All American Faith Goes Global

The Mormon Church is seeing a boom in growth in Africa with members across the continent.

One indicator of that growth is the many Temples that have been dedicated there - like the one in South Africa that opened in 1985; Ghana (2004) and Nigeria (2005).

Photo: Nigeria Temple, courtesy LDS.org

I spotted this article in the Washington Post click here to read the entire article.
Be sure to watch the Washington Post video showing a brief glimpse of the Church in Africa.

Photo: Mormon Church meeting in Ghana, Africa. Courtesy LDS Newsroom NewsRoomLDS.org

The New Face of Global Mormonism -
Tech-Savvy Missionary Church Thrives as Far Afield as Africa
By Mary Jordan
Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, November 19, 2007; Page A01

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Outside Zion Osandu Ndukwe's one-room apartment, a naked toddler ran up and down a filthy hallway lit by a single candle. The power in the overcrowded slum was off yet again. The stench of urine from the communal bathroom overpowered the fragrance of spices in the bubbling soup that a neighbor stirred in the dark passage.

But this night, the misery all around Ndukwe -- the crime, the uncollected trash, the bathtub-size potholes, the dilapidated cars belching black smoke -- stopped at his door. It was a Monday evening, and because Ndukwe, 39, had been baptized into the Mormon Church six months earlier, that meant it was time to be with his family and sing God's praises.

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"I am a child of God!" he sang, as he, his wife and their 4-year-old daughter celebrated in loud, joyous voices a faith once known for its all-white, all-American membership.
"I'm a changed man," Ndukwe said.....

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