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Granary building at the LDS Church's Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.Welfare Square began in 1938 as a bishop's storehouse. [1]A bishop's storehouse in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) usually refers to a commodity resource center that is used by bishops (lay leaders of local congregations analogous to pastors or parish priests in other Christian ...
The Fairview Tithing Office/Bishop's Storehouse is a historic building in Fairview, Utah, United States. It was built with red bricks in 1908 as a tithing office and bishop's office for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [2] The bishop at the time was James C. Peterson. [2]
Welfare Square was created in 1938, [2] under the direction of the Church's General Welfare Committee, which itself had been formed just two years earlier. [3] Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States was experiencing the Great Depression Welfare Square became the flagship of the Church's Welfare Program.
Bishops can also provide "in kind" assistance in the form of food and household goods from the bishop's storehouse (which is managed by the Presiding Bishop [see below]). The bishop disburses funds, authorizes distribution of food from the bishop's storehouse, or provides other appropriate assistance after evaluating the needs of the family and ...
Lakeview Tithing Office (1899), Provo, Utah, NRHP-listed [1] Built originally as a creamery, it was acquired by the local LDS church to serve as a tithing office in 1904 or after. Leeds Tithing Office, Leeds, Utah, NRHP-listed [1] Lehi Ward Tithing Barn-Centennial Hall, Lehi, Utah, NRHP-listed [1]
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. [16]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alabama refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Alabama. The first small branch was established in 1842. It has since grown to 39,832 members in 76 congregations. Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.75% in 2014.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nevada refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Nevada. Nevada has the 7th most church members of any U.S. state, and the fifth-highest percentage of members. [3] The LDS Church is the 2nd largest denomination in Nevada, behind the Roman Catholic ...