Botswana/Namibia Mission

Botswana/Namibia Mission

About Botswana

BOTSWANA
Jan. 1, 2012: Est. population, 1,991,000; Members, 1,693; Wards, 2; Branches, 4; Percent IDS, .065,oronein1,526; AfricaSoutheastArea;SouthAfricaJohannesburgMission.
Botswana,previouslyknownasBechuanaland,becameindependentfromBritainon30September1966. Locatedin south-centralAfrica,itisborderedbyNamibia,Zimbabwe,andSouthAfrica. TheofficiallanguageisEnglish,withSetswana alsospoken. FiftypercentofthepeopleareChristian,while50percentfollowtribalbeliefs.
InJune 1975, Lawrence C. andHazel Parker arrived inBotswana where heworked asanagricultural adviser andteacher. By1977Latter-daySaintsBlaineandGraceMcClellanwerealsolivingthere. AbranchinGaboronewascreatedin1983.
Missionaries Karl and Marjorie Jenkins weresent to Botswana in 1990withthe assignment to locate Latter-day Saints who hadjoined abroad thatwerenowresiding inBotswana. Thefirst missionaries assigned toworkfull-time inBotswana, BruceandPatriciaMidge,arrivedinJune1990. MemberslivinginBotswanaatthetimeincludedPeaceCorpsworkers, Patricia Lutz and Javotte Pickering, and the Maurice Mzwinila and Anthony Mogare families, who had joined the Church while studying in the United States.
InMarch1992,thebranchwasdividedtoformtheGaboroneWestandGaboroneBroadhurstbranches. Anadditional branch was created at Lobatseon 28 October1992. The Gaborone BotswanaDistrictwas created at that same time with Kwasi Agyare Dwomoh aspresident. Itcontinued until 12July 1995 when itwas dissolved. Atthattime theGaborone West and Gaborone Broadhurst branches became wards and along with the Lobatse Branch they were incorporated into the Roodepoort South AfricaStake.
TheGaborone Botswana District wasorganized on1 March 1992. Elder Richard G. Scott oftheQuorum ofTwelve visited Botswana onthefollowing 21August. On 19January 1997 theGaborone Branch meetinghouse was dedicated. The first full-time missionary from Botswana, Yakale Million Moroka, served intheSouth Africa Cape Town Mission from March 1999 to March 2001.

Missionary Blogs

	Elder Dylan Braganca www.mymission.com/elderdylanbraganca	2024
	Elder Niklas Karp www.mymission.com/elderniklaskarp	2024
	Elder Kenneth and Sister Adele Lewis www.mymission.com/elderkennethandsisteradelelewis	2024
	Elder Andrew Blaney www.mymission.com/elderandrewblaney	2023
	Elder Coleman Crockett www.mymission.com/eldercolemancrockett	2023
	Elder Brigham Evans www.mymission.com/elderbrighamevans	2023
	Elder Trevor Isaac Hatch www.mymission.com/eldertrevorhatch	2023
	Elder Brogan Jackson www.mymission.com/elderbroganjackson	2023
	Elder Owen Redford www.mymission.com/elderowenredford	2022
	Elder Duncan Richey www.mymission.com/elderduncanrichey	2022
	Elder Hyrum Sessions www.mymission.com/elderhyrumsessions	2022
	Elder Caleb Norwood www.mymission.com/eldercalebnorwood	2021
	Elder Henry Perreira www.mymission.com/elderhenryperreira	2021
	Elder Zachariah Clapier www.mymission.com/elderzachariahclapier	2020
	Elder Joseph Deem www.mymission.com/elderjosephdeem	2020
	Elder Bradley Findlay www.mymission.com/elderbradfindlay	2020
	Elder Samuel McCoy Norman www.mymission.com/eldersamuelmccoynorman	2020
	Elder Jacob Norton www.mymission.com/elderjacobnorton	2020
	Elder Lucas Wunderlicj www.mymission.com/elderlucaswunderlicj	2020
	Elder Jack Funk www.mymission.com/elderjackfunk	2019
	Elder Jack Funk www.mymission.com/elderjackfunk1	2019
	Elder Brayden Critchfield www.mymission.com/elderbraydencritchfield	2018
	Elder Stephen Warren www.mymission.com/elderstephenwarren	2018
	Elder Ivan Bagoole www.mymission.com/elderivanbagoole	2017
	Elder Jackson Voyles elderjacksonvoyles.blogspot.com	2017
	Elder Joshua Neilson elderjneilson.wordpress.com	2017
	Elder & Sister Campbell africangrayhairs.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder & Sister Hall hallsoutofafrica.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder & Sister Hawkins paulanddianehawkinsmission.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Cameron Burgess africabound24.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Christian Flanagan elderflanaganmission.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Stephen Warren mymission.com/elderstephenwarren	2016
	Elder & Sister Cloward clowardsinbotswana.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder & Sister Hansen lmhansensouthafrica.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Kelly McClellan eldermcclellan.blogspot.com	2015
	Sister Krystal Scott sisterscott.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder & Sister Davis davismissionblog.blogspot.com	2014
	Elder & Sister Gubler gublersonamission.blogspot.com	2014
	Elder Andrew Nansel www.mymission.com/elderandrewnansel	2013
	Sister Missionary justasisterinafrica.blogspot.com	2013
	Elder Alec Anderson www.mymission.com/elderalecanderson	2001
	Elder Alex Browning www.mymission.com/elderalexbrowning	2001
	Elder Bradley Findlay www.mymission.com/elderbradleyfindlay	2001

Mission Groups

1.	Botswana Namibia Mission Group

Address

Postnet Kgale
Ad 172 Add
Gaborone
Botswana

Mission President

Jeffrey J. Anderson

Region

Africa

Church Statistics

Botswana

Members: 3104
Congregations: 12
Missions: 1
Family History Centers: 2

Languages

English

Population