History
Membership in Kenya| Year | Membership |
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| 1987 | 99 |
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| 1989* | 300 |
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| 1995* | 2,200 |
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| 1999 | 4,039 |
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| 2004 | 6,832 |
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| 2009 | 9,370 |
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| 2014 | 12,471 |
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| 2019 | 14,591 |
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| 2024 | 21,204 |
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*Membership was published as a rounded number.
Source: Wendall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac Country Information: Kenya [1] |
The
Book of Mormon in languages spoken in Kenya. The
Kisii (
Gusii) translation, which only selections have been translated, is not pictured.
The first Kenyans baptized into the LDS Church in Kenya were the family of Elizaphan and Ebisiba Osaka, who were baptized in 1979. The first LDS missionaries began serving in Kenya in 1980. There was only one LDS missionary couple from then until 1989, when the couple was withdrawn. Joseph W. Sitati, who joined the LDS Church along with his family in 1985, was designated the lead elder of the church in Kenya at that point. In February 1991, he met with Daniel arap Moi, president of Kenya. Later that month the attorney general of Kenya gave Sitati and a few other church leaders a form signifying the church was officially recognized.
In July 1991, the Kenya Nairobi Mission was organized, with Larry King Brown as president. The first LDS meeting house was completed in Nairobi in 1994. In 2001 a stake was organized, with Sitati called as president. Sitati later became the first general authority from Kenya. [6] In March 2016, the Nairobi Kenya Stake was divided to form the east and west stake. [7]
In 2020, the mission headquartered in Nairobi mission was divided with the creation of the Tanzania Dar es Salaam Mission. [8] In August 2020, the church organized the new Africa Central Area with its headquarters in Nairobi. The new area oversees the church in 18 countries. [9]
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