Temple Texas Stake was organized from the Waco Texas Stake (organized in 2010). The new stake includes the following five wards: the Belton, Morgans Point, Salado Creek, Temple 1st, and Temple 2nd Wards.
There are now 83 stakes in Texas.
Brazil
A new district was created in Brazil on September 14th. The Tubarão Brazil District was organized from a division of what was previously known as the Tubarão Brazil Stake (organized in 1993; now renamed the Criciúma Brazil Stake). The new district includes the following four branches: the Bairro São João, Imbituba, Laguna, and Oficinas Branches. There are now 11 stakes and one district in Santa Catarina State.
There are now 288 stakes and 36 districts in Brazil.
Mozambique
A new district was created in Mozambique on August 17th. The Tete Mozambique District was organized from four Mozambique Beira Mission branches in Tete where the first branch was organized in 2005. The new district includes the following four branches: the Matundo, Moatize, Tete, and Zambeze Branches.
There are now eight stakes and three districts in Mozambique.
Utah
A new correctional facility district was created in Utah on August 19th. The Wasatch Range Utah (Correctional Facility) District was organized with correctional facility branches in Salt Lake City, Utah. The new district includes the following six correctional facility branches: the Atherton, Bonneville, Fortitude, Geneva Fields, Glendale, and Orange Street Branches.
There are now six correctional facility districts in Utah.
There are now 644 stakes and seven districts in Utah.
California
A stake was discontinued in California. Organized in 1992, the San Fernando California (Spanish) Stake was discontinued and its units were reassigned to neighboring stakes. As recently as a few years ago, the stake had seven wards and one branch. The decision to consolidate the stake with overlapping stakes was likely rooted in efforts in most areas of the United States to discontinue language-specific stakes and rather have Spanish-speaking congregations assimilate with English-speaking units in the same stakes (a similar decision was made in Houston, Texas several years ago). English-speaking stakes in the area that once covered the San Fernando California (Spanish) Stake have experienced a steady decline in the number of English-speaking congregations for decades.
There are now 145 stakes in California.
New Zealand
A stake was discontinued in New Zealand. The Upper Hutt New Zealand Stake (organized in 1977) was discontinued and consolidated with the neighboring Wellington New Zealand Stake which was renamed the Wellington and Hutt New Zealand Stake. Stakes in the Wellington area have had few congregations for many years, and the decision to consolidate the stake was likely to help conserve limited leadership and prepare to support the future Wellington New Zealand Temple. There are now two stakes in the Wellington area.
There are now 28 stakes and two districts in New Zealand.
Guatemala
A district was discontinued in Guatemala. The Chiquimula Guatemala South District (organized in 2024) was discontinued and three of the district’s four branches were reassigned to the Zacapa Guatemala Stake after the San Luis Branch was closed. The district had been organized approximately 18 months ago. The reasons for the district’s early discontinuation remain unclear
There are now 51 stakes and 10 districts in Guatemala.
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55 new missions announced for 2026!
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/55-new-missions
55 new Missions announced today.
Church is creating an additional 55 missions. Seems like a lot, but not in perspective.
The increase in missions is a 12% increase from the previous year, however they have also dropped a lot of other stats. The number of full-time proselyting missionaries have gone up 13%, from 74k to 84k in one year, and has increased from 65k in just three years. We also know that the number of converts has also increase over 20% in every area but the US and that the US is at 17%.
Looking at past child of record numbers, there was a large increase in children of record around this time. At YE 2007 there were 93k births, and at YE 2008 (will be turning 18 this coming year) jumped up to 123k. Using only births and not counting new converts that have chosen to serve, we can expect this number to be steady for the next 5 years and then begin to have declines, as we have dipped under 95k the past six years.
With all that in mind, it makes sense. Looking to see the increase in fruit over the coming years.
Compared to the normal amount of stakes created each month the past 15 years, August had 8 (vs 4.3 in a normal year), 4 in September (5.4) and just 1 expected thus far this October (4.1). November (6.9) and December (5.6) are historically busy months for new stakes.
I wouldn't think President Nelson's passing would've affected what was already on the schedule, so my guess is just that the changes to stake requirements caused a rush from stake leaders to carve up into smaller stakes earlier in the year and now it is leveling off, and will likely cause a slight slowdown of new stakes going forward until the number of new units starts matching the 7.5/stake the church is currently at. In 2015 it was over 8 units per stake/district, and since then we have created 1,860 new wards/branches but 445 stakes, meaning only 4.1 units per increase in stake/district. It should level off to around 30 net new stakes a year unless we significantly up the number of congregations (which could be plausible with the high increase in convert baptisms.)
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