Africa West Area Administration Office
57 Independence Avenue
North Ridge
PMB CT 209, Cantonments
Accra
Ghana
Mailing Address
Same or
Pouch, Ghana
Telephone
(233 )3020650-113
Information and Statistics (As of August 2, 2024)
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Total Members:480,877
- Missions:25
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Temples:2
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Stakes :144
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Districts:43
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Wards: 1060
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Branches:649
From 'How the Church is Organized' on lds.org:
'The worldwide Church is divided into geographic areas. For example, “Europe,” “Asia North,” “Caribbean,” and “Central America” are names given to specific areas of the Church. The First Presidency has assigned the Presidency of the Seventy to preside over areas in the United States and Canada. Elsewhere, the First Presidency assigns Area Presidencies to preside over selected areas under the direction of the Quorum of the Twelve. An Area Presidency consists of a president and two counselors. An Area President is typically a General Authority selected from the First or Second Quorum of the Seventy, while the counselors can be either General Authorities or Area Seventies selected from any Quorum of the Seventy.
'Members of the Presidency of the Seventy or Area Presidency travel frequently within the assigned area to teach and encourage local leaders and members of the Church. Area Seventies are also assigned to consult with and instruct stake presidents in their area, under the direction of the Area Presidency or Presidency of the Seventy.'
The Africa West Area includes 17 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Western Sahara.
The Church has established units in the countries of Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, and Togo, which are organized into stakes, wards, districts, branches, and missions. Members of the remaining countries are administrated through the Africa West Area Mission and the area president serves as the mission president.
The Area offices also house the Temporal Affairs department and the Office of Legal Counsel.