tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post4886936624220508569..comments2024-03-27T17:28:09.345-06:00Comments on Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church): Updated List of the Countries with the Most Latter-day Saints without a Stake or DistrictMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-6475206330160105542015-07-14T11:46:54.599-06:002015-07-14T11:46:54.599-06:00Very cool, Pascal. Way to further the effort on Fa...Very cool, Pascal. Way to further the effort on Facebook!TempleRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12085548097933120560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-90677256285350584382015-07-12T16:18:11.394-06:002015-07-12T16:18:11.394-06:00Members in Brunei, to my knowledge, are part of a ...Members in Brunei, to my knowledge, are part of a Malaysia based unit.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05161890508028023445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-1068920083635517712015-07-11T00:14:29.971-06:002015-07-11T00:14:29.971-06:00To my knowledge, a Mission region is a region with...To my knowledge, a Mission region is a region within a Mission that is separate from the country with the Mission home, but included in proselytism efforts. That separation is usually a language barrier and/or a significant land or water body. Missionaries are usually not transferred between regions and the region is specifically stated in the call letter.<br /><br />Examples include the West Indies Mission and the two Adriatic Missions. <br /><br />I ran a series of facebook advertisements for the Book of Mormon in Timor-Leste. I like to think that these campaigns have some effect. It is definitely a great step!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263568434057394615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-2793502283630063022015-07-10T22:51:51.838-06:002015-07-10T22:51:51.838-06:00CDOL is showing the creation of a mission region i...CDOL is showing the creation of a mission region in Timor in the last week. Not sure what a mission region is but it may indicate future developments are not too far away.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619488814506331900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-70436717358924544112015-07-10T22:29:03.031-06:002015-07-10T22:29:03.031-06:00Sorry, I meant Cyprus, not Crete. Although I am su...Sorry, I meant Cyprus, not Crete. Although I am sure that all the Greek islands are sparse when it comes to membership. How about Brunei? But right, independent sovereign island nations seems to be down to those four. Very cool. Can we get some couples missionaries to go there?Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019747288076783700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-66298644021887948122015-07-10T20:49:26.420-06:002015-07-10T20:49:26.420-06:00Sorry, I meant to specify that the only sovereign,...Sorry, I meant to specify that the only sovereign, independent island nations (non-dependencies) with no LDS presence whatsoever appear to be the Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Comoros and the Maldives. No doubt other dependencies have no LDS presence.Brycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417314475519436933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-40234441594682439062015-07-10T20:47:15.173-06:002015-07-10T20:47:15.173-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417314475519436933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-63419586477247773132015-07-10T19:56:34.364-06:002015-07-10T19:56:34.364-06:00If there are members in Crete it would be sensitiv...If there are members in Crete it would be sensitive, most likely. Montserrat in the Carribean is a funny place: how many are there since evacuation in the 90s?<br />Many archipelagoes have hundreds of no LDS islands. Plus isolated ones in all the oceans. We could use another 100 k elders. Send 'em to the Bulgaros.Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019747288076783700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-57836518670997231422015-07-09T21:05:16.151-06:002015-07-09T21:05:16.151-06:00Also, just wanted to express how much I've enj...Also, just wanted to express how much I've enjoyed this blog over the years, ever since President Monson's words in Oct 2008 I've often used the information here to focus my own prayers: "There remain, however, areas of the world where our influence is limited and where we are not allowed to share the gospel freely. As did President Spencer W. Kimball over 32 years ago, I urge you to pray for the opening of those areas, that we might share with them the joy of the gospel. As we prayed then in response to President Kimball’s pleadings, we saw miracles unfold as country after country, formerly closed to the Church, was opened. Such will transpire again as we pray with faith." I'd like to think we have seem some miracles unfold here and are yet to see many more....Brycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417314475519436933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-64997302952763458132015-07-09T20:59:42.282-06:002015-07-09T20:59:42.282-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417314475519436933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-14663656431638142662015-07-09T20:18:22.224-06:002015-07-09T20:18:22.224-06:00This post and the one on Sao Tome/Principe got me ...This post and the one on Sao Tome/Principe got me thinking...it looks like the only island nations with no LDS presence whatsoever now include the Seychelles and Timor-Leste (both Christian) and the Comoros and Maldives (both Muslim). I was surprised to see Greece on the list above, I didn't know they currently had no districts. I was also surprised by the previous posting about the exploratory visit to Senegal, I sincerely hope something comes of that. I also had the article on extreme ethnolinguistic diversity on my mind recently because I home teach someone from Sudan; his native language was only spoken by 22,000 people (they all fled to Ethiopia during the wars of the 1990's) and he has to use a mix of Arabic and English to communicate with other Sudanese. Brycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417314475519436933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-67378939225957119612015-07-09T09:09:27.272-06:002015-07-09T09:09:27.272-06:00Unit update
June 14
Akure 2nd Branch, Nigeria Beni...Unit update<br />June 14<br />Akure 2nd Branch, Nigeria Benin City Mission (8 Branch, 4 District, 6 Stakes)<br /> <br />June 28<br />Iyalu Ibere Branch, Umuahia Nigeria Stake (2 Branch, 7 Ward)<br />Ughelli 2nd Ward, Warri Nigeria Stake (2 Branch, 8 Wards) <br /><br />July 5<br />New Bell Branch, <br />Village Branch, Republic of Congo Brazzaville Mission (11 Branches, 1 District, 2 Stakes)<br /><br />YTD 322(11.93/week 27)<br />Africa 110, 34.2%<br />Asia 9, 2.8%<br />Europe 12, 3.7%<br />North America 88, 27.3%<br />Pacific 22, 6.8%<br />South and Central America 26, 8.1%<br />Utah & Idaho 56, 17.4% <br /><br />Totals no-sensitive<br />Areas Temples Miss Stakes Dist Wards Branch Totals<br />Global 25 147 416 3,138 548 22,388 7,340 34,002<br />Us/Can 11 80 131 1,587 11 12,499 2,071 16,390<br />US n/a 72 124 1,540 8 12,163 1,919 15,826<br />Utah n/a 15 11 576 1 4,661 327 5,590<br />Canada n/a 8 7 47 3 336 152 553<br />Out 14 67 285 1,551 537 9,889 5,269 17,612<br /><br />With Sensitive<br />Areas Temples Miss Stakes Dist Wards Branch Totals<br />Global 25 147 416 3,138 559 22,392 7,429 34,106<br /><br /><br />This blog post over at the Maxwell institute has some very interesting resources on the study of the international Church.<br />http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/updates-international-mormon-studies/<br />Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636740926033505057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-88298014577138491552015-07-08T22:00:18.036-06:002015-07-08T22:00:18.036-06:00Here is an interesting article on two early conver...Here is an interesting article on two early converts to the Church in Haiti, one who is a temple worker in Boston now and the other who is serving as a senior missionary in Haiti with his wife. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865631793/A-beautiful-day-in-Haiti-Early-converts-reflect-on-church-growth-temple-announcement.html?pg=3<br /><br />At least with the Central Eurasian Mission starting the mission may have been delayed past July 1st due to the late announcement. Has a mission president for it even been announced? On the other hand, it might just be delays in the system, or even a decision to not make its existence too public.<br /><br />Nationals of Bulgaria are referred to as Bulgarians, Bulgars is only used for certain historic groups. The Church has faced issues in Bulgarai including large scale opposition in the country. There may have also been a decision at some point to only have districts where non-missionary leadership can staff them.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-54630126614469035212015-07-08T20:32:38.410-06:002015-07-08T20:32:38.410-06:00Greece! Hellas! And what is up with those Bulgars?...Greece! Hellas! And what is up with those Bulgars?Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019747288076783700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-72398112928095411692015-07-08T17:24:15.936-06:002015-07-08T17:24:15.936-06:00What is happening with the Portugal Porto Mission ...What is happening with the Portugal Porto Mission and Central Eurasian Missions? Did they not happen as planned? Or is it taking a while to show up? Same for the Beirut Lebanon District, it still isn't showing up as a district on LDS Maps.Ryan Searcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492045549474456000noreply@blogger.com