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Worth (billion USD) Country Religion/Belief Notes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: 265.0 United States: Non-Trinitarian Christianity (Mormonism) Includes everything from investments, operating assets (ecclesiastical buildings) and Real estate, mostly from USA. [1] Catholic Church in Germany: 47.24 to 265.62 Germany: Catholicism
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If confirmed, the $100 billion net worth would exceed the combined net worths of the world's largest university endowment (Harvard University) and the world's largest philanthropic foundation (Gates Foundation). [47] Other commentators have argued that such expenditures may not be legally required as claimed. [48]
The official church membership as a percentage of general population was 1.14% in 2014. According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of Missourians self-identify themselves most closely with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [3] The LDS Church is the 8th largest denomination in Missouri. [4]
Membership reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on December 31, 2023, was used to determine the number of members in each state. [1] The church defines membership as: [4] "Those who have been baptized and confirmed." "Those under age nine who have been blessed but not baptized."
The LDS Church is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement, with membership estimated at 16.6 million as of December 31, 2020. [7] The LDS Church was estimated to have received tithing donations totaling between $7 billion [8] [9] and $33 billion [10] USD in the year 2012 (equivalent to $9.3 billion to $43.8 billion in 2023 [11]).
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.
It has been estimated that during the 2010s its net worth increased by about $15 billion per year ($19.3 billion in 2023 [167]), [166] and by $22 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic. [234] According to a 2020 estimate by The Wall Street Journal, the LDS Church's investment fund had a net worth of around $100 billion. [235] [236]