tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post5977412033745055510..comments2024-03-18T18:50:55.345-06:00Comments on Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church): New Stakes Created in Arizona, Missouri, and Utah Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-12533238098839307712015-11-27T22:30:31.318-07:002015-11-27T22:30:31.318-07:00You said Maryville Ward; It's actually Maryvil...You said Maryville Ward; It's actually Maryville BranchPaul James Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17238841428491867863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-29706100546889640142015-10-31T16:06:30.515-06:002015-10-31T16:06:30.515-06:00Ons of leadership. Liberia did have a stake last d...Ons of leadership. Liberia did have a stake last decade for a time. A person I knew from Liberia said that the reason it was discontined was because of too many leaders calling only relatives to positionsof leadership. I am not sure how accurate her perceptions of the issues involved was but that is what she told me.<br />John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-11404799245570198842015-10-31T06:00:32.623-06:002015-10-31T06:00:32.623-06:00It's not as dramatic as what is happening in W...It's not as dramatic as what is happening in West Africa, but I was a missionary in Bolivia in the early '80s, and the districts in all three of that country's main cities became stakes in 1979: Santa Cruz (January) , La Paz (March) and Cochabamba (September).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442440939577119581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-12874371688011989052015-10-30T19:04:08.651-06:002015-10-30T19:04:08.651-06:00Liberia - beside the tremendous growth the country...Liberia - beside the tremendous growth the country is seeing at the moment - is in the interesting situation that probably all three districts in the country could become stakes at the same time. I am not aware of an instance in Church history when this has happened before (although Matt or any of the other data miners among us may freely correct me). <br /><br />I can only repeat myself in that I am in complete awe as to what is happening all throughout the Africa West Area at the moment. Great times for the Church are coming for the members of the Church in this part of the world. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263568434057394615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-82753799765700508972015-10-30T17:43:57.992-06:002015-10-30T17:43:57.992-06:00Missionaries who have recently been assigned to Li...Missionaries who have recently been assigned to Liberia report incredible growth. Some branches have upwards of 100 investigators on Sundays. Sounds like the first stakes will be created in 2016 based on missionary reports.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-21344928954201043752015-10-30T17:33:06.260-06:002015-10-30T17:33:06.260-06:00Any mission districts in Liberia ready to become s...Any mission districts in Liberia ready to become stakes? I hear Elder Bednar is there this weekend, not sure for what reason as that was not stated initially in the Facebook post I saw. James Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831340842937216806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-72139130970463135882015-10-29T21:13:02.332-06:002015-10-29T21:13:02.332-06:00Getting very close to 30,000 Wards and Branches
U...Getting very close to 30,000 Wards and Branches<br /><br />Unit Update<br />18 Oct<br />São Lourenço Branch, São Paulo Brazil Embu Stake (2 Branches, 7 Wards)<br /><br />25 Oct<br />Marana Arizona Stake (1 Branch, 6 Wards)<br />El Rio Branch (Spanish) <br />Avra Valley Ward <br />Continental Ranch Ward <br />Cortaro Ward <br />Picture Rocks Ward<br />Red Rock Ward <br />Tucson YSA 1st Ward <br /><br />Bonifacio Branch, Ozamiz Philippines District (7 Branches)<br />Brussels Grimbergen Ward (English), Antwerp Belgium Stake (7 Branches, 7 Wards)<br />Cowdray Park Ward, Bulawayo Zimbabwe Stake (3 Branches, 5 Wards)<br />Hualien 3rd Ward, Hualien Taiwan Stake (1 Branch, 6 Wards)<br />Madeira Canyon Ward, Henderson Nevada Anthem Stake (11 Wards)<br />Simpsonville 3rd Ward, Greenville South Carolina Stake (7 Wards)<br />Sun City 2nd Ward, Ashaiman Ghana Stake (3 Branches, 9 Wards)<br />Zenu New York Branch, Ashaiman Ghana Stake (3 Branches, 9 Wards)<br /> <br /><br />YTD 529(12.30/week 43) +11 (net 5)<br />Africa 156, 29.5% (Middle East/Africa North Area Added) <br />Asia 17, 3.2%<br />Europe 26, 4.9% <br />North America (w/ Caribbean) 137, 25.9%<br />Pacific 45, 8.5%<br />South and Central America 57, 10.8%<br />Utah & Idaho 91, 17.2% <br /><br />Totals no-sensitive<br />Areas Temples Miss Stakes Dist Wards Branch Totals<br />Global 25 148 418 3,155 545 22,498 7,363 34,152<br />Us/Can 10 81 131 1,593 10 12,548 2,065 16,438<br />US n/a 73 124 1,546 7 12,212 1,914 15,876<br />Utah n/a 15 10 579 1 4,686 326 5,617<br />Canada n/a 8 7 47 3 336 151 552<br />Out 15 67 287 1,562 535 9,950 5,298 17,714<br /><br />With Sensitive<br />Areas Temples Miss Stakes Dist Wards Branch Totals<br />Global 25 148 418 3,155 556 22,502 7,454 34,258Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636740926033505057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-13622005368667584152015-10-29T18:16:35.140-06:002015-10-29T18:16:35.140-06:00Color shock; that is an interesting term for peopl...Color shock; that is an interesting term for people acculturating. Yet another reason why our missions help assimilate our international fellowship and membership.<br />My nephew from a small mostly Anglo town in California goes to Sierra Leone, a white farm boy from my home ward in Indiana served in Zambia. <br />All these experiences help us develop and become more of a Zion. Speaking of Zion, in the 90s I was told of an Independence bishop who would get an LDS family showing up about once a month with no job or many belongings, simply an urge to go there. <br />Also, bigger communities tend to do better with convert growth. I have seen uncounted midwest towns where there is no missionary influence.Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019747288076783700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-21066979322189147182015-10-29T00:25:20.824-06:002015-10-29T00:25:20.824-06:00This is true. My brother and his family live in m...This is true. My brother and his family live in metro St. Louis while he is going to chiropractic school. At least 5 other families in his ward are there for the same reason.David Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633681311966766482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-36549879108207065582015-10-28T19:52:23.131-06:002015-10-28T19:52:23.131-06:00I know Metro St. Louis has lots and lots of member...I know Metro St. Louis has lots and lots of members who are in medical, dental and other such schools. I also have the impression that there are lots of members connected with the Medical complex in Kirtsville, Missouri. In the St. Louis area this gives the Church lots of returend missionaries in areas that otherwise have largely people who are either recent converts, recently activated or just plain inactive. On the other hand it causes constant turn over in ward membership. Sometimes that is good, it makes it so people do not fossilize into cliques that are unwelcoming. Some wards on my mission the members seemed to not know how to go an say hi to visitors. On the other hand, constant membership turnover makes it hard for members to develop deep community connections to build the public image of the Church.<br /><br />If some of my experiences with members moving into the Belle Isle Branch in Detroit play out it also leads to having a constant inflow of members in color shock of living in a very heavily African-American city when they just moved from parts of Utah and Idaho especially that have very, very few African-Americans. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-42652806460429365162015-10-28T19:46:08.511-06:002015-10-28T19:46:08.511-06:00On the Missouri matter it helps that there is a si...On the Missouri matter it helps that there is a significant population of Samoans in Independence and to a lesser extend other parts of Metro-Kansas city, a significant portion of whom are Latter-day Saints. I have heard lines about them getting a jump start on the final gathering, but I am not sure that that is actually a factor in them moving there. <br /><br />Sister Oscarson, the Young Women General President, lived in the St. Louis area when she was first married. Her husband grew up in St. Louis, and I believe her father-in-law was the first stake president there. <br /><br />In south-west Missouri you have somewhat of a concentration of members. This is the part of the state with the fastest growing population. Some have connections with Branson. One of my two favorite district leaders on my mission was a recent convert from Springfield, Missouri. He now lives in in Arizona, I think in the Eastern Phoenix Metro Area, where he is a full-time seminary teacher.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-66245337984899649622015-10-28T19:39:53.998-06:002015-10-28T19:39:53.998-06:00Sorry for making another comment. I just wanted to...Sorry for making another comment. I just wanted to say I served in the Block Mountain Stake. We baptized two people I can remember. Both were spouses of church members. One of them we gave the six discussions to in six days. I feel sad I not only have not kept in contact with him but I do not remember his name. That was in the Arrowhead Ward, which is actually in a different stake now. We covered Arrowhead Ward, which has had some boundary changes but at best it and one other ward were realigned into 3 wards. The other ward we covered was Paradise Hills Ward, which now covers an area that is I believe 5 wards, although I think more like 4 and a half. To be fair some of those wards have boundaries today that had no houses in them back in Nov 2001- Jan 2002 when I was a missionary there. <br /><br />While part of me thinks we were too quick to rush the man I mentioned through the discussions, on the other hand he had almost been baptized about 8 years earlier when he first met his wife, and his wife was an active member and he had been coming out regularly. We started the discussions because we stopped by because we did not really know the family. It might have been wise to ask the ward mission leader before going over. I had not actually said anything about maybe teaching the husband about the Church, although I knew he was not a member. The wife volunteered that her husband was ready to take the lessons. On the other hand I am not sure she would have contacted us if we had not stopped by.<br /><br />She did break out laughing when we asked what parts of the word of wisdom he had a problem with and he said none. On further inquiry he said he would quit all his habits not in line with the word of wisdom. That was on a Wednesday and he was baptized the Saturday of the following week. The baptism was performed by his wife's grandfather. That is why we waited that long, but I think it was good to wait. My companion at the time was a convert who had quit smoking for less than a week before getting baptized and so thought that minimum obeying the Word of Wisdom directives were not worth while. I think if there is in place ward leadership that fully understands that reverting to addictive behaviors is a complex process that does not mean the person is insincere but will make the person tempted to quit the Church, minimum directives might not be 100% needed. Still part of me wonders if it is not best to have a rule that has a significant minimum at least between when the person first commits to live the word of wisdom and their baptism. Not so much a period of no reversions to smoking, which tends to be the hardest to quit, but either no reversions or a clear moving of the people through the process of moving back to their commitment to live the word of wisdom and a realization that they can repent and do not have to listen to Satan's lies telling them to give up. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-73862472293274660422015-10-28T19:22:43.195-06:002015-10-28T19:22:43.195-06:00I am quite excited that there is now a district in...I am quite excited that there is now a district in Mombasa. I hope to see a second stake in Kenya very soon, and a temple announced for Kenya in less than 10 years. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-42140209258528505322015-10-28T10:45:55.073-06:002015-10-28T10:45:55.073-06:00Trends in the US also show that there are more mem...Trends in the US also show that there are more members in economically well off places. I haven't researched anything, but I imagine there are a lot of good job opportunities in the larger cities of Missouri that also contribute to lots of members from elsewhere moving in. Sort of like Virginia with government work and Texas with a booming economy.David Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633681311966766482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-82685745144749430942015-10-28T10:45:45.729-06:002015-10-28T10:45:45.729-06:00Trends in the US also show that there are more mem...Trends in the US also show that there are more members in economically well off places. I haven't researched anything, but I imagine there are a lot of good job opportunities in the larger cities of Missouri that also contribute to lots of members from elsewhere moving in. Sort of like Virginia with government work and Texas with a booming economy.David Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633681311966766482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-82391874318351204552015-10-28T09:15:14.887-06:002015-10-28T09:15:14.887-06:00Eduardo,
My understanding is the zeal of some mem...Eduardo,<br /><br />My understanding is the zeal of some members leads them to move to the prophesied site of the New Jerusalem, notwithstanding no indication that the city will be built in the immediate future.Michael Worleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078136075924935280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-66243681345403718162015-10-28T03:19:03.629-06:002015-10-28T03:19:03.629-06:00Does anyone know what the hold up is with the Fort...Does anyone know what the hold up is with the Fortaleza Brazil Temple? Last I heard, they finally got a construction crew, but nothing has happened yet.Ryan Searcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492045549474456000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-16479075554034815402015-10-27T20:00:19.727-06:002015-10-27T20:00:19.727-06:00I have always found it interesting that the midwes...I have always found it interesting that the midwest state of Missouri has a higher number of members and stakes than other surrounding places. My home state of Indiana, for example, usually averages a stake per 500,000 people while MO seems to have more like a stake per 300,000 or so. Perhaps church history and RLDS/Community of Christ have had a larger influnce than places like Minnesota or Michigan or a tweener like Kentucky.<br />Also, maybe the spirit of the city of Enoch is working on the souls of the Show Me state.Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019747288076783700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-26040233139730288882015-10-26T23:41:11.747-06:002015-10-26T23:41:11.747-06:00Matt:
Those references were perfect -- many thank...Matt:<br /><br />Those references were perfect -- many thanks. bwebsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247430857579605507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-24511611577461092092015-10-26T22:18:19.726-06:002015-10-26T22:18:19.726-06:00We have been told that the Black Mountain Stake in...We have been told that the Black Mountain Stake in Henderson, Nevada, will split November 15. We currently have 13 Wards in the Stake. mrcuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601592540411098894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-16368068935444372672015-10-26T19:15:23.678-06:002015-10-26T19:15:23.678-06:001 July (posted Oct 15)
Central Eurasian Mission(13...1 July (posted Oct 15)<br />Central Eurasian Mission(13 branches 3 Regions)<br />Adana Military Branch<br />Almaty Branch <br />Ankara Branch<br />Astana Branch <br />Central Eurasian Azerbaijan Mission Branch <br />Central Eurasian Kazakhstan Mission Branch <br />Central Eurasian Kyrgyzstan Mission Branch <br />Central Eurasian Tajikistan Mission Branch<br />Central Eurasian Turkey Mission Branch <br />Central Eurasian Turkmenistan Mission Branch <br />Central Eurasian Uzbekistan Mission Branch<br />Gaziantep Branch<br />Istanbul Branch <br />Izmir Branch<br />Kazakhstan Mission Region<br />Kazakhstan RN Mission Region<br />Turkey Mission Region<br /><br />20 Sept <br />Bogor 2nd Ward, Jakarta Indonesia Stake (1 Branch, 9 Wards)<br /><br />4 Oct<br />Ikot Akpabin Ward<br /><br />11 Oct<br />Baramata Branch, Kuriva Papua New Guinea District (4 branches)<br />San Benito Branch, Managua Nicaragua Tipitapa District (4 Branches)<br /><br />18 Oct<br />Far West Missouri Stake (4 Branches, 6 Wards)<br />Albany Branch<br />Chillicothe Branch<br />Trenton Branch <br />Wood Heights Branch<br />Cameron 1st Ward <br />Far West Ward <br />Gallatin Ward<br />Kearney 1st Ward <br />Kearney 3rd Ward<br />Maryville Ward<br /><br />Aeropuerto Branch, Lerma México Stake (1 branch, 5 wards)<br />Alepe Branch, Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan Mission (16 Branches, 4 Stakes)<br />Bee Cave Ward, Austin Texas Oak Hills Stake (1 branches, 11 Wards)<br />Grantsville 15th Ward, Grantsville Utah Stake (10 Wards) <br />Greensboro YSA Branch, Greensboro North Carolina Stake (2 Branch, 8 Wards)<br />Harvest Ridge Ward, Salem Utah Stake (12 wards)<br />Independence 2nd Ward, Bluffdale Utah South Stake (10 Wards)<br />Naciones Ward, Amatitlán Guatemala Stake (10 wards) <br />Oyigbo 2nd Ward, Port Harcourt Nigeria East Stake ( 4 Branches, 10 wards)<br />Pital Branch, Alajuela Costa Rica Stake (3 Branches, 6 Wards)<br />Sejong Branch, Daejeon Korea Stake (2 Branches, 5 wards)<br />Village Ward, St George Utah Little Valley Stake (11 wards) <br /><br />25 Oct<br />Eagle Mountain Utah Silver Lake Stake (6 Wards)<br />Cedar Crest Ward <br />Foxwood Ward <br />Silver Creek Ward <br />Silver Lake Ward<br />Woodhaven Ward <br /><br />Mombasa Kenya District (3 Branches<br />Bamburi Branch <br />Changamwe Branch <br />Mombasa Branch<br /><br />Elk Ridge 9th Branch (Care Center), Elk Ridge Utah Stake (1 Branch, 9 Wards)<br />Legacy Farms Ward, Spanish Fork Utah Maple Mountain Stake (11 Wards)<br />Nibley 11th Ward, Nibley Utah Stake (12 Wards)<br />Sooke Branch, Victoria British Columbia Stake (3 Branches, 4 Wards)<br /><br />YTD 518(12.05/week 43) +32 (net 27)<br />Africa 153, 29.5% (Middle East/Africa North Area Added) <br />Asia 16, 3.1%<br />Europe 25, 4.8% (+8 due to post of Central Eurasian Mission)<br />North America (w/ Caribbean) 133, 25.7%<br />Pacific 44, 8.5%<br />South and Central America 56, 10.8%<br />Utah & Idaho 91, 17.6% <br /><br />Totals no-sensitive<br />Areas Temples Miss Stakes Dist Wards Branch Totals<br />Global 25 148 418 3,154 544 22,495 7,363 34,147<br />Us/Can 10 81 131 1,592 10 12,548 2,065 16,437<br />US n/a 73 124 1,545 7 12,212 1,915 15,876<br />Utah n/a 15 10 578 1 4,685 327 5,616<br />Canada n/a 8 7 47 3 336 150 551<br />Out 15 67 287 1,562 534 9,947 5,298 17,710<br /><br />With Sensitive<br />Areas Temples Miss Stakes Dist Wards Branch Totals<br />Global 25 148 418 3,154 555 22,499 7,454 34,253Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636740926033505057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-40758128034286051102015-10-26T15:10:06.262-06:002015-10-26T15:10:06.262-06:00District created in Mombasa Kenya. All three Momb...District created in Mombasa Kenya. All three Mombasa area branches are part of the new district.Bryan Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260239058235089111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-14204864866514926122015-10-26T12:42:54.156-06:002015-10-26T12:42:54.156-06:00Here you go: http://cumorah.com/index.php?target=c...Here you go: http://cumorah.com/index.php?target=countries&cnt_res=2&wid=318&cmdfind=Search<br /><br />This also may be useful: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzyZqee1W-lPd2JKNW01N1R0bHc/view?usp=sharingMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-67434356820075159422015-10-26T12:36:46.472-06:002015-10-26T12:36:46.472-06:00Matt:
I'm looking for a current list of the n...Matt:<br /><br />I'm looking for a current list of the number of stakes and wards/branches in the Church year-by-year. Do you have that, or do you know if one exists online? I can build one using the last published Church almanac plus the last few membership reports in General Conference, but I'd thought I'd see first if someone else has done the work for me. :-) ..bruce..bwebsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247430857579605507noreply@blogger.com