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The first known member of the Church moved to Washington in 1852, [5] with missionaries arriving in Washington Territory from California as early as 1854. Enough converts were baptized along the Lewis River in the southwest portion of the state that a congregation was created in that area.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) operates 449 missions [1] throughout the world, as of June 2024. Most are named after the location of the mission headquarters, usually a specific city.
A mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not any of the church's missionaries live or proselytize in the area.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington, D.C. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington .
Church membership in Washington has grown from 67,000 members in 1970 to nearly 230,000 in 2001. With the growth church, leaders felt another temple should be built within the state. This temple serves members in eastern Washington and northern Oregon. Some parts of the temple foundation includes 2-inch river rock used as fill in concrete forms.
The Seattle Washington Temple (formerly the Seattle Temple) is the 21st constructed and 19th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in the city of Bellevue, east of Seattle, it was the first to be built in the state of Washington. [1] The temple has a modern single-spire design. The intent to ...
Most missions are divided into several zones, a zone being a geographic area specified by the mission president (though these are often the same area as the LDS ecclesiastical unit known as a "stake").
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds a number of sites as historically significant. This list is intended as a quick reference for these sites. The sites may or may not be owned by the church.