Hello again, everyone! I wanted to take the chance now to provide the latest apostolic statistics. I have come to the conclusion that the best way to do so is to provide shareable links to those updates, so that anyone with those links can read them in their current forms. And that will also eliminate the need to publish two posts for this update. The updated data comprises two parts, the first, and the second. The information largely speaks for itself.
I continue to monitor all Church news and temple developments, and will do my best to pass word of those along to you all as I receive it. In the meantime, it is also worth noting that, once the Salt Lake Temple ran its' final sessions last night, it is now officially closed for its' renovation. As previously noted, that temple is anticipated to be closed until sometime in 2024, when the conclsuion of its' renovation process will be marked by a public open house which is expected to last at least 3 months, with a rededication following that which could very well span 2-3 weeks, in a way that would allow at least one session to be viewed by members in every part of the world in which the Church has a formally-established presence. That said, if not before then, I will be back two days from now to provide a look at temple construction progress that has occurred during the fourth quarter of 2019, and also how much progress has been made since the beginning of this year in comparison to its' end.
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Sunday, December 29, 2019
UPDATED: Current Apostolic Statistics
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Hello again, everyone! Earlier this afternoon, Scott Taylor, a staff writer for the Church News, provided some insight into what he and other members of the Church News writing staff learned from the Giving Machines donation resuolts graphic:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2019-12-29/scott-taylor-lds-light-the-world-giving-machines-manila-philippines-170628
My thanks once again to you all for your continued interest and ongoing support.
Hello again, everyone! A couple of new Church news articles have been published, including the latest edition of “Latter-day Saints Around the World”, which you can find at the following web address:
ReplyDeletehttps://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/latter-day-saints-around-the-world--country-newsroom-websites--december-30--2019
It featured articles from the following regions: Tegucigalpa Honduras; Fayette County, Georgia, USA; Schwamendingen Switzerland; Columbia, Maryland, USA; Panama City Panama; and San Juan Puerto Rico. Each of the articles are well worthy of your time, and I wholeheartedly endorse them.
Additionally, the Church News has shared the inspiring story of a retired Latter-day Saint educator who opted to use his spare time to improve the educational system in Guatemala:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2019-12-30/lds-former-teacher-retirement-education-guatemala-170875
My continued and ongoing thanks to you all for your interest and support.
Hello again, everyone! As 2019 draws ever nearer to its' conclusion, the Church News and the official Church website have posted updated summaries on the major events of this year, which can be found at the following web addresses:
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https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news?lang=eng
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2019
My thanks once again to you all.