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  1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formally organized in a small log cabin in upstate New York in 1830. It took 117 years — until 1947 — for the Church to grow from the initial six members to one million. Learn More . 1830 1930 20230m5m10m15m20m. 17,225,394.

    • Canada

      Between 1830 and 1850, some 2,500 Canadians joined The...

    • Philippines

      The Philippines has the fourth-largest population of...

    • Armenia

      The plant was staffed with Latter-day Saints humanitarian...

    • Argentina

      In 1966 a stake was created in Buenos Aires, and several...

    • Ukraine

      On August 28, 2010, thousands of Saints crowded into the...

    • Brazil

      For many years, the Church had some success in the German...

    • Cameroon

      A few Church members lived in Cameroon representing various...

    • Thailand

      Click here for the Church's Thailand site. As early as 1854,...

  2. It was renamed the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" in 1838 (stylized as the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" in the United Kingdom), [5] which remained its official name until Smith's death in 1844. This organization subsequently splintered into several different denominations, each of which claims to be the legitimate continuation of this original church.

    Name
    Organized By
    Date
    Split From
    1920s
    LDS Church
    1935 [29]
    Council of Friends [28]
    El Reino de Dios en su Plenitud (The ...
    1947
    Remnants of the Third Convention that did ...
    1954
    Council of Friends
  3. churchofjesuschrist.org. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination. Founded by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening, the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide.

  4. Apr 6, 2024 · Since 1998, the majority of Latter-day Saints have been outside the United States and Canada. At the end of 2022, the church had 7,004,864 members in the United States and Canada. Church leaders have said they anticipate that by 2025, Latin America alone will have as many church members as the United States and Canada.

  5. Aug 4, 2021 · When the Church was first organized on April 6, 1830, there were six members of the Church. Now, 191 years later, there are 16,663,663 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world in 31,136 congregations, according to the Church’s 2020 statistics. This chart shows the 30 countries with the most members of the ...

  6. Congregation growth statistics. In 2023 there was a large increase in Africa, and decline in Europe and North America. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) releases membership, congregational, and related information on a regular basis. The latest membership information the church releases includes a count of membership ...

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  8. Latter-day Saints believe that the Church’s scripturally-based teachings change lives by motivating people to become more like the Savior. President Boyd K. Packer (1924-2015) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught, “True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior.”. With this understanding in mind, the following series of ...

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