It is no surprise that the first “Face-to-Face” event for Mormon youths in Africa was broadcast from Ghana — and that it featured LDS apostle Dale G. Renlund and his wife, Ruth Renlund.
After all, the Renlunds know Africa well after spending five years there, and Ghana’s capital, Accra, includes a prominent Mormon campus with a temple, visitors center, church offices and a newly constructed Missionary Training Center (MTC).
West Africa has been home to Mormonism’s fastest growth of any region within the past decade, according to independent LDS demographer Matt Martinich.
“Nearly all major indicators of LDS growth [there] have demonstrated significant improvements during this period,” Martinich wrote late last month on cumorah.