Church Announces New Mission Presidents and Missions in Africa and Asia

Church Announces New Mission Presidents and Missions in Africa and Asia

The Church has announced 168 new mission president assignments, effective July 2016. The names of the new and returning mission presidents in the Africa West Area are listed below:

MISSION

CURRENT PRESIDENT

NEW PRESIDENT

Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan West

Marcel Gueï

David Hamand

Ghana Accra West

Norman C. Hill

Robert H. Simpson

Nigeria Benin City

Akingbade A. Ojo

Alexander A. Odume

Nigeria Enugu

Freebody A. Mensah

Francis O. Nmeribe

Nigeria Lagos

Richard K. Ahadjie

Cornelius O. Tay

Nigeria Owerri

New Mission

Solomon Ijoma Aliche

The Church in January also announced the formation of three new missions: the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission, the Nigeria Owerri Mission and the Vietnam Hanoi Mission

Each of these three new missions will be created by realigning boundaries of existing missions and will be operational on or before July 1, 2016. The Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbuji-Mayi Mission will be created from a division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa and Democratic Republic of the Congo Lubumbashi missions. The Nigeria Owerri Mission will be created from a division of the Nigeria Port Harcourt Mission.

The Vietnam Hanoi Mission will be created from the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission, which for several years has included Vietnamese-speaking missionaries who serve in Vietnam.