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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had a presence in the state of Indiana since 1831. The official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.68% in 2018. [ 3 ] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of Hoosiers self-identify themselves most closely with The Church of ...
This is a list of well-known Mormon dissidents or other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who have either been excommunicated or have resigned from the church – as well as of individuals no longer self-identifying as LDS and those inactive individuals who are on record as not believing and/or not participating in the church.
Stephen H. Webb (March 13, 1961 – March 5, 2016) [1] [2] was a theologian and philosopher of religion.. Webb graduated from Wabash College in 1983, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, and taught at Wabash College as Professor of Religion and Philosophy from 1988 to 2012.
Clarissa was a sister of Levi W. Hancock, a stalwart member of what was to become the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Algers first moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, and then to Mayfield, Ohio, ten miles southwest of the Mormon settlement at Kirtland, Ohio. In 1830, Samuel (and apparently Clarissa) were baptized into Mormonism and thus ...
John Holbrook Groberg (born June 17, 1934) has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1976. He is the author of The Eye of the Storm, and was the protagonist in the movie made from the book titled The Other Side of Heaven.
Hanks was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1] As a young man he served in the Northern States Mission of the LDS Church, which was headquartered in Chicago. He was in the United States Navy during World War II and received a J.D. from the University of Utah. [2]
On 26 March, the Book of Mormon was published for the first time. On 6 April, the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) was founded and in October, Sidney Rigdon joined the church. 1832 The First Presidency was founded by Joseph and his two counselors. 1833 On 27 February, the Word of Wisdom was revealed to Joseph.
David Oman McKay (September 8, 1873 – January 18, 1970) [2] was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death in 1970.