Zimbabwe Harare Mission

Zimbabwe Harare Mission

About Zimbabwe

E Jan. 1, 2012: Est. population, 11,393,000; Members, 20,908; Stakes, 4; Wards, 23; Districts, 1;
Branches, 27; Missions, 1; percent IDS, .15, or one in 661; Africa Southeast Area.
TherewereChurchmembersinSouthernRhodesiaasearlyas1925. PeterandElizabethDuPlooy,wholived62miles outofSalisbury,werebaptizedon10March1925whileonavisittoSouthAfrica. SouthAfricanMissionPresidentSamuel Martin made a trip toSouthern Rhodesia inJuly 1927 where heandMarion L. Alfred baptized two sons ofWalter Taylor Jubber,anearlymemberoftheChurchwhoemigratedtoSouthernRhodesiafromSouthAfrica. DuringJuly1930,South African mission President Don Mack Dalton sent missionaries, George C. Maw, Vem D. Greene, and Bertram C. Cutforth, to begin work inthenewRhodesia District inAugust 1930. On 30August 1931, missionaries, A.K. BenyandThomas Y. Wilson,organizedShanganiBranch,withWalterTaylorJubberaspresident. By1935,Daltonstoppedsendingmissionaries to Rhodesia because of the shortage of missionaries and Rhodesia's distance from mission headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa.
Members continued contactthrough letters written to the South African Mission headquarters that ran news in the mission publication The Southern Cumorah Cross.
Itwasnotuntil1September1950thatmissionariesreturnedtoSouthernRhodesia. Fourmissionaries.DaleG.Johnson, George L. Albright, Monroe McKay andTharon Bigler, weretransferred to Salisbury, while fourothermissionaries, Glen L. Hamberlin,GailWeggeland,DonaldCook,andDimarHoggan,wenttoBulawayo. On1February1951thefirstconvert, HughHodgkiss, was baptized.
On 17 April 1951, the missionaries distributed 3,000 handbills, prompting a large crowd to attend an introductory meeting. TheSalisburyBranchwasorganizedinSeptember1951. Thefirstserviceswereheldinapreschoolbuilding. ErnestSibandawasthefirstnativeRhodesianbaptizedinRhodesiainMarch1965. Thefirstknownmissionarytoserve from Rhodesiawas Judith Jubber who served in the Netherlands Mission from 1967 to 1969.
Meetinghouses were builtand dedicated in Rhodesia in the late 1960s. Elder Mark E. Petersen of the Quorum of the Twelve dedicated theSalisbury Branch meetinghouse on17September 1967. Elder Marion G. Romney oftheQuorum of the Twelve dedicated the Bulawayo Branch meetinghouse on 3 September 1968.
On 18 April 1980, Britain recognized Rhodesia's independence and the country's name was officially changed to Zimbabwe. On1July1987,theZimbabweHarareMissionwasorganizedfromtheSouthAfricaJohannesburgMission. In 1988, selections from the Book of Mormon were translated in Shona.
President Gordon B. Hinckley, ona five-country tour ofAfrica, visited Zimbabwe on18February 1998, and spoke to about1,500Latter-daySaints. Severalgovernmentofficials,includingtheSecretaryofDefenseandtheSocialWelfare director, attendedthe meetingin Harare.
On 12December 1999, theHarare Zimbabwe Stake was organized byElder Dennis E. Simmons oftheSecond Quorum of Desenet News 2013 Qiunch News Almanac 597
Seventy, with Edward Dube, president. Membership in 2003was 12,616, and 14,561in 2004

Missionary Blogs

	Elder Trajen Larsen www.mymission.com/eldertrajenlarsen	2024
	Elder Jayden Griffin www.mymission.com/elderjaydengriffin	2023
	Elder Mason Bottom www.mymission.com/eldermasonbottom	2022
	Elder Wyatt Golding www.mymission.com/elderwyattgolding	2022
	Sister Shelbi Mosley www.mymission.com/sistershelbimosley	2022
	Sister Motshabi Mpiyakhe www.mymission.com/SisterMpiyakhe	2022
	Elder Ryan Butterworth www.mymission.com/elderryanbutterworth	2021
	Elder Derrick Asiimwe elderasiimwe.blogspot.com	2021
	Elder Alema Louis www.mymission.com/elderalemalouis	2021
	Elder Peyton Woffinden www.mymission.com/elderpeytonwoffinden	2021
	Elder Chase Boisjolie www.mymission.com/elderchaseboisjolie	2020
	Elder Zachary Colby www.mymission.com/elderzacharycolby	2020
	Elder James Ryan Holmes www.mymission.com/elderjamesryanholmes	2020
	Elder RAAPILE RAKUOANE www.mymission.com/elderRakuoane	2020
	Sister Kjersten Sorensen www.mymission.com/sisterkjerstensorensen	2019
	Elder Brian and Sister Mejken Theurer www.mymission.com/elderbriantheurer	2019
	Elder Mejken Theurer www.mymission.com/eldermejkentheurer	2019
	Sister Amber Tolson www.mymission.com/sisterambertolson	2019
	Elder Clayton Jay Barnett www.mymission.com/elderclaytonjaybarnett	2018
	Elder Bob and Sister Mary Carrell www.mymission.com/httpwwwmymissioncom11	2018
	Gornonkollie www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-gornonkollie-295b731b8	2018
	Elder Caleb Leneham www.mymission.com/eldercalebleneham	2018
	Elder Jason Williams www.mymission.com/elderjasonwilliams	2018
	Sister Magan Burt www.mymission.com/sistermaganburt	2017
	Elder Kylor Chlarson www.mymission.com/elderkylorchlarson	2017
	Elder Cayden Cazier eldercazier.blogspot.com	2017
	Elder Josh Barlow elderjoshbarlow.blogspot.com	2017
	Sister Sarah Hopkins www.mymission.com/sistersarahhopkins	2017
	Sister Tessa Beckstead tessabeckstead.blogspot.com	2017
	Sister Yeram Park yerammissioninzimbabwe.blogspot.com	2017
	Elder D. Joseph Wilcken elderjosephwilcken.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Jonah Robison elderrobison.wordpress.com	2016
	Elder Kevin Baldwin kjb-zimbabwe.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder Tatenda Jena mymission.com/elderjena	2016
	Elder Tatenda Lloyd Jena www.mymission.com/eldertatendalloydjena	2016
	Sister Caroline Richards sistercarolinerichards.blogspot.com	2016
	Sister Jessica Faye Erickson jessicafayesmission.blogspot.com	2016
	Sister Johnni Arbon sisterarbon.blogspot.com	2016
	Elder & Sister Reynolds reynolds-meander.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder & Sister Diede diedemission.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder & Sister Hermansen hermansensinzimbabwe.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Andrew Melot eldermelot.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Mayall elder-mayall.blogspot.com	2015
	Elder Shawn Miller missionsite.net/eldershawnmiller	2015
	Elder Zackary Patton missionsite.net/elderzackarywilliam	2015
	Elder Sam Bretzke www.mymission.com/eldersambretzke	2014
	Mission Alumni mission.net/zimbabwe/harare	2014
	Elder Devin Maxfield missionsite.net/elderdevinmaxfield	2013
	Elder Jacob Haltom missionsite.net/elderjacobhaltom	2013
	President & Sister Cook thezimbabwemission.blogspot.com	2013
	Elder Dustin Nellesen elderdustinnellesen.blogspot.com	2012
	Elder Jared Asay missionsite.net/jaredasay	2012
	Elder Justin Packer missionsite.net/elderpacker2	2012
	Elder Matthew Finn missionsite.net/eldermatthewfinn	2012
	Elder Moodley Dickson missionsite.net/elderdickson	2012
	Elder Nate Skroski missionsite.net/eldernateskroski	2012
	Elder Quenton Kirkham missionsite.net/elderQuentonKirkham	2012
	Elder Russell Hayes missionsite.net/elderrussellhayes	2012
	Elder Simpson Nyoni missionsite.net/eldersimpsonstuartnyoni	2012
	Elder Tawanda Chikanyanga missionsite.net/eldertawandachikanyanga	2012
	Elder Taylor Ottenbacher missionsite.net/eldertaylorottenbacher	2012
	Elder Tyler Dragon missionsite.net/ElderTDragon	2012
	Elder & Sister Bean beanmission2.blogspot.com	2011
	Elder & Sister Bullock thebullocksinzimbabwe.blogspot.com	2011
	Elder James Nixon missionsite.net/eldernixon	2011
	Elder Kolton Griffiths missionsite.net/elderkoltongriffiths	2011
	Elder Lawson Toomer missionsite.net/elderlawsontoomer	2011
	Elder Lesego Wae missionsite.net/elderlesegowae	2011
	Elder Tanner Randall missionsite.net/elderrandall	2011
	Missionary Couple jceyre.blogspot.com	2011
	Elder Collin Oxspring www.mymission.com/eldercollinoxspring	2007
	Elder Du Plessis mission2zim.blogspot.com	2006

Mission Groups

1.	Zimbabwe Harare Mission Facebook Group
2.	Harare Mission Returned Missionaries Group
3.	Zimbabwe Harare Mission Reunion Group Group
4.	Zimbabwe Harare Missionary Families Group
5.	The Real Zimbabwe Harare Missionaries Group
6.	Zimbabwe Harare Mission Memories Group
7.	Harare Zimbabwe Returned Missionaries Group
8.	Harare Reunions in SA President Bester Group

Address

65 Enterprise Rd
Highlands
Harare
Zimbabwe
263-4-776-359

Mission President

T. Jackson Mkhabela

Region

Africa

Church Statistics

Zimbabwe

Members: 26156
Congregations: 64
Missions: 1
Family History Centers: 4

Languages

English, Ndonga, Shona

Population