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While there is no temples in Mississippi, 2 temples that lie in close proximity serve the large majority of the members in the state. While most congregations are in the Memphis and Baton Rouge temple districts, one congregation, the Columbus Ward, on the eastern side of the state is in the Birmingham Alabama Temple District.
A ward is a local congregation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with a smaller local congregation known as a branch.. A ward is presided over by a bishop, the equivalent of a pastor in many other Christian denominations. [1]
Seattle North Stake meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meetinghouse in Auburn. List of LDS Church adherents in each county as of 2010 according to the Association of Religion Data Archives: [7] Note: Each county adherent count reflects meetinghouse location of congregation and not by location of residence.
Joseph K. Rogers was the first branch president at Pima, being appointed to this office before the settlers arrived. The branch was organized into a ward in 1880. In 1930 the total population of Pima was 980, 666 of whom were LDS, and a total of 1,260 people resided within the Pima ward boundaries. [10]
At the April 1995 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. [1] In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy.
Michigan is currently part of 12 stakes and one district. Ten stakes and one district are entirely within the state. Two stakes, with stake centers outside the state, have wards or branches in Michigan. Since the LDS Church has no paid local clergy, stake presidents and bishops have their own occupations.
Amy Daniel of the Benton Ward, Little Rock Arkansas Stake, is a former president of the Arkansas School Boards Association. [ 23 ] Dottie Zimmerman, then 24, of the Ash Flat Branch, North Little Rock Arkansas Stake, received three bronze medals in powerlifting at the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland , June 16–29, 2003.
The LDS Church began to grow more rapidly in Alabama following World War II. Alabama's first stake was created in Huntsville in 1968. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, several thousand Latter-day Saint volunteers—Helping Hands, from a 7 state areas (including Alabama), went to Louisiana and Mississippi. Many of them taking time out of ...