First Stake to be Organized in Tanzania on January 26th, 2025
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
2w ago
Reports from Latter-day Saints living in Tanzania indicate that the Church will organize its first stake in the East African nation of Tanzania this Sunday. The Dar es Salaam Tanzania Stake will be created from the Dar es Salaam Tanzania District, which was organized in 2005. Currently, there are 10 branches in the district, but it is unclear how many of these branches will become wards once the stake is organized. Among countries with at least 2,000 Latter-day Saints, Tanzania provides a remarkable example of a nation that has experienced a dramatic shift from slow or stagnant growth to some ..read more
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Utah Update: Nine Stakes Discontinued, Three New Stakes Created, Two New Districts Created
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
3w ago
Given the number of stakes and districts organized and discontinued in Utah recently, I have made a separate blog post to summarize these developments and put them into context with broader trends on church growth in Utah. NEW STAKES Three new stakes were created in Utah. The Cedar City Utah South Stake was created on November 3rd from a division of the Cedar City Utah Stake (organized in 1948), the Cedar City Utah Cross Hollow Stake (organized in 2008), and the Cedar City Utah West Stake (organized in 1960). The new stake includes the following eight wards: the Harmony Mountain, the Hidden Hi ..read more
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December 2024 Monthly Newsletter
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
1M ago
Click here to access the December 2024 monthly newsletter for cumorah.com. I will be finishing the post on stake growth trends in Utah in the next week or so ..read more
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New Stakes Created in the DR Congo (3), Brazil (2), Nigeria, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Texas, and Zimbabwe; New Districts Created in Nigeria (2), the Philippines (2), Uganda (2), Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe; Stakes Discontinued in California, Guatemala, and New Zealand; Districts Discontinued in Brazil (3), Japan, Mexico, and South Africa
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
1M ago
Please note that I have not included updates for Utah in this Update. I will make a separate post about the recent stake creations and consolidations in this state so I can provide more of an analysis of these developments The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) Three new stakes were created in the DR Congo. The Kasapa DR Congo Stake was created on December 1st from a division of the Lubumbashi DR Congo Stake (organized in 1997) and the Ruashi DR Congo Stake (organized in 2017). The new stake includes the following six wards and one branch: the Hewa Bora, the Joli Site, the Kasapa 1st ..read more
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November 2024 Monthly Newsletter
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
2M ago
Click here to access the November 2024 newsletter for cumorah.com. My goal is to produce these monthly newsletters again after a 16-month hiatus to chronicle church growth developments and announce new resources on cumorah.com ..read more
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Unprecedented Expansion of the Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
3M ago
In the past 2 years, the Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has experienced unprecedented expansion into cities, towns, and villages that have previously had no official congregations. Historically, the Church has generally established its first branch in only 1-2 cities or towns per year (if any) since 2008. However, the Church organized its first branches in six cities and towns in 2023 - the most ever up to that point. In 2024, 14 cities, towns, and villages have had the first branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized. The Church's meetingh ..read more
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Three Member Groups Organized in Juba, South Sudan
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
3M ago
In the past few weeks, the Uganda Kampala Mission has organized three member groups in Juba, South Sudan, where the Juba Branch was reinstated earlier this year. The member groups are the Jebel, New-Site, and Shirkat Groups. Last Sunday, the groups had a combined attendance of approximately 80 people - nearly half of whom attended the Juba Branch. This marks the first time that the Church has operated multiple congregations in Juba. Member groups had previously functioned in a couple cities outside of Juba in the early 2010s, although these groups may not function anymore (such as in Akobo) or ..read more
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Potential New Missions in 2025
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
3M ago
With the number of full-time missionaries serving reaching all-time highs (excluding the couple years of artificially high numbers as a result of the lowering of the minimum age for missionary service a decade ago), prospects appear good for the creation of new missions in 2025. There appear to currently be approximately 74,000 to 75,000 full-time missionaries serving. Currently, there are 450 missions in the worldwide Church. The following locations appear most likely to have new missions organized in the near future. Missions in bold appear highly likely to be organized. AFRICA (25 missions ..read more
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New Stakes Created in Nigeria (4), Utah (4), Arizona, the DR Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, California, Papua New Guinea, Texas, and Washington; District Discontinued in Cote d'Ivoire
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
3M ago
Nigeria Four new stakes have been created in Nigeria. The Akure Nigeria Stake was organized on September 22nd from the Akure Nigeria District (organized in 2018). The new stake includes the following five wards and three branches: the Oba-Ile, the Oke Ijebu, the Oke-Aro, the Oluwatuyi, and the Oyemekun Wards and the Ado-Ekiti 1st, the Ado-Ekiti 2nd, and the Oda Branches. The new stake is the Church's second stake in Ondo State, Nigeria, where the first stake was organized in the city of Ondo in 2023. The Jos Nigeria Stake was organized on September 22nd, 2024, from the Jos Nigeria District (or ..read more
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New Temples Announced in October 2024 - Part II: Inside the United States
LDS Church Growth
by Matt
4M ago
Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple The Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple was the only temple announced in October 2024 that was not on my temple predictions map, although this site was suggested by many blog readers. I had determined Coeur d’Alene too unlikely to have a temple announced given its close proximity to the Spokane Washington Temple (services 13 stakes), albeit this temple is one of the most heavily used temples in the Church due to significant growth in the area for the Church in the past couple decades combined with a small square footage for the building. Thus, it had seemed more likely t ..read more
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