Australia Sydney (two missions to be consolidated into one)

Bulgaria Sofia (to be combined with the Central Eurasian Mission)

Mississippi Jackson (to be combined with Louisiana Baton Rouge and Texas Dallas)

New York New York (two missions to be consolidated into one)

Ohio Cleveland (to be combined with three surrounding missions)

Russia Samara (to be combined with Russia Rostov-Na-Donu)

Ukraine L'viv (to be combined with Ukraine Kyiv)

Washington Federal Way (to be combined with surrounding missions)

Philippines Cabanatuan

Utah Layton

Zimbabwe Harare

I have received a report that 46 missions will be affected by mission consolidations and the creation of new missions this July.At most recent report, the following missions will be discontinued this July:The consolidation of these missions has appeared needed for many years due to historically low numbers of convert baptisms, and often few missionaries assigned to these missions and other nearby missions. For example, missions in Bulgaria and L'viv have had few missionaries assigned for many years and report extremely few convert baptisms. Also, it appears that many of the missions created to accommodate "the surge" of missionaries serving in the mid-2010s due to the lowering of the age of full-time missionary service may be consolidated - especially in the United States. These missions primarily created in 2013 represented a quick-fix to accommodate tens of thousands of more missionaries serving, most of which were from the United States, within a short period of time. As the Church in the United States has the greatest infrastructure to accommodate such a rapid and temporary increase in the number of full-time missionaries, it is unsurprising that these mission consolidations have occurred now that the double-cohort of missionaries has passed. Moreover, the decision to close these missions will likely indicate a shift in resource allocation from less productive areas of the world (e.g. North America, Europe, industrialized nations in Asia and Oceania) to more productive ones (e.g. Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, industrializing nations in Asia).At most recent report, I have received reports of the following missions to be created this July:If you have any information about new mission creations or mission consolidations, please comment.