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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 28,965 members in eleven stakes, two districts, 97 congregations, one mission, and one temple in French Polynesia. [6] [9] Five percent of the population of French Polynesia is recorded as being members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [17]
ɡ ɑː θ / [a]), a Nephite ship builder who according to The Book of Mormon lived in or around 55 BCE, [12] and whom some church publications have stated sailed from the Americas to Polynesia. [15] [b] Leaders of the LDS Church [22] and LDS scholars have stated that the peoples of the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, Polynesia, and New ...
The Papeete Tahiti Temple was announced on April 2, 1980, then dedicated on October 27, 1983, by Gordon B. Hinckley, a counselor in the First Presidency.The temple was built on a 5-acre (20,000 m 2) plot, has 2 ordinance rooms and 2 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of 9,936 square feet (923.1 m 2).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had a presence in France since 1849, and the first Latter-day Saint convert in the country was Augustus Saint d'Anna, in Le Havre. [4] The Church claims a membership of about 38,000 in the country, representing less than 0.1% of the population.
Temples are considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 previously-dedicated, but closed for renovation [ 1 ] ), 3 scheduled for dedication , 51 under construction , 2 scheduled for groundbreaking , [ 2 ] and ...
The Apia Samoa Temple (formerly the Samoan Temple) is the 24th constructed and 22nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was the first built in Samoa and the third to be built in Polynesia. After it was destroyed by fire, a new temple was built and dedicated on the same grounds.
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Addison Pratt (February 21, 1802 – October 10, 1872) was an early Latter-day Saint convert and missionary.Pratt preached in French Polynesia from 1844 to 1848 and from 1850 to 1852, and is recognized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the first Latter-day Saint missionary to preach in a language other than English.