Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) Two new districts were organized in the DR Congo, each of which were created from a single m...

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) Two new stakes were recently created in the DR Congo. The Kinshasa DR Congo Mapela Stake was org...

The Church has created at least 51 new stakes thus far in 2025 - the highest number of new stakes created during the first half of the calen...

Cameroon  The Church created its first stake in the African nation of Cameroon on June 1st. The Yaounde Cameroon Stake was organized from th...

Nigeria Four new stakes have been created in Nigeria. The Akure Nigeria Stake was organized on September 22nd from the Akure Nigeria Distric...

*First off, as a blogger and researcher who has tracked Church growth for 17 years, President Russell M. Nelson's unpredictability with ...

This evening, President Russell M. Nelson announced eight new temples in the following locations: Freetown, Sierra Leone  Orem, Utah  Po...

NEW STAKES El Salvador The Church organized a new stake in El Salvador on June 18th. The San Vicente El Salvador Stake was organized from...

I have gotten a bit behind with all of the new stake creations. Here we go! Argentina The Church organized a new stake in Cordoba Provinc...

Arizona The Church organized a new stake in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area on March 6th. The Mesa Arizona Red Mountain Stake was or...

A district was discontinued in Papua New Guinea. Originally organized in 1993, the Nine Mile Papua New Guinea District was consolidated wi...

Missionaries serving in Papua New Guinea report that the 12th district in the country was organized on February 14th.  The Sepik River Papua...

Oceania Missionaries report that the Fiji Suva and Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Missions will split to create a third mission to service ...

A new district was organized last Wednesday in Papua New Guinea in Madang.  The Madang Lae Papua New Guinea District includes two branches i...

A new district was organized in Papua New Guinea.  The Moveave Papua New Guinea District includes seven branches between Kukipi and Morovamu...

Below is a list of the countries and territories with the most Latter-day Saints without an LDS temple.  The number of members reported by t...

Utah A new young single adult (YSA) stake has been organized in Utah.  The Alpine Utah YSA Stake was created for YSA units in the Alpine a...

Honduras The LDS Church organized its first new stake in Honduras since 1997.  The Tegucigalpa Honduras Loarque Stake was organized from t...

The Church has entered a phase of rapid congregational growth in the Sogere area of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea as demonstrated...

New stake in Brazil The Church created a new stake in Brazil last weekend in Para State. The Castanhal Brazil Stake was created for the Cas...