The Church now has established stakes in 81 countries. This is the 12th new country to get a stake since President Thomas Monson has become the Prophet, in February 2008.
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The stake was created with units from the Roodeport South Africa Stake and consists of eight wards or branches.
There are now 70 Stakes in 13 countries in Africa. There are 3 temples (So. Africa, Nigeria & Ghana) with two more under construction (So. Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo {Zaire})
There are now nearly 400,000 baptized member in Africa with a annual growth rate of between 4% and 5% per year and the church is adding about 6 - 12 stakes a year. Only California and Utah have more than 400,000 members
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Country
|
Stakes
|
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Nigeria
|
22
|
|
South Africa
|
13
|
|
Dem Rep Congo (Zaire)
|
12
|
|
Ghana
|
10
|
|
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)
|
5
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
5
|
|
Cape Verde
|
2
|
|
Madagascar
|
2
|
|
Botswana
|
1
|
|
Congo (Republic of)
|
1
|
|
Kenya
|
1
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1
|
|
Uganda
|
1
|
Just to compare with Africa's 400,000 members
|
Rank
|
Country:
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2012
|
|
1
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Untied States
|
6,321,416
|
|
2
|
Mexico
|
1,317,700
|
|
3
|
Brazil
|
1,209,974
|
|
4
|
Philippines
|
675,166
|
|
5
|
Chile
|
577,716
|
|
6
|
Peru
|
527,759
|
|
7
|
Argentina
|
412,095
|
|
8
|
Guatemala
|
239,734
|
|
9
|
Ecuador
|
211,165
|
|
10
|
Canada
|
187,982
|
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