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The first congregation of the Church in Alaska was organized in 1938. It has since grown to 33,574 members in 81 congregations. Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 4.53% in 2014. According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, 5% of Alaskans self-identify themselves most closely with The Church ...
The LDS Church defines membership as a count of living individuals who: [3] have been baptized and confirmed. are under age nine and have been blessed but not baptized. are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age. are unblessed children under age eight when: two member parents request it; or
Percentage of US adult population by state claiming membership in the LDS church in the 2001 ARIS survey. Click image for map legend. The 2001 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) was based on a random digit-dialed telephone survey of 50,281 American adults in the continental U.S.
In 2001, sociologist Armand Mauss estimated that about 50 percent of LDS converts in the US stopped attending church within a year of baptism, while outside the US the rate was about 70 percent. [20] Membership statistics reported by the LDS Church have in some instances found to be inflated, with some counties in Utah having more reported ...
The records of the LDS Church show membership growth every decade since its beginning in the 1830s, although that has slowed significantly. Following initial growth rates that averaged 10% to 25% per year in the 1830s through 1850s, it grew at about 4% per year through the last four decades of the 19th century.
The LDS Church's priesthood is open to males only [47] [48] and from the mid-1800s until 1978 was not open to people of black African descent. [47] The LDS Church routinely gives its Aaronic priesthood to boys 11 years of age and older, while Community of Christ generally restricts its priesthood to adult men and women. [49]
Aaronic Order and the LDS Church Headquartered in Mansfield, Missouri; approximately 30 members Formerly known as Zion's Order of the Sons of Levi; use all of the scriptures of the LDS Church except section 132 of the Doctrine and Covenants, plus 650 revelations to Kilgore. Perfected Church of Jesus Christ of Immaculate Latter-day Saints [62]
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