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The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are within the jurisdiction of a mission of the church. In the list below, if the name of the mission does not include a specific city, the city where the mission headquarters is located is included in parentheses.
In the LDS Church today, temples serve two main purposes: (1) temples are locations in which Latter-day Saints holding a temple recommend can perform ordinances on behalf of themselves and their deceased ancestors, and (2) temples are considered to be a house of holiness where members can go to commune with God and receive personal revelation.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Lists of Mormon missionaries" The following 5 pages are in this category ...
Pages in category "American Mormon missionaries in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 374 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Missionaries in the United States of churches within the Latter Day Saint movement, including the original Church of Christ. Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after 1844 may be placed in Category:Mormon missionaries in the United States.
In 2007, approximately 30% of all 19-year-old LDS men became missionaries; from LDS families that are active in the church, approximately 80–90% of 19-year-old men serve a mission. [6] Missionaries can be sent home for violating mission rules, and occasionally missionaries choose to go home for health or various other reasons.
The Eastern States Mission was organized May 6, 1839. On September 24, 1937, the New England Mission was organized as a division of the Eastern States Mission. The mission was renamed Massachusetts Boston Mission on June 20, 1974 and is the only mission based in Massachusetts. Western portions of the state is served by the New Hampshire ...
The LDS Church was organized on April 6, 1830, in Fayette, New York under the name of the Church of Christ. Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.41% in 2014. [ 3 ] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of New Yorkers self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS ...