tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post5988205164637217722..comments2024-03-29T00:47:42.684-06:00Comments on Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church): First Branch Created in Southern SudanMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-80366317896883517082010-03-07T10:29:39.064-07:002010-03-07T10:29:39.064-07:00The correct date of the organization of the Juba B...The correct date of the organization of the Juba Branch was November 29, 2009, not December. I was there.<br />Thanks.NeciaStanfordBillinghursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887925653205274340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-77650570135263276172010-01-30T11:46:56.112-07:002010-01-30T11:46:56.112-07:00This is good to hear. I went to the CIA Factbook ...This is good to hear. I went to the CIA Factbook site on nations and learned that Sudan has about 40<br />million people. Southern Sudan has around 8 million, although the numbers are in dispute.<br /><br />Southern Sudan is said to be predominantly Christian but the nation as a whole is 70% Islamic. It was a majority Christian nation until the Egyptian colonization some years back. Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian nations in the world.<br /><br />Thanks for your reporting, Matt.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629100796960009292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-13194834958229163982010-01-30T10:42:50.363-07:002010-01-30T10:42:50.363-07:00Glad to see this happening, now that there's a...Glad to see this happening, now that there's a formal precense and foundation for the church in the country, growth can start to occur at a faster rate. <br /><br />Obviously, it will take a long time, but give it one or two years and least a hundred active members will exist. Give it another decade, then it should be over 1000.SR92https://www.blogger.com/profile/01920540301372050143noreply@blogger.com