January 15, 2016

1944: Countries open to the Faith in Africa

By 1944: Seven African countries were opened to the Faith:
  • Abyssinia (Ethiopia),
  • Belgian Congo,
  • Egypt,
  • South Africa,
  • Southern Rhodesia,
  • Sudan, and
  • Tunisia.
(Explanatory footnote to a message from the Universal House of Justice dated 26 September 1976; ‘Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986)