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Saturday, March 9, 2002
LDS Church News
Missions being combined with other missions include: Austria Vienna, Netherlands Amsterdam, England Bristol, Italy Padova and Portugal Lisbon North.
Much of the Portugal Lisbon North Mission is being combined with the Portugal Lisbon South Mission to create the Portugal Lisbon Mission. A portion of the former Lisbon North mission is being realigned with the Portugal Porto Mission.
Saturday, March 3, 1990
LDS Church News
The Portugal Lisbon Mission will be divided to create the Lisbon North and Lisbon South missions. The new mission will serve the southern part of the country, leaving the northern mission with the heavily populated metropolitan area, with nearly a third of Portugal's population.
The south mission will have 7,500 members in two stakes and three districts within a population of 4.1 million. The north mission will have 5,200 members in two stakes and three districts, and a population of 5.3 million.
Lisbon Mission Pres. T. Dean McCook said missionaries in the area have had remarkable success in the past few years. He said that some 120 members are baptized in the Setubal Stake each month. One branch, in Beja, was created about a year and a half ago and now has 168 members. Another, the Eviora, was opened seven weeks ago and now has 48 members.
He described the people as ``spiritually hungry.''
``We have great priesthood support but you can imagine the challenge created for bishops when a ward grows from 30 to 100 percent a year. It is difficult, but they are meeting the challenge. We need couples to help train the leaders. We now have about 20 percent local missionaries and we have been challenged to increase that.''
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