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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints
(The “Mormons”)
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Joseph Smith, Jr. |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints is one of the fastest-growing religious organizations in
the world. Also known as Mormons, there are two main branches and
several sub-groups. The main body (though not the “original” body) has
their headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the primary
sub-division, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints (renamed Community of Christ in April 2001), has its
headquarters in Independence, Missouri.
According to a news release from the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA dated 13 Feb
2002, the main LDS church was the fifth largest religious body in the
United States in 2002. |
Brigham Young |
| Denominational
Name |
2002 Membership |
2001 Membership |
| Roman Catholic
Church |
63,683,030 |
62,391,484 |
| Southern Baptist
Convention |
15,960,308 |
15,851,756 |
| United Methodist
Church |
8,340,954 |
8,377,662 |
| Church of
G-d in Christ |
5,499,875 |
5,499,875 |
| Church of Jesus
Christ of LDS |
5,208,827 |
5,113,409 |
| Evangelical Luth
Ch in America |
5,125,919 |
5,149,668 |
Websites for the two main groups may be found here:
Community of Christ
(formerly RLDS)
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (LDS)
The following documents are on
this website:
Joseph Smith's First Vision
Latter-Day Saints: The Mormons
Meet the Mormons
Mormon History
Mormon Marriage
Reorganized LDS Church
The Book of Mormon
The Vocabulary of Mormonism
The “Jesus” of the Mormons
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