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Africa. Short-sighted missionary deployment.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:12 am
by _I have a question
All young full-time Mormon missionaries have been withdrawn from the East African nation of Burundi due to "civil unrest and a coup," independent demographer Matt Martinich reports on his blog about LDS Church growth.
"Plans have been made for the three [Mormon] branches in the country," Martinich writes, "to have branch missionaries continue teaching and baptizing new converts."
To the LDS researcher, the Burundi move illustrates the need for the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be aware of a country's political climate.
"Burundi is a good example now of the church having a time-sensitive window to establish a presence in a nation," Martinich, who lives in Colorado, writes in an email. "If the church had waited to establish a presence in Burundi until now [rather than in 2010 as it did], then there would be no foreseeable prospects for an LDS presence."
http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/faithblog/2 ... rs-to-pull
Re: Africa. Short-sighted missionary deployment.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:33 pm
by _sunstoned
Africa is a loss leader for the morg. Dollars to support most Africa wards/branches cost much more than tithing received.
Re: Africa. Short-sighted missionary deployment.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:18 pm
by _mackay11
Re: Africa. Short-sighted missionary deployment.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:49 am
by _Polygamy-Porter
sunstoned wrote:Africa is a loss leader for the morg. Dollars to support most Africa wards/branches cost much more than tithing received.
Yep.
Brown third world "convert" numbers are to keep the people with the most money(world compare) paying tithes into the coffers of LDS Inc by making them think that LDS Inc is "growing".
Having these third world "converts" only show up to church once, to be counted as a "strong" member, and never attend again is really the best model.
Can you imaging if 2 million bushmen join and started attending on a regular basis? They would bleed the beast in SLC!
Re: Africa. Short-sighted missionary deployment.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:16 am
by _Dr. Shades
"If the church had waited to establish a presence in Burundi until now [rather than in 2010 as it did], then there would be no foreseeable prospects for an LDS presence."
??? That sounds like
long-sighted missionary deployment, not short-sighted.