The LDS Church creates its first stakes in Zambia

The Church now operates stakes in 85 countries and an additional 5 areas or territories.

This includes 16 new countries that created their first stake in the last 4 years since United Arab Emirates in Apr 2011

Zambia created it's first stake called Lusaka Zambia on March 15th, 2015

There are now 16 countries in Africa with at least one stake established.

Order	COUNTRY	NAME OF STAKE	DATE ORGANIZED
85	Albania	Tirana Albania (3059)	9-Mar-14
83	Armenia	Yerevan Armenia (3027)	16-Jun-13
87	Cambodia	Phnom Penh Cambodia North & South (3077)	25-May-14
88	Jamaica	Kingstown Jamaica (3080)	8-Jun-14
86	Micronesia	Pohnpei Caroline Islands (3062)	16-Mar-14
89	Mozambique	Maputo Mozambique (3119)	14-Feb-15
84	Togo	Lome Togo (3048)	8-Dec-13
91	Vanuatu	Port Vila Vanuatu (3122)	1-May-15
90	Zambia	Lusaka Zambia (3121)	15-Mar-15

During the time President Monson has been the Prophet, (2008-2015) 21 countries have grown enough to have their own stake. That compares to:
Spencer W. Kimball  26 countries (1974 - 1985)
Gordon B. Hinckley 15 countries (1995 - 2008)
David O. McKay 15  countries (1951 - 1969)
All other Prophets had 4 or less, most (seven prophets) had no new countries with a first stake.


There is news of 3 planned stakes being created in 2015 in Vanuatu, the Czech Republic & Benin
Source: ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com

Map of New Stake in Zambia:

Map courtesy of lds.org/maps

Africa temple image from ldschurchtemples.com/maps

It is a 1,620 KM journey (19.5 hour drive) to the Johannesburg, South Africa temple.

Even after the church finishes the planned temple in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo,  a neighbor of Zambia, there is no road route to Kinshasa and it is an 8 hour flight. 

Remember the continent of Africa is larger than the US, China, India, and all of Western Europe combined.