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After the 1978 revelation, the South African government revoked its limits on visiting LDS Church missionaries, [15] and the LDS Church started actively proselyting to blacks. Church president Spencer W. Kimball visited Johannesburg in 1978 for an area conference, [ 15 ] and the first black branches formed in Soweto in the 1980s.
South Africa Pretoria: 28 June 2023 Botswana/Namibia South Africa Johannesburg: extant [3] DRC Kananga: 29 June 2023 DRC Mbuji-Mayi: extant [3] Nigeria Abuja: 29 June 2023 Nigeria Lagos: extant [3] Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan North: 30 June 2023 Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan East Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan West: extant [3] Nigeria Aba* 30 June 2023 Nigeria ...
Deseret Industries (/ ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ) [1] (known locally as DI) is a non-profit organization and a division of the welfare services provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). DI thrift stores are similar to the well-known Goodwill Industries.
The South Africa MTC was opened on July 24, 2003, with only 14 missionaries. It is the smallest MTC in the world with a capacity of 38 missionaries. The MTC shares a building with the South Africa Johannesburg Mission. The MTC reached a milestone of 1,000 total intakes in 2009. [8]
A mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not any of the church's missionaries live or proselytize in the area.
Limited missionary contact began in Zimbabwe (what was Southern Rhodesia) in the 1930s, [6] but the first convert was not baptized until 1951. Missionary work was limited until after the church's 1978 Revelation on Priesthood which allowed blacks to hold the priesthood. [6] Gordon B. Hinckley visited Zimbabwe and spoke to members on February 18 ...
The book contained interviews with 23 black converts from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and Zaire, which were the first African countries to receive LDS missionaries. [3] After his work in Africa, LeBaron returned to his role as a professor of religion at BYU where he lectured from 1986 until 2001. [2]
The WeBuyCars Dome, previously known as the TicketPro Dome, Coca-Cola Dome, The Dome at Northgate, and MTN Sundome, is a defunct indoor arena and car showroom located in Randburg, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. The showroom accommodates over 1,000 vehicles and covers about 11,000 square metres.