Matt, I just read the Salt Lake Tribune article about your analysis of the current struggles of the missionary program. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/04/01/with-church-growth/
I am about to graduate with my master's in curriculum design (MSEd Learning Design and Technology) from Purdue. I'd be very interested in collaborating on alternative lesson structures to address different populations. Is that a project you would be interested in collaborating on or just in recommending?
Thank you for this report, Matt. March was another wonderful month for so many significant and outstanding Church growth developments. WE are blessed to be seeing the kingdom of God rolling forward unhindered in all sorts of ways, and I cannot wait to see what's next. Thanks again for all you and David Stewart do to keep us informed of the latest Church growth developments.
From the cdol website, here is March and year-to-date growth in Church units:
March + 48 W&B; + 50 W, - 2 B, + 4 stakes + 1 district (+ 2 st Peru, + 1 st - 1 d Philippines, + 1 st US, NE; + 1 d Brazil + 1 d Cote D'Iv) + 1 district + 1 temple (Rome) Mar. US +11; +13 W -2 B +1 st NE (NE stake created 3/31 and not yet reflected in CDOL) Mar. UT +4; + 6 W -2 B Mar. AF + 19; + 17 W + 2 B + 1 d Mar. SA + 11; + 18 W - 7 B + 1 d Mar. EUR + 1 temple, Italy
YTD + 107; + 110 W - 3 B US + 37; + 45 W - 8 B + 6 st - 1 d UT + 25; + 26 W - 1 B + 3 st AF + 47; + 33 W + 14 B + st + 4 d SA + 20; + 33W - 13 B + st + 1 d
I'm going big..... Pacific/Asia Papua New Guinea Kiribati Pago Pago, AS Christchurch, NZ SE Luzon Island, Philippines IloIlo, Philippines Tlacoban, Philippines Jakarta, Indonesia Beijing, China
Europe Vienna.Budapest Tirana
SA Northern and Southern Chile La Paz and Santa Cruz Bolivia Iquitos, Peru Maracaibo, Venezuela Cali, Colombia
NA San Pedro Sula, Honduras Culiacan, Mexico Acapulco, Mexico El Paso Bakersfiled Rapid City Green Bay/Appleton Pittsburgh Jacksonville Ft Worth Mobile Fairbanks Colorado Springs Elko, NV Yuma, AZ Casper, WY
President Nelson pointed out that in 1981 the church had a grand total of 19 temples. Left unsaid was the fact that in 2018, his first year as the new prophet-leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had announced plans for exactly 19 new temples. What he did say out loud was that church leaders would dedicate a dozen temples in 2019.
Deivisas, was the prophet including temple re-dedications? If not, there would have to be some major speeding up of the construction process for several temples, or else some of the new ones having groundbreaking next month will have to be done in 6 months. (Rick's temple page currently anticipates 6-7 temples dedicated this year, and another 6-7 re-dedications. This is not including the dedication of Rome in March.)
I would love to see Appleton get a temple. My grandfather was branch president there when Green Bay was part of the brach and so was Stergeon Bay. It was a member out on Stergeon Bay who was the main contributor to building the chapel. My father was baptized in the YMCA pool there in Appleton. They moved to california not long after the Appleton Chaple was built and my father was at the Oakland Temple dedication.
If a temple is announced for Wisconsin, I believe Madison would be the likely location. It's central to the state (plus close enough to serve the Rockford, IL stake) and far enough from Chicago to warrant its existence.
Matt, I just read the Salt Lake Tribune article about your analysis of the current struggles of the missionary program.
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I am about to graduate with my master's in curriculum design (MSEd Learning Design and Technology) from Purdue. I'd be very interested in collaborating on alternative lesson structures to address different populations. Is that a project you would be interested in collaborating on or just in recommending?
Thank you for this report, Matt. March was another wonderful month for so many significant and outstanding Church growth developments. WE are blessed to be seeing the kingdom of God rolling forward unhindered in all sorts of ways, and I cannot wait to see what's next. Thanks again for all you and David Stewart do to keep us informed of the latest Church growth developments.
ReplyDeleteFrom the cdol website, here is March and year-to-date growth in Church units:
ReplyDeleteMarch + 48 W&B; + 50 W, - 2 B, + 4 stakes + 1 district (+ 2 st Peru, + 1 st - 1 d Philippines, + 1 st US, NE; + 1 d Brazil + 1 d Cote D'Iv) + 1 district + 1 temple (Rome)
Mar. US +11; +13 W -2 B +1 st NE (NE stake created 3/31 and not yet reflected in CDOL)
Mar. UT +4; + 6 W -2 B
Mar. AF + 19; + 17 W + 2 B + 1 d
Mar. SA + 11; + 18 W - 7 B + 1 d
Mar. EUR + 1 temple, Italy
YTD + 107; + 110 W - 3 B
US + 37; + 45 W - 8 B + 6 st - 1 d
UT + 25; + 26 W - 1 B + 3 st
AF + 47; + 33 W + 14 B + st + 4 d
SA + 20; + 33W - 13 B + st + 1 d
I'm going big.....
ReplyDeletePacific/Asia
Papua New Guinea
Kiribati
Pago Pago, AS
Christchurch, NZ
SE Luzon Island, Philippines
IloIlo, Philippines
Tlacoban, Philippines
Jakarta, Indonesia
Beijing, China
Europe
Vienna.Budapest
Tirana
SA
Northern and Southern Chile
La Paz and Santa Cruz Bolivia
Iquitos, Peru
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Cali, Colombia
NA
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Culiacan, Mexico
Acapulco, Mexico
El Paso
Bakersfiled
Rapid City
Green Bay/Appleton
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
Ft Worth
Mobile
Fairbanks
Colorado Springs
Elko, NV
Yuma, AZ
Casper, WY
Today on Classic Maps : Nsukwa Nigeria District
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It's nice to see positive growth in different regions of the world. South Pacific, southern Africa, west Africa.
ReplyDeletePresident Nelson pointed out that in 1981 the church had a grand total of 19 temples. Left unsaid was the fact that in 2018, his first year as the new prophet-leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had announced plans for exactly 19 new temples. What he did say out loud was that church leaders would dedicate a dozen temples in 2019.
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Deivisas, was the prophet including temple re-dedications? If not, there would have to be some major speeding up of the construction process for several temples, or else some of the new ones having groundbreaking next month will have to be done in 6 months. (Rick's temple page currently anticipates 6-7 temples dedicated this year, and another 6-7 re-dedications. This is not including the dedication of Rome in March.)
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if that 12 includes re-dedications, or is just newly constructed temples. But the article does a good job summing up the last year or so.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.lds.org/church/news/2018-a-banner-year-for-new-scripture-translations-more-to-come-in-2019?lang=eng
ReplyDeletehttps://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-receives-official-recognition-in-kuwait
ReplyDeleteI would love to see Appleton get a temple. My grandfather was branch president there when Green Bay was part of the brach and so was Stergeon Bay. It was a member out on Stergeon Bay who was the main contributor to building the chapel. My father was baptized in the YMCA pool there in Appleton. They moved to california not long after the Appleton Chaple was built and my father was at the Oakland Temple dedication.
ReplyDeleteIf a temple is announced for Wisconsin, I believe Madison would be the likely location. It's central to the state (plus close enough to serve the Rockford, IL stake) and far enough from Chicago to warrant its existence.
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