tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post7286296731327656669..comments2024-03-27T17:28:09.345-06:00Comments on Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church): New Stakes Created in Costa Rica and Utah; District Discontinued in Costa RicaMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-48315174236134145902013-10-08T09:20:00.116-06:002013-10-08T09:20:00.116-06:00Good post. We've posted a similar Liberia Cost...Good post. We've posted a similar Liberia Costa rica profile here: http://traveleam.ca/liberia-costa-ricaTraveleamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11655604613259621796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-13318480657215266582013-07-14T18:23:44.138-06:002013-07-14T18:23:44.138-06:00The Mesa Mission by area (although not b populatio...The Mesa Mission by area (although not b population), is probably at least 75% in the Globe Arizona Stake, with the San Carlos branch probably taking up 40% of the mission area alone.<br /><br />Also, looking at the map, the way the Tuba City Arizona Stake and the Page Arizona Stake snake around each other seems a bit odd, I was surprised to see any of Tuba City stake in Utah at all.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-24668367279223241522013-07-09T18:19:12.888-06:002013-07-09T18:19:12.888-06:00CDOL still has the Ji-Paraná, Vilhena 1st, and Vil...CDOL still has the Ji-Paraná, Vilhena 1st, and Vilhena 3rd branches in the Manaus Mission, but LDS Maps has them in the Brazil Cuiabá Mission.<br /><br />They are long way away from any other unit in the Cuiabá Mission, but are next to a stake that is covered by the Manaus Mission. I wonder where they would get better support.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140298292414504737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-92047216498969244032013-07-07T22:00:52.156-06:002013-07-07T22:00:52.156-06:00Actually, three of those branches (Ji-Paraná, Vilh...Actually, three of those branches (Ji-Paraná, Vilhena 1st, and Vilhena 3rd) have now been transferred to the Brazil Cuiabá Mission.Gnesileahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17757196258988210760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-69875754205271779982013-07-07T16:40:19.620-06:002013-07-07T16:40:19.620-06:00Is it likely they will form another district in th...Is it likely they will form another district in the Manaus Mission soon, that seems to be a lot of branches to have directly under the mission.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-9960267854546856652013-07-03T16:06:36.921-06:002013-07-03T16:06:36.921-06:00The Bonoua Branch, Port-Bouet Cote d'Ivoire St...The Bonoua Branch, Port-Bouet Cote d'Ivoire Stake, was created on 30 June. There are now 7 wards and 3 branches in the stake:<br /><br />Adjouffou Ward<br />Jean-Folly Ward<br />Koumassi Ward<br />Marcory Ward<br />Port-Bouet Ward<br />Remblais Ward<br />Vridi Ward<br />Bonoua Branch<br />Grand-Bassam 1st Branch<br />Grand-Bassam 2nd Branch<br /><br /><br />The Formoso and Remanso Branches, Brazil Manaus Mission, were created on 30 June. There are now 8 branches in the mission:<br /><br />Boa Vista Brazil District<br />Itacoatiara Brazil District<br />Brazil Manaus Mission Branch<br />Cruzeiro do Sul Branch<br />Formoso Branch<br />Ji-Paraná Branch<br />Remanso Branch<br />Tefé Branch<br />Vilhena 1st Branch<br />Vilhena 3rd Branch<br /><br /><br />The Mankessim 2nd Branch, Ghana Cape Coast Mission, was created on 30 June. There are now 10 branches in the mission:<br /><br />Swedru Ghana District<br />Abakrampa Branch<br />Agona Nkwanta Branch<br />Axim Branch<br />Daboase Branch<br />Ghana Cape Coast Mission Branch<br />Kissi Branch<br />Mankessim 1st Branch<br />Mankessim 2nd Branch<br />Nkroful Branch<br />Tarkwa BranchAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140298292414504737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-91164333225067325292013-07-02T19:12:36.794-06:002013-07-02T19:12:36.794-06:00The Lagos Branch, Algarve Portugal District, Portu...The Lagos Branch, Algarve Portugal District, Portugal Lisbon Mission, was created on 30 June. There are now 7 branches in the district:<br /><br />Beja Branch<br />Faro Branch<br />Lagos Branch<br />Loulé Branch<br />Olhão Branch<br />Portimão Branch<br />Tavira BranchAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140298292414504737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-411098271882984992013-07-02T19:07:51.364-06:002013-07-02T19:07:51.364-06:00The Gateway Ward, Rock Springs Wyoming Stake, was ...The Gateway Ward, Rock Springs Wyoming Stake, was created on 30 June. There are now 9 wards and 2 branches in the stake:<br /><br />Desert View Ward<br />Foothill Ward<br />Fremont Peak Ward<br />Gateway Ward<br />Overland Ward<br />Pilot Butte Ward<br />Rock Springs Ward<br />Temple Peak Ward<br />White Mountain Ward<br />Farson Branch<br />Rock Springs College Branch (Student)<br /><br /><br />The Kuna 15th Ward, Kuna Idaho East Stake, was created on 1 July. There are now 9 wards in the stake:<br /><br />Kuna 1st Ward<br />Kuna 3rd Ward<br />Kuna 7th Ward<br />Kuna 10th Ward<br />Kuna 11th Ward<br />Kuna 12th Ward<br />Kuna 13th Ward<br />Kuna 15th Ward<br />Kuna YSA WardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140298292414504737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-38131916181135177712013-07-02T11:30:55.736-06:002013-07-02T11:30:55.736-06:00Pocatello Mission did lose to stakes, with a total...Pocatello Mission did lose to stakes, with a total of 4 missionaries serving in them to Twin Falls. Also, Burley Idaho had been in Pocatello Mission before they built the Twin Falls Temple, and put that whole new Temple District in the Boise Mission.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-80085910696518248142013-07-02T09:16:22.927-06:002013-07-02T09:16:22.927-06:00"I thought the New Mexico Farmington Mission ..."I thought the New Mexico Farmington Mission was originally the Arizona Holbrok Mission, with the headquarters moved some years ago."<br /><br />Sometime in the 1980s, the Holbrook and Tempe mission boundaries were realigned to become the Phoenix and Tempe missions.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033416229070502669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-38275122039988051612013-07-02T09:06:27.390-06:002013-07-02T09:06:27.390-06:00Page, Tuba city, Flagstaff, and Chinle were detach...Page, Tuba city, Flagstaff, and Chinle were detached from the Phoenix mission when the Farmington mission was created three yrs ago the other stakes in that mission came from Mesa and Albuquerque I imagine only like 10 years ago there was just the Tucson and Phoenix missions in Arizona Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209264963980372269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-51481097434619666862013-07-01T16:39:16.426-06:002013-07-01T16:39:16.426-06:00There are 5 branches in the Luanda Angola District...There are 5 branches in the Luanda Angola District and 2 more in the mission. I doubt this mission will be large.<br /><br />The Nampa and Twin Falls mission are only from the old Boise Mission.<br />5 branches in the Laredo District, 5 wards and a branch in the Nuevo Laredo Stake. I was going to suggest that it might be the 3000-member required for a US (or Canadian) Stake and a 1900-member requirement for the rest of the world. But ARDA states that Webb County (Laredo is the seat) had 3436 LDS members in 2010 in the then 4 congregations.<br /><br />I had wondered about this one as to whether both Dayton Stakes would go in the new mission. The Dayton East Stake does make more sense in the Columbus Mission.<br /><br />Pretty much the entire eastern strip of Indiana is in the Cincinnati Mission, including the Batesville Ward and a branch in the Cincinnati Stake.<br /><br />Yes, the Temple Square Mission covers all 35 acres of the Temple Square complex.<br /><br />Yes, a couple of stakes from Spokane was moved to the Kennewick Mission.<br /><br />Florence Arizona is the home of a ward and two branches at corrections facilities—there is a 2nd Florence ward, but it is much closer to the Queen Creek area and meets with Queen Creek wards.<br /><br />The Mesquite Nevada (and the Page Arizona) stakes are in the St. George Temple district.<br /><br />I thought the New Mexico Farmington Mission was originally the Arizona Holbrok Mission, with the headquarters moved some years ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140298292414504737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-91169576257760458442013-07-01T16:10:03.066-06:002013-07-01T16:10:03.066-06:00The Lima Perú Santa Patricia Stake was created on ...The Lima Perú Santa Patricia Stake was created on 30 June. There are 7 wards in the stake:<br /><br />Chacarilla Ward<br />La Molina Vieja Ward<br />Mayorazgo Ward<br />Monterrico Ward<br />San Borja Ward<br />Santa Felicia Ward<br />Santa Patricia Ward<br /><br /><br />The Amador Ward, Henderson Nevada Anthem Stake, was created on 30 June. There are now 10 wards in the stake:<br /><br />Amador Ward<br />Anthem Ward<br />Arroyo Grande Ward<br />Carnegie Ward<br />Desert Valley Ward<br />Horizon Ridge Ward<br />Inspirada Ward<br />Paseo Verde Ward<br />Seven Hills Ward<br />Summit WardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140298292414504737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-38347708685090585582013-06-30T22:07:36.907-06:002013-06-30T22:07:36.907-06:00My guess is the part of Arizona assigned to the St...My guess is the part of Arizona assigned to the St. George Mission goes to the St. George Temple. I am not sure what Temple the Mesquite Nevada Stake (which includes Littlefield, Arizona) is assigned to, but my guess is St. George. I know Kingman and Lake Havasu City Stakes are assigned to the LAs Vegas Temple. I am not sure where Yuma is assigned.<br /><br />With a temple in Monticello, Utah, some of nother Arizona might be assigned there. Western New Mexico is mainly assigned to Arizona Temples. For a long time the Tucson Mission included El Paso, Texas, but that is now in the Albaquerque Mission.<br /><br />A big chunck of north-east Arizona is in the Farmington New Mexico Mission.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-59194939956017347992013-06-30T22:01:36.967-06:002013-06-30T22:01:36.967-06:00So Mesa Arizona stakes are split between 4 mission...So Mesa Arizona stakes are split between 4 mission? Is it just me, or does the Phoenix Mission have a lot more people in its boundaries than the other 4 metro Phoenix missions? Although I guess with the Phoenix Stake itself in the Tempe Mission, maybe the Phoenix Mission does not go as far south or east as I am thining.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-45151463450223806002013-06-30T21:54:34.204-06:002013-06-30T21:54:34.204-06:00Interesting that there are more Idaho than Washing...Interesting that there are more Idaho than Washington stakes in the new Spokane Mission, although the two Moscow stakes are probably only about half Idaho.<br /><br />The Kennewick Mission is by far the largest by number of stakes. I guess this should not surprise me since they have release time seminary in the Tri-cities. There are enough Mormons there that people complain that they do Mormon proms because they don't like the atmosphere at regular proms. In Michigan and California even when noticed people don't complain, because there are not enough Mormons for it to feel like an attempt to divide and exclude.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-25061629616085421552013-06-30T21:49:55.871-06:002013-06-30T21:49:55.871-06:00It looks to me like the mission with the least Chu...It looks to me like the mission with the least Church organization in its boundaries is the Forteleza East Mission. While I guess Lviv lacks a district, it still looks like Forteleza is almost starting from scratch.<br /><br />I also found it interesting that the two stakes in Papua New Guines both remain in the Port Moresby Mission.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-43073799283365780772013-06-30T21:48:16.563-06:002013-06-30T21:48:16.563-06:00Spokane Mission is probably by area more in Idaho ...Spokane Mission is probably by area more in Idaho and Montana than in Washington now. It also only touches Kennewick of the other Washington Missions, and has no shared boundaries with the 5 western Washington Missions. Kennewick will probably have a lot of Spanish speaking missionaries since it has central Washington's havily Hispanic agricultural belt.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-70813326906356329792013-06-30T21:44:27.468-06:002013-06-30T21:44:27.468-06:00Actually, Scottsdale is a fairly normal shape. A c...Actually, Scottsdale is a fairly normal shape. A crazy shape in Rancho Cucamunga with the finger in the area around that city, and then the almost disconnected high desert part.<br /><br />Then there is Salt Lake City, which is non-contiguous, unless you go through the Salt Lake. That was actually the case before, and the new mission no longer has another bottleneck before going to Wyoming, and with the East Mission taking Park City and Kamas from the South Mission, it does not really bottle neck at all. With Park City and the close environs of the UofU it probably ends up the mission in Utah with the most people hostile to the Church. <br /><br />The map of the Gilbert Arizona Mission shows it going way out to Florence. I almost wonder if there is another stake out in the southern end of the mission missed from the list.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-75234175122672838522013-06-30T21:37:17.378-06:002013-06-30T21:37:17.378-06:00It looks like all stakes with Portland in their na...It looks like all stakes with Portland in their name will now be in the Washington Vancover Mission. I am thinking some of the old Spokane Mission got moved to the Kennewick Mission. Does anyone know if I am right.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-18830592119445600332013-06-30T21:35:14.570-06:002013-06-30T21:35:14.570-06:00At an even 50 stakes the Salt Lake East mission is...At an even 50 stakes the Salt Lake East mission is huge. Still with over 564 stakes in Utah, and 8 missions, with 6 of the Salt Lake East Mission's stakes in Wyoming, it still has a below average number of stakes for a Utah mission. The Provo Mission has over 200 stakes before it was split. The Salt Lake East Mission is the mission that takes in where Elder Nelson's parents lived when he asked for the bishop to send people to teach the gospel to them. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-60990408646613600322013-06-30T21:27:19.846-06:002013-06-30T21:27:19.846-06:00The boundary between the Salt Lake and Salt Lake E...The boundary between the Salt Lake and Salt Lake East Missions runs right down Main Street in Salt Lake, for 3 blocks south of the Temple. Temple Square, The Conference Center and the block east of Temple Square are evidently all defined as officially within the boundaries on the Temple Square Mission. The Lucero Ward seems to run along about the same lines as Salt Lake portion of the new Salt Lake East Mission, with the exception of the area in the Granite stake.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-83999145878967174792013-06-30T21:12:34.542-06:002013-06-30T21:12:34.542-06:00What is going on with the Ohio Cincinnati Mission ...What is going on with the Ohio Cincinnati Mission only taking in one of the Dayton Stakes. I am also surprised that it takes in the Fort Wayne Indiana Stake, although considering I knew that the Indianapolis Mission had more stakes than any of the surrounding mission, I should not be surprised. It had twice as many stakes as we had here in the Detroit Mission. It makes this a very different orientation than the old Cincinnati Mission, which took in more of Kentucky. Although actually I think it was only by having the Huntington West Virginia Stake. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-7878982032868217232013-06-30T21:01:15.791-06:002013-06-30T21:01:15.791-06:00It is interesting that there is a stake in Nuevo L...It is interesting that there is a stake in Nuevo Laredo but only a district in Laredo.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-79901411928601544672013-06-30T20:59:18.688-06:002013-06-30T20:59:18.688-06:00I am surprised Guaymas did not end up in the Ciuda...I am surprised Guaymas did not end up in the Ciudad Obregon mission, having been between those two cities and finding them fairly close. I guess though it is about halfway between Ciudad Obregon and Hermosillo, and it looks like the Ciudad Obregon mission primarily faces south.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.com