Richard Scott Stevenson, 57, and Marion Penelope Speir Stevenson, five children, Lake Oswego Ward, Lake Oswego Oregon Stake: Ghana Cape Coast Mission, succeeding President Jeffrey L. Shulz and Sister Lynnette Shulz. Brother Stevenson is a former stake president, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, high councilor, temple ordinance worker, seminary teacher and missionary in the …
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David Louis Heid, 63, and Delynn Susan Parry Heid, three children, Fallbrook 2nd Ward, Vista California Stake: Ghana Accra Mission, succeeding President Daniel K Judd and Sister Kaye Judd. Brother Heid serves as a high priests group leader assistant and is a former PEF missionary in the Africa West Area (Ghana), counselor in a stake …
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I may seem to be a bit fixated on recent church growth developments in the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, but I really want to emphasize how exceptional recent growth developments have been in this French-speaking country of 23 million. Some of these developments include: . . . Based on these recent developments, it …
Robert P. and Susan F. MathewsRobert Paul Mathews, 60, and Susan Jean Friedman Mathews, four children, Kingwood 1st Ward, Kingwood Texas Stake: Cape Verde Praia Mission, succeeding President Roberto F. Oliveira and Sister Eliana Oliveira. Brother and Sister Mathews recently served in the Cape Verde Praia Mission. Brother Mathews serves as a temple sealer and …
Missionaries serving in Africa report that this July the Church will organize the Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Mission from a division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Mission. via LDS Church Growth
An article published in the LDS Church News this past weekend provided what appears to be year-end 2013 membership statistics for the seven countries in the Africa West Area with an LDS presence. The article indicates that there were nearly 20,000 convert baptisms in the Africa West Area. See below for an analysis of membership …
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The Church in West Africa continues to grow rapidly as missionaries share the gospel and as converts reach out to their families and neighbors. via LDS Church News – History of Church in West Africa.
Marc Sahy, 55, and Akassiba Marie Sahy, seven children, Jean Folly Ward, Port-Bouet Cote d’Ivoire Stake: Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan Mission, succeeding President Z. Dominique Dekaye and Sister Nathalie B. Dekaye. Brother Sahy serves as a stake president and is a former counselor in a stake presidency, bishop, branch president, youth and young single adult activities …
Michael Austin Dunn, 55, and Linda Poulson Dunn, three children, Neff’s Canyon Ward, Salt Lake Mount Olympus Stake: South Africa Johannesburg Mission, succeeding President S. Craig Omer and Sister Catherine C. Omer. Brother Dunn serves as a ward Young Men president and is a former stake president, bishop, gospel doctrine teacher and missionary in the …
Anthony Mua Kaku, 52, and Doe Akua Afriyie Kaku, five children, Abura Ward, Cape Coast Ghana Stake: Nigeria Port Harcourt Mission, succeeding President Philip K. Xaxagbe and Sister Agnes Y. Xaxagbe. Brother Kaku is a stake president and former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop, district clerk and missionary in the Ghana Accra Mission. Coordinator, …
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