Hello again, everyone! As some of you may recall, a few days into January of this year, the Church announced changes in missions (both consolidations and newly-created ones) that would go into effect six months later (in July). I remarked at that time that Church leaders were well ahead of hte curve from what had occurred in recent years. Today, I am pleased to share an official announcement from the First Presidency which indicates that 8 new missions will go into operation in July of next year.
The missions will be based in the following locations: Recife Brazil; Yaounde Cameroon; Guayaquil Ecuador; Addis Abbaba Ethiopa; Beira Mozambique; Dar es Salaam Tanzainia; and Austin and Dallas Texas. i am grateful to have learned about this development to to have been able to pass word of it along to you all here. It looks like Matthew Martinich has already provided a more thorough analysis about this on his blog, which I'd refer you to for further information and context.
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Thursday, November 21, 2019
BREAKING NEWS: Church to Open 8 New Missions in July 2020
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Hello again, everyone! This will be a massive update consisting of Church news that I have been meaning to pass along for the last several days. So let's get right into all of that.
ReplyDeleteFirst, the following additional reports have been shared on President Nelson's recently-completed Southeast Asian Ministry Tour:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2019-11-21/president-nelson-indonesia-global-ministry-168129
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2019-11-21/video-president-nelson-global-ministry-southeast-asia-168113
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2019-11-22/president-nelson-video-southeast-asia-global-ministry-168215
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-nelson-indonesia-2019
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-nelson-2019-southeast-asia-ministry-summary
Just a couple of quick observations about these latest reports: First of all, I am impressed that the prophet took great care and paid special attention to the pioneering members of the Church in these locations, often bending down or kneeling to look at them eye to eye (especially in cases where the members were in wheelchiars). Secondly, he always took time to greet the children wherever he was. At one of the stops, when he entered a room to meet privately with the pioneering families of the Church, one of the young children saw him and immediately ran his way. He lovingly picked the child up and held him as other children also got as close to him as they could.
During each stop on the tour, the focus centered on two specific topics: the apostles taking the opportunity to testify of the Savior, and the importance of temple worthiness and worshipping in the temple. In Cambodia, the site location and rendering for the Phnom Pehn Temple were revealed. In Vietnam, Singapore, and Indonesia, the prophnet promised the Saints that, once they were sufficiently prepared for them, temples would be announced in each nation.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/history-revisited/2019-11-21/150th-anniversary-utah-women-voting-church-history-museum-exhibit-168175
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/sisters-for-suffrage-exhibit-2019
https://www.thechurchnews.com/history-revisited/2019-11-21/150th-anniversary-utah-women-voting-church-history-museum-exhibit-168175
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2019-11-21/chinese-irvine-california-mandarin-ward-166844
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2019-11-21/latter-day-saint-woman-injured-in-cabin-explosion-candidly-shares-how-she-was-spiritually-and-physically-prepared-to-survive-166747
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More dramatic changes to the April 2020 GC Schedule: "The First Presidency has announced a session change to the upcoming April 2020 general conference, with the Saturday evening session will be available for all members of the Church, ages 11 and up."
ReplyDeleteMainTour, thanks for stopping by to share this news. I became aware of the report in question around an hour ago (before reading about it in your comment above), but was unable to post about it before now, or to address your comment until just barely. That is an interesting development, and pretty much shoots in the foot my previously-offered thoughts about the speaking order for that General Conference, which I will now need to revise. Thanks again for stopping by to share this.
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