The LDS Church created 8 new stakes in December 2013

The LDS Church created 8 new stakes in December 2013 (only 1 was in the US)

One new stake were created in Bolivia.  There are now 27 Stakes in the Bolivia and 1 temple.

One new stake was created in Guatemala.  There are now 42 Stakes in Guatemala (2 this year) and 2 temples.

One new stake was created in Samoa.  There are now 19 Stakes in Samoa and 1 temple.

One new stake was created in Tonga.  There are now 19 Stakes in Tonga and 1 temple.

One new stake was created in Togo.  There is now 1 Stake in Togo.

One new stake was created in Philippines.  There are now 88 Stakes in Philippines and 2 temples and 1 more under construction.

One new stake was created in Ghana.  There are now 11 Stakes in Ghana and 1 temple.

One new stake was created in Utah.  There are now 566 Stakes in Utah (6 this year) and 14 temples and 3 more under construction.

40. El Alto Bolivia Litoral - December 1st, 2013
41. Escuintla Guatemala - December 1st, 2013
42. Apia Samoa Central - December 8th, 2013
43. Lome Togo - December 8th, 2013
44. Nuku'alofa Tonga Malapo - December 8th, 2013
45. San Gabriel Philippines - December 8th, 2013
46. Kumasi Ghana Dichemso - December 15th, 2013
47. St George Utah Boulder Ridge - December 15th, 2013

From ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com, later confirmed at ldschurchnews.com/callings

This year there were 13 new stakes in the US and 32 outside. That makes 45 new stakes this year, almost one a week. The average for the last 7 years is 41 stakes a year.

There are now 3,051 stakes worldwide, with 1,516 in the US (49.7%) and 1,535 outside the US.

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The Church creates its first stake in Togo, Africa

The Church now operates stakes in 79 countries and an additional 5 areas or territories.

This includes 12 new countries that created their first stake this decade since Uganda in Jan 2010

73	Uganda	Kampala Uganda (2870)	19-Jan-2010
74	Guam	Barrigada Guam (2893)	10-Dec-2010
75	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi Stake (2910)	15-Apr-2011
76	Indonesia	Jakarta Indonesia (2923)	22-May-2011
77	Russia	Moscow Russia (2926)	5-Jun-2011
78	Cape Verde	Praia Cape Verde (2962)	29-Apr-2012
79	India	Hyderabad India (2967)	27-May-2012
80	New Caldonia (France)	Noumea New Caledonia (2968)	27-May-2012
81	Botswana	Gaborone Botswana (2987)	4-Nov-2012
82	Sierra Leone	Freetown Sierra Leone (3000)	2-Dec-2012
83	Armenia	Yerevan Armenia	16-Jun-2013
84	Togo	Lome Togo (3048)	8-Dec-2013

There are now 79 stakes in Africa in 14 different countries

Members from 12 branches of the Church in Lomé, Togo, gathered in their recently dedicated Church building on Sunday, Dec. 8, to witness the creation of Togo’s first stake.  it has 8 wards and 4 branches.

Togo is located on the Gulf of Guinea, between Ghana on the west and Benin on the east. Its national capital and main port is Lomé, nestled in the southwestern corner of this country of nearly 7 million residents.

Elder Terence M. Vinson of the Seventy and first counselor in the Africa West Area Presidency, organized the Lomé Togo Stake with the assistance of Elder Norbert K. Ounleu, an Area Seventy from Cote d’Ivoire.

From the small district that was formed less than four years ago, there are now eight wards and four branches in the newly formed Lomé Togo Stake. This historic event took place because of significant and rapid growth.

Lome Stake Center

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Lome Togo Stake

Their is a Temple in Accra, Ghana dedicated in 2004