Diversity and Growth in the Global Church

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The global church showcases diverse ways people fulfill their covenants and live the gospel, with more members residing outside North America since the early 1990s. Africa demonstrates the fastest growth, albeit only a small single-digit percentage of the total membership. The most widely spoken language in the church is English, followed by Spanish and Portuguese, encompassing over 90% of the membership. Efforts are made to cater to various languages like German, Russian, Chinese, and Thai, emphasizing the church's aim to be truly global.

Why does Mosiah 18 hold such significance? Dr. Melissa Inouye’s profound insights of Saints around the world keeping their baptismal covenants.

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00:00 Special Announcement - Dr. Melissa Inouye - Part 1
00:42 Background to this week’s reading
02:40 Introduction of Dr. Melissa Inouye
05:21 Covenants with God
07:26 Mosiah 18:8-10 - Abinadi’s words coming to fruition
09:14 Saints making baptismal covenants in Nigeria
11:47 Elder Chrisofferson’s “Why the Church?”
13:19 John attends a ward that speaks Spanish
15:32 President Hinckley in Honduras
16:46 Church History Department’s 500-word stories
18:31 A Saint in Guatemala
21:06 Saints in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
23:30 A Saint in Angola
27:55 John’s house burns
29:54 Dr. Inouye’s ward and cancer
34:04 A Saint in Rwanda
35:58 Mosiah 18:9 - Personal redemption
37:19 God never abandons us
40:50 Dr. Inouye’s Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance
43:39 Nine things to fix our culture
46:58 Mosiah 18:20 - How do we create a global church?
49:14 It is always 1830 somewhere
51:27 The Soweto Branch
57:01 End of Part 1 - Dr. Melissa Inouye

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