Top Ten Most Encouraging and Top Ten Most Discouraging Growth and Missionary Developments for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2022

Click here to access the article, the Top Ten Most Encouraging and Top Ten Most Discouraging Growth and Missionary Developments for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2022, posted today on cumorah.com.

Top Ten Most Encouraging and Top Ten Most Discouraging Growth and Missionary Developments for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2020

Click here to access the Top Ten Most Encouraging and Top Ten Most Discouraging Growth and Missionary Developments for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2020.

Most Encouraging and Discouraging Church Growth Developments for 2020

 I am still finishing up this article, and I will post a link to it in the next couple days.

Most Encouraging and Discouraging Church Growth Developments for 2019

Click here to access an article I just posted on www.cumorah.com regarding the 10 most encouraging and 10 most discouraging Church growth developments during 2019.

Top Ten Most Encouraging and Top Ten Most Discouraging LDS Growth Developments in 2017

Click here to read about the top ten most encouraging and top ten most discouraging LDS growth developments of 2017 according to our research at The Cumorah Foundation. Reader feedback would be appreciated.

Top Ten Encouraging and Discouraging LDS Growth Developments in 2016

Click here to read about the top ten encouraging and discouraging LDS growth developments of 2016 according to our research at The Cumorah Foundation. Reader feedback would be appreciated.

Top 10 Encouraging and Discouraging LDS Growth and Missionary Developments in 2014

I recently completed a case study for cumorah.com that identifies what I believe to be the top 10 encouraging and discouraging LDS growth and missionary developments for 2014. Please click here to view the case study.

The top 10 encouraging developments are:

1. The Worldwide Surge in the Full-time Missionary Force Begins to Stabilize with Larger Numbers of Missionaries than Originally Expected
2. Largest Net Increase in the Worldwide Number of Stakes since 1998
3. Rapid Growth in West Africa
4. Church Creates its First Stakes in Four Nations
5. Reversing Stagnant Growth in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
6. Unprecedented National Outreach Expansion in Brazil
7. Philippines Growth
8. The Vietnamese Government Officially Recognizes the Church in Vietnam; Progress in Missionary Work Continues
9. First Young, Full-time Missionaries Assigned to Burma and Gabon; Missionaries Return to Sri Lanka
10. First General Conference Addresses Given in Languages Other than English

The top 10 discouraging developments are:

1. Trends in Congregational Decline Intensify in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay and Persist in Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela
2. At least 106 Countries and Dependencies Experience No Net Change in the Number of Official Congregations for 2014
3. Continued Challenges Achieving "Real Growth" in Mexico
4. Trends in Congregational Decline Persist in Japan and South Korea
5. Contraction of LDS Outreach in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Continues
6. Little to No Expansion of National Outreach Occurs in several countries in the Africa Southeast Area
7. Stagnant National Outreach Expansion in India
8. Only Two New Missions Organized Despite Surge in the Number of Members Serving Full-time Missions
9. Conflict in Ukraine Closes the Ukraine Donetsk Mission - All LDS branches discontinued in Donetsk
10. Missionaries Removed from Liberia and Sierra Leone