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