Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency has made a stunning announcement this morning. In order to accommodate an ever-growing missionary force, effective July 1 of next year, 36 new missions will be created. The total number of missions will thus rise to 450, the highest it has ever been in the Church. While I'm sure Matthew Martinich will cover this himself on the Church Growth Blog, and I will defer to him for better analysis of this stunning development, I wanted to break down the details:
Each new mission will be created from an existing mission. Each of the following Church areas will see the addition of the following missions:
Africa Central
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa South
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kolwezi
Kenya Nairobi East
Africa South
Madagascar Antananarivo North
Africa West
Ghana Accra North
Ghana Takoradi
Nigeria Calabar
Nigeria Port Harcourt North
Sierra Leone Bo
Asia
Cambodia Phnom Penh East
Thailand Bangkok East
Asia North
Japan Sendai
Brazil
Brazil Manaus South
Caribbean
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo North
Europe Central
Germany Hamburg
Europe North
Portugal Porto
México
México Mexicali
México Puebla East
North America Central
Montana Missoula
North America Southeast
Florida Tallahassee
South Carolina Charleston
North America Southwest
Nevada Henderson
Texas Dallas South
Texas El Paso
North America West
California Modesto
Philippines
Philippines Dumaguete
Philippines General Santos
Philippines Tuguegarao
South America Northwest
Bolivia Cochabamba South
Ecuador Quito West
Perú Lima Northeast
South America South
Argentina Tucumán
Chile La Serena
Utah
Utah Salt Lake City East
Utah Saratoga Springs
Utah Spanish Fork
I will just add a note here that the creation of new missions may also point to a major realignment in area boundaries in August of next year, and that I anticipate some of these locations with new missions might soon have temples announced (if temples are not already announced there). The missionary force is increasing in direct response to President Nelson's call for more missionaries, and it is good to see this development.
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