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The first effort at large-scale LDS colonization came in March 1873 when a group of Latter-day Saints was sent from Utah to the Little Colorado River drainage under the direction of Horton D. Height. The colonizers turned back, discouraged by the poor prospects, but a few returned the following year and began farming among the Native Americans ...
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.
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), an area is an administrative unit that typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions. These areas are the primary church administrative unit between individual stakes or missions and the church as a whole.
Utah Salt Lake City Arizona Phoenix Arizona Tucson Arizona Mesa Arizona Gilbert: South Central States: 4 Aug 1969 Central States: Oklahoma 1970 Oklahoma Tulsa 1974 Arkansas Bentonville 2015 extant Arkansas Little Rock Oklahoma Oklahoma City Kansas Wichita
General Authority Seventy 2019-04-06 54 5.7 Steven R. Bangerter [44] General Authority Seventy 2018-03-31 63.3 6.7 First Counselor, North America Central Area [40] > [41] W. Mark Bassett General Authority Seventy 2016-04-02 58.3 8.7 Executive Director, Missionary Department [45] David S. Baxter [46] General Authority Seventy
A district of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative unit composed of a number of congregations called branches.. A district is a subdivision of a mission of the church and in many ways is analogous to a stake of the church. [1]
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Mormon is a prophet who gave his name to the Book of Mormon, which in turn produced the nickname of Latter-day Saints. Mormon, California; Mormon Bar, California; Mormon Bridge, crossing the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa, officially named the Mormon Pioneer Bridge; Mormon Flat, in Arizona northeast of Phoenix, and the associated ...