Article on LDS.org 6 Jan 2016: “June 14, 1989, the government of Ghana announced a ban on all meetings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Meetinghouses were locked, and foreign missionaries were given one week to leave the country. Church leaders authorized members in Ghana to hold sacrament meetings in their homes. The …
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See this article on Ghana reunion of returned missionaries in Mormon Times, October 1, 2010 http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17499/Ghana-reunion-more-than-just-a-meeting-of-returned-missionaries WEST JORDAN, Utah — If you happen to meet someone from Ghana, ask them about the handshake. “You go like this, and then you go like this, and then you go like this, and then you slide down, and …
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See this article in The Church News Sept 18, 2010 A Mighty Change ACCRA, GHANA More than 10,000 young men and women, ages 12 to 18, from seven countries in western Africa, representing seven stakes and 32 districts, came together to celebrate the 180th anniversary of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and …
The first member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to graduate from the University of Ghana Dental School / Korlebu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, is David Ameyaw, age 33. He received his diploma on March 27, 2010 and was inducted into the dental profession by the Medical – Dental Council of …
Every land has its pioneers, and there is no more remarkable story than Ghana’s Joseph W.B. Johnson who had formed ten congregations of believers long before the missionaries arrived. By Maurine Jensen Proctor http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/090721ghana.html
Our modern pioneers, forging the way in their own countries, are building the kingdom without wagons or handcarts. Join us on a poignant visit to a fledging ward in Ghana. A Photographic Essay by Scot Facer Proctor http://www.ldsmag.com/photoessay/090723nungua.html
BlackLDS.org has just added a new section for photos. The first set of pictures are of Church members and the Mormon temple in Ghana, Africa. View the photos here: BlackLDS.org Photos