Stake Presidency

Stakes in the US and Canada previously needed to have 3,000 members, and those outside these two countries needed 1,900. A new Church policy standardizes those requirements.

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has provided updated guidelines to help Church leaders and members safely increase engagement in worship and other activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New stakes

From Nigeria to Tahiti and England to Peru, learn more about the new stakes created and news stake presidents called around the world.

From Nigeria to Venezuela and South Carolina to the Philippines, the Church has called 27 new stake presidents for the month of October.

From Spain to the Philippines and Ghana to Peru, learn about the new stake presidents called in September.

From the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Idaho Falls, Idaho, the First Presidency has called 27 new stake presidents and their wives to serve in stakes around the world.

From New Zealand to Botswana and Finland to Korea, learn more about the new stakes created and stake presidents called in July.

One of the most challenging (and intimidating) things that General Authorities and Area Seventies are asked to do is to choose a new stake presidency during the creation of a stake or the reorganization of an existing stake presidency. It involves visiting a stake where typically the authority doesn't know any of the leadership personally. Even more challenging, the General Authority is often assigned to go to a country where he does not speak the language and has to do everything through translators. Yet in a period that lasts no more than about twelve hours, a decision must be made that is in harmony with the Lord's will.

From Ghana to Mexico and England to Brazil, learn more about the new stake presidents called in June.

From Korea to Nigeria and India to Australia, learn more about the 57 new stake presidents announced in May.

From Idaho to the Philippines and Samoa to Washington, the Church has announced 30 new stake presidents in April.

From Uganda to Samoa and Guam to Peru, learn more about the new stake presidencies announced in March.

On Monday, the First Presidency shared updates in a resource document for Church leaders that specified adults are allowed to be included in bishop or stake president interviews with their children.

From the Philippines to South Africa to Utah, the Church has called 24 new stake presidents to serve in stakes around the world.

"He deeply felt our challenges and difficulties," President Baird's First Counselor in the Stake Presidency, D. Nathan Sheets said. "He pondered them in quiet moments. He prayed for us. He didn’t serve out of responsibility or obligation, but rather out of love for the Savior and love for us, his brothers and sisters. His heart was larger than that of any man I have ever known."

From Russia to Costa Rica and Tonga to Nigeria, learn more about the new stake presidents called and stakes created around the world.

From Ghana to Honduras, learn more about the new stakes created and stake presidents called around the world.

From Utah to Scotland and Taiwan to Cote D'Ivoire, learn more about the new stake presidents the Church announced in November.

From Côte d'Ivoire to Idaho and Utah to Chile, the First Presidency has called 16 new stake presidents to serve in stakes around the world.

From Utah to Uruguay, learn more about the new stakes and stake presidents announced by the Church in October.

“The hurricane was so tough,” San Juan Puerto Rico Stake President Wilfred Rosa told Church News. “We still have people struggling just to find food and water. We wait in long lines to get supplies. And, for most people, there’s still no [running] water or power."

From Canada to Brazil and France to Louisiana, the First Presidency has called 17 new stake presidents and their wives to serve in stakes across the world.

Here's how President Joseph Lindsay and his wife, Stacy, and 32 full-time missionaries weathered Hurricane Irma as it passed through Florida on Sunday.

Members from all over the Philippines are celebrating as their country opens up its 100th LDS stake.

From Utah to South Africa and Venezuela to Japan, the First Presidency has called 53 new stake presidents and their wives to serve in stakes around the world.

From Mozambique to Brazil and Switzerland to Canada, learn more about the new stake presidents called to serve around the world.

From Switzerland to Brazil and from Mozambique to Alberta, the First Presidency has created three new stakes and called 14 new stake presidents to serve in stakes around the world.

From Ghana to Utah and Honduras to Japan, learn more about the new stake presidents announced by the Church in June.

From Liberia to Utah and Columbia to Japan, learn more about the new stake presidents called to serve in the Church.

Though the Church is continuing to grow throughout the world, the rate of growth slowed to its lowest levels in decades last year. And what's even more surprising, while Church growth is slowing in some areas, it is booming in countries that were not previously considered hotbeds of Church activity.

From Utah to Nigeria and Virginia to Australia, learn more about the new stake presidents called by the Church.

From Alaska to the Phillippines and England to Peru, learn more about the new stake presidents called by the First Presidency to serve around the world.

From Nicaragua to Utah and South Africa to the Philippines, learn more about the new stake presidents called around the world.

From Idaho to Hawaii and Peru to Mexico, learn more about the new stake presidents called by the First Presidency.

From Brazil to Utah and Hawaii to Peru, the Church has called 18 new stake presidents to serve in stakes around the world.

The Church recently announced the formation of three new stakes and called 21 new stake presidents across the world this March.

From Utah to Zimbabwe and Brazil to Samoa, learn more about the 32 new stake presidents called by the Church in February.

From Tahiti to Brazil and Nigeria to Massachusetts, the Church created 7 new stakes and called 23 new stake presidents in January.

A small tent, held in place by a tent peg (or stake) on each corner could be easily flattened or remodeled. But if the tent were larger and secured with almost 3,200 stakes (as of the end of 2015), it would be almost impossible to move. This is the image Isaiah used to describe the Church and Kingdom in the last days.

From the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Marshall Islands and Alaska to Fiji, the Church recently announced the creation of six new stakes and the organization of 36 others in December 2016.

From Kiribati to Brazil and Provo to Peru, the Church called 35 new stake presidencies in November.

From Taiwan to Idaho and Switzerland to Kiribati, the Church announced six new stakes and called 38 new stake presidents.

From Ghana to Tahiti and Utah to Rhode Island, the Church has created 10 new stakes and called 38 new stake presidents.

Bob Meek, a former Idaho Falls, Idaho, stake president, says he is safe after being held ransom in Mexico.