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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tanzania. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tanzania refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Tanzania. The first branch was organized in 1992. In 2021, there were 2,999 members in 23 congregations.
16 May 1952 (age 72) Bungoma, Kenya. Joseph Wafula Sitati (born 16 May 1952) has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2009, when he became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He is the church's first black African general authority and the second general authority of black ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) operates 449 missions [1] throughout the world, as of June 2024. Most are named after the location of the mission headquarters, usually a specific city. The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are ...
She grew up in Nairobi, Tanzania, and the Seychelles and was educated in British convent schools. She converted to the LDS Church while in Frankfurt, Germany. She obtained bachelor's degrees in French and German from the University of Richmond and a master's degree in European history. She was director of the French Language program at Patrick ...
The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has three main periods, described generally as: [1][2][3] the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, which is in common with most Latter Day Saint movement churches; the "pioneer era" under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th-century successors;
Country Year First official church missionary [1] Notes United States 1830 Samuel H. Smith: Smith is regarded as the "first missionary" of the LDS Church. He preached in New York in June 1830.
The LDS Church was first recognized in Zaire in 1986. That year the first missionaries began preaching in Kinshasa. The establishment of the church was aided by the Banza family, who had joined the church while studying at a university in Geneva, Switzerland. The third petitioner to establish the church that year was Nkitabungi Mbuyi, who had ...
Growth and demographic history. The records of the LDS Church show membership growth every decade since its beginning in the 1830s, although that has slowed significantly. Following initial growth rates that averaged 10% to 25% per year in the 1830s through 1850s, it grew at about 4% per year through the last four decades of the 19th century.