{"id":12,"date":"2011-10-01T22:35:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T22:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/africa\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2013-04-07T12:11:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T19:11:40","slug":"general-authorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/africa\/history\/general-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"General Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below are past and present Africans who have served as Church leaders outside of the stake level.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">Ahadjie, Richard K.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>2007, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Ahadjie is from Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2007 General Conference<br \/>\n1 April 2007 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Bricknell, Colin H.<\/h2>\n<p>2008, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Bricknell is from Krugersdorp, South Africa.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2008 General Conference<br \/>\n6 April 2008 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Chukwurah, Christopher N.<\/h2>\n<p>1997, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Chukwurah is from Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 12, 1997<\/cite>\u00a0Church News<\/div>\n<h2>Davis, M.T. Ben<\/h2>\n<p>2013, called as area seventy. Edler Davis is from Ghana.<\/p>\n<h2>Dub, Edward<\/h2>\n<p>2013, called to First Quorum of the Seventy. Elder Dube is from Zimbabwe and had been previously called as an area seventy.<\/p>\n<h2>Eka, David W.<\/h2>\n<p>1997, Called as Area Authority Seventy within the Africa Area. In 1998, he was assigned to the newly created Africa West Area. Elder Eka had served as a Regional Representative from 1990 until his call to be an Area Authority Seventy. Incidentally, Elder Eka was the first stake president of the Aba Nigeria Stake, the first black African stake and the first West African stake, created in 1998.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2000 Ensign<br \/>\nApril 12, 1997 Church News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Ekong, Ini B.<\/h2>\n<p>2010, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Ekong is from Etigan, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<h2>Giddey, Mervyn C.<\/h2>\n<p>2013, called as area seventy. Elder Giddey is from South Africa.<\/p>\n<h2>Golden, Christoffel<\/h2>\n<p>2001, Called to the First Quorum of the Seventy. 1997, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Golden is from Krugersdorp, South Africa, and serves in the Africa Southeast Area presidency.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2001 General Conference<br \/>\nAugust 2000 Ensign<br \/>\nApril 12, 1997 Church News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Hill, Garith C.<\/h2>\n<p>2007, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Hill is from Hillcrest, South Africa.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2007 General Conference<br \/>\n1 April 2007 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Ihesiene, Frederick C.<\/h2>\n<p>2007, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Ihesiene is from Aba, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2007 General Conference<br \/>\n1 April 2007 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Inyon, Aniefiok Udo<\/h2>\n<p>Called as an area seventy. Elder Inyon is from Uyo, Nigeria.\u00a0(April 2012 General Conference)<\/p>\n<h2>Kissi, Emmanuel A.<\/h2>\n<p>2002, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Kissi is from Accra, Ghana. He was released in 2007.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2002 General Conference<br \/>\n20 April 2002 Church News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Kola, Kapumba T.<\/h2>\n<p>2002, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Kola is from Kinshasa, Congo.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2007 General Conference<br \/>\n1 April 2007 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Koranteng, John A.<\/h2>\n<p>2013, called as area seventy. Elder Koranteng is from Ghana.<\/p>\n<h2>Mabaya,\u00a0L. Jean Claude<\/h2>\n<p>Called as an area seventy. Elder Mabaya is from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.\u00a0(April 2012 General Conference)<\/p>\n<h2>Madu, Declan O.<\/h2>\n<p>2008, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Madu is from Owerri, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2008 General Conference<br \/>\n6 April 2008 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">Mensah, Freebody A.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>2009, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Mensah is from Takoradi, Ghana.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2009 General Conference<br \/>\n4 April 2009 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Mkhabela, T. Jackson<\/h2>\n<p>2010, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Ekong is from Gauteng, South Africa.<\/p>\n<h2>Odume, Alexander A.<\/h2>\n<p>2003, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Odume is from Benin City, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2003 General Conference<br \/>\nApril 19, 2003 Church News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Ojediran,\u00a0Adeyinka A.<\/h2>\n<p>Called as an area seventy. Elder Ojediran is from Lagos, Nigeria.\u00a0(April 2012 General Conference)<\/p>\n<h2>Olukanni, Adesina J.<\/h2>\n<p>2003, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Olukanni is from Ikeja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2003 General Conference<br \/>\nApril 19, 2003 Church News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Opare, Emmanuel O., Sr<\/h2>\n<p>2000, Called to serve in the Africa West Area Presidency. 1997, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy.\u00a0 Elder Opare is from Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n<div><cite>August 2000 Ensign<br \/>\nApril 12, 1997 Church News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Ounleu, Norbert K.<\/h2>\n<p>2008, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Ounleu is from Abidjan, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2008 General Conference<br \/>\n6 April 2008 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Sitati, Joseph W.<\/h2>\n<p>2004, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. 2009, April, called to the First Quorum of the Seventy. Elder Sitati is from Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n<div><cite>Deseret News, 4 April 2004<br \/>\nSalt Lake Tribune, 17 April 2009<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2>Usi, Hesbon O.<\/h2>\n<p>2009, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Usi is from Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n<div><cite>April 2009 General Conference<br \/>\n4 April 2009 Deseret News<\/cite><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">Yirenya-Tawiah,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">Daniel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Called as an area seventy. Elder Yirenya-Tawaiah is from Tema, Ghana. (April 2012 General Conference)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are past and present Africans who have served as Church leaders outside of the stake level. Ahadjie, Richard K. 2007, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. Elder Ahadjie is from Accra, Ghana. April 2007 General Conference 1 April 2007 Deseret News Bricknell, Colin H. 2008, April, Called as an Area Authority Seventy. 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