Church Buildings in Botswana

There are two church buildings owned by the church in Botswana. Both are in Gaborone; they are the Broadhurst building which is now the stake center and the Gaborone West building. All the other buildings in Botswana are leased buildings. There is one branch in South Africa that is part of the Gaborone Botswana stake that is also in a leased building.

The Broadhurst building became the stake center when the Gaborone stake was created in November 2012. In order to accommodate a stake several rooms were added to the building. The Broadhurst Ward meets in this building.

Broadhurst

We most often attended the Gaborone West building where the Young Single Adult Ward and Gaborone 1st Ward meet. It is about five minutes from our house.

Gaborone West

The Mafikeng branch is located two hours south of Gaborone in South Africa. They meet in the back of a used car dealership.

Mafikeng

Lobatse is forty-five minutes south of Gaborone. The ward holds sacrament meeting in a pre-built building and holds classes in a converted house.

Lobatse

Kanye branch is located about one hour fifteen minutes west of Gaborone and meets in an office complex in a commercial building.


Molepolole Ward meets in a building in a light industrial area. It is fifty minutes northwest of Gaborone. For many months when we first were in Gaborone the only water was at a water tap in the corner of the lot because there was a water leak in the pipe to the building.

Molepolole

 

 

Mochudi is forty-five minutes north of Gaborone. The church in Mochudi is growing rapidly. They had just moved to the Dicky Bird School when we arrived but quickly grew so large that they had to hold classes outdoors. They next moved to a house. They outgrew the house and added a tent for sacrament meetings. Now not everyone can get in both the tent and house for sacrament meetings and people stand outside in the shade of trees even though they cannot hear what is happening in the meeting. The Church is trying to find land and build a chapel as quickly as possible.

Dicky Bird School

 

 

Mochudi

Francistown is five hours north of Gaborone. There is a branch in Francistown with two dependent branches in Gerald and Monarch all of which meet in rented houses. Francistown also has a dependent group in Kasane which is five hours north of Francistown.

Francistown

 



Gerald Dependent Branch