Updated Country Profile - Croatia

Click here to access our updated Reaching the Nations country profile for Croatia.

Updated Country Profile - Serbia

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Updated Country Profile - Macedonia

Click here to access the updated Reaching the Nations country profile for Macedonia (FYROM).

We are currently updating the country profiles in Reaching the Nations starting from countries that appear least likely to have significant changes in LDS growth during the next 18 months. This way, we do not have to update these profiles again by the time we finish the project and publish the next edition of the almanac.

Updated Country Profile - Kosovo

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Updated Country Profile - Montenegro

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Reaching the Nations: International Church Growth Almanac - NEW EDITION IN PROGRESS

At cumorah.com, David Stewart and I have just begun to update our country profiles contained in our reference work, Reaching the Nations: International Church Growth Almanac: 2014 Edition. These profiles are available on cumorah.com although information for most country entries are approximately 6-7 years old. It is our goal to update these profiles approximately every 5-6 years. Given the amount of work needed to update the previous edition, we are currently unsure whether the new edition will be officially titled the 2019 or 2020 edition. Check out our updated profile for Bosnia and Herzegovina we posted earlier today. We will be posting updated profiles regularly, hopefully as often as a weekly or daily basis for the next 1-2 years.

New Stake in French Polynesia

The Church organized a new stake in French Polynesia on April 29th. The Bora Bora Tahiti Stake was organized from a division of the Raromatai Tahiti Stake and the Punaauia Tahiti Stake. The new stake includes the following five wards and two branches: the Anau, Cumorah, Faanui, Maupiti, and Vaitape Wards, and the Haamene and Hipu Branches. All but one of the congregations (Faanui) are designated as Tahitian-speaking. The new Bora Bora Tahiti Stake includes LDS congregations on three islands: Bora-Bora (3), Tahaa (3), and Maupiti (1). The creation of the new stake in Bora Bora comes after many years of preparation by mission and stake leaders according to reports from full-time missionaries. More information about the creation of the new stake can be found here.

There are now 10 stakes and 3 districts in French Polynesia, whereas there were only 6 stakes and 3 districts in 2010. The Church has experienced a significant increase in membership growth, congregational growth, and stake growth during the past 5-6 years. For more information, click here.