tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post2907121248436821352..comments2024-03-29T08:40:04.337-06:00Comments on Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church): New Stakes Created in the Philippines (2) and Nigeria; New District in Romania; Two Stakes Discontinued in MexicoMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-83453919044488217302018-11-20T22:47:43.612-07:002018-11-20T22:47:43.612-07:00In Mexico City 45 stakes are reconfigurated with t...In Mexico City 45 stakes are reconfigurated with the PLan Maestro (Master Plan). In two weeks the Iztapalapa Stake and Meyehualco Stake will be "combined" and Iztapalapa stake will be transformed in Tlahuac Stake. In the Mexico City South Council (Mexico City South Mission) 18 wards were discontinued in a total of a 8 stakes...<br /><br />A favor could you, explain what are the sources of your data.<br /><br />Excuse my English, is very bad, I'm mexican.Javierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308969862953620921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-34676558287799404812018-11-13T08:10:00.329-07:002018-11-13T08:10:00.329-07:00Any updates about Mexico consolidation? Any updates about Mexico consolidation? SILVERIOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099965124260140318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-61086220734656487432018-11-06T09:39:05.971-07:002018-11-06T09:39:05.971-07:00The Winnipeg Temple also has a very small distric...The Winnipeg Temple also has a very small district as well, the Fort Frances district Whizzbanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999609207185818507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-16862635745585742212018-11-05T20:18:37.258-07:002018-11-05T20:18:37.258-07:00James Andeerson, President Kimball did indicate th...James Andeerson, President Kimball did indicate the 1,000 distance as you specified, but more recent Church presidents (particularly President Hinckley and President Monson) have lowered that maximum distance to 200 miles. So there is much work to do. President Nelson has continued the tradition. If you look at the 19 temples announced this year, Church members in a majority of those 19 locations traveled well above the 200-mile distance. I feel confident the President Nelson will cut that distance in half, if not in quarter, and if that happens (or if the intent is to make the mileage involved in a round road trip lower than that), then there will be many more locations likely to have a temple announced.<br /><br />Christopher, in relation to the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple, I am not sure it is correct to say that the Winnipeg Temple is larger, at least not as much as some people seem to suggest. The estimate provided for the construction time-frame on the Port-au-Prince Temple was 12-15 months originally, but will likely be closer to a 2-year period once that process concludes. For Winnipeg, the general estimate offered was 20 months, which may be almost spot on. The biggest difference between the two was that the Haiti temple was able to have construction begin within a month or so of the groundbreaking, while the Winnipeg temple had to wait over a year for that process to begin. As far as I am aware, the redesign on the Winnipeg temple has not changed the 20-month estimate.<br /><br />And with the Bangkok Thailand Temple, in Asia, given the space of land involved, it makes more sense to build up than out, which seems to be true for other structures built in that part of Asia, so I am assuming that might be true for Cambodia as well. Asia is by far the biggest continent in the world, and the size of the Bangkok Temple is indicative of the large Church presence in that nation and the surrounding ones. Will a larger, upward design also be used for Cambodia and India? Time will tell.<br /><br />The Pocatello Idaho and Saratoga Springs Utah Temples are anticipated to be on the larger size. The Abidjan Temple will be medium-sized because it will serve the Ivory Coast and a few surrounding nations. And the Nairobi Kenya Temple will be a smaller one for sure. No word yet on the likely size of the other announced temples. Time will tell on those as well.<br /><br />From my own research, I can tell you point-blank that the Church is very careful about determining the size, location, and layout of temples worldwide, and does its' best to incorporate local customs, designs, and themes within the floor plans for each temple. It is interesting to see how that process occurs.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-66757958769489468182018-11-05T10:05:22.574-07:002018-11-05T10:05:22.574-07:00I've been wondering lately what factors go int...I've been wondering lately what factors go into deciding the size of a temple. Obviously the size of the temple district isn't the only factor, maybe not even the most important one, since Manitoba with its whopping one stake is getting a larger temple than Haiti. And the temple in Thailand will be much larger than the future temple district would seem to justify. I imagine in that case, one of the factors is image, and I don't mean that in a negative way, but it honestly wouldn't make the Church look very impressive to have one of its smallest temples in one of the largest and most major cities in the world. I personally think the bigger the better, having grown up using two of the small temples from the late 90s-early 00s splurge and much preferring the huge one I live by now, so while I recognize the necessity of conserving space and being frugal with resources I do hope the Church leans toward larger sizes whenever possible.Christopher Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582245548922025033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-1239314689063430812018-11-05T08:25:18.854-07:002018-11-05T08:25:18.854-07:00We also need to sort out one other parameter in re...We also need to sort out one other parameter in relation to the spacing of temples. In the mid 70s, President Kimball spoke at BYU and some of the talk was about sealings of couples. He said two other things, first, that there would be hundreds of temples, and second, that no member would have to travel more than 1,000 miles to attend one.<br /><br />So, from that point of view, what habitable areas of the world are still more than 1,000 miles from a temple and of those areas that may be still outside that, are there any members in those areas? As countries and areas within them open up there may be new areas that for a time will fall outside of that as well.James Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831340842937216806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-32250638688031440912018-11-05T02:59:42.117-07:002018-11-05T02:59:42.117-07:00Great report, Matt! Given the sheer number of new ...Great report, Matt! Given the sheer number of new stakes and districts you have reported as being created in the Philippines and in Nigeria over the last couple of years, I am not surprised at all that each of the last 3 sets of temple announcements included one for the Philippines, nor am I in any way shocked that Nigeria had a second temple announced last month either.<br /><br />With Romania, I can see the merits in the Church's decision to create a second smaller district to make travel more easy for the Saints there. And I am not surprised that congregational consolidations continue in Mexico, nor was I shocked to see a temple announced in Puebla last month.<br /><br />We are definitely seeing ample evidence that the Lord is well aware of His Church and its' members in all parts of the world. Thank you again, Matt, for your ongoing reports in that regard.James G. Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331619300918542708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-2672755224264532512018-11-04T22:27:31.663-07:002018-11-04T22:27:31.663-07:00Hi Matt,
New Ward in the Colorado Springs North S...Hi Matt,<br /><br />New Ward in the Colorado Springs North Stake. Kings Deer Ward. 12 Wards... 3 YSA Air Force Academy, 9 family wards.GWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020306110811271100noreply@blogger.com