{"id":139,"date":"2012-05-24T10:56:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T17:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/africa\/?p=139"},"modified":"2012-05-24T10:57:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T17:57:20","slug":"recent-church-growth-news-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/africa\/recent-church-growth-news-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Church Growth News in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Number of Branches in Benin Doubles<\/h2>\n

The number of independent mission branches in the African country of Benin increased from three to six last month. \u00a0The three new branches were previously meeting as groups and include the Fidjrosse, Finagnon, and Gbegame Branches. \u00a0The Church has yet to organize these six branches into their own district and they continue to report directly to the Benin Cotonou Mission. \u00a0A shortage of priesthood leaders remains a serious challenge.<\/p>\n

Group Organized in Previously Unreached City in Kenya<\/h2>\n

Missionaries serving in the Kenya Nairobi Mission report that a new group was recently organized in the previously unreached city of Naivasha, Kenya. \u00a0Senior missionaries indicate that there are upwards of 80 investigators attending church services and that group leadership is staffed by an isolated Latter-day Saint family. \u00a0Prospects appear good for the group to become its own branch in the near future.<\/p>\n

City Opens for Missionary Work in Angola<\/h2>\n

Missionaries serving in the Mozambique Maputo Mission report that the Area Presidency recently approved the assignment of full-time missionaries to the Angolan city of Huambo. \u00a0The Church assigned proselytizing missionaries to Angola for the first time in 2008 but missionaries were only assigned to the capital city Luanda until just the past year or two when a second city Lubango opened. \u00a0Additional cities have small numbers of isolated members and investigators meeting and await the establishment of official LDS missionary activity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via LDS Church Growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Number of Branches in Benin Doubles The number of independent mission branches in the African country of Benin increased from three to six last month. \u00a0The three new branches were previously meeting as groups and include the Fidjrosse, Finagnon, and Gbegame Branches. \u00a0The Church has yet to organize these six branches into their own district … <\/p>\n

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