According to 2008 church records, there are 13,508,509 baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) worldwide. That information is found here: http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/statistical-information
As of January 1, 2012, there were 14,441,346 baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) scattered around the world. Updated 2013 membership statistics will be released in April 2013.
As of December 2008, there were 13,508,509 baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) worldwide. There are more members now, but these numbers are only released yearly by the Church.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) releases its membership statistics in April each year. Thus, as of this writing (January 2016) the most current membership numbers available are as of January 1, 2015. At that time, the Church reported 15,372,337 baptized members worldwide.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is by far the largest church in the greater Mormonism movement, with other groups such as the Community of Christ, Apostolic United Brethren, and Fundamentalist LDS claiming perhaps 500,000 members combined. Thus the total number of "Mormon" followers is likely around 16 million.
Roughly around 15,372,337 members.
About 14 million
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are the followers. For more information, go to www.mormon.org.
Joseph Smith, Jr. is usually credited as the founder (not finder) of the Mormonism movement. His followers believe that he was a prophet acting under the direction of Jesus Christ, so many would say that Jesus is the founder of Mormonism rather than Joseph Smith.
13.5 million, according to the church records. you can find that here: http://www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/statistical-information
No. Mormonism is a Restorationist Christian religious movement. Followers of Mormonism come from many different ethnic groups around the world. It is true that some religious groups can double as ethnic groups (such as Judaism - although you can be an ethnic Jew but not a religious Jew, or religiously Jewish but not ethnically Jewish) but Mormonism has not had the thousands of years of intermarrying required to become an ethnic group.
That is like asking how many hairs I have on my head, as they come and go all the time. Christianity and Islam are definitley one of the biggest, including Mormonism. But to calculate how many in each, that is impossible, as new people join every day in droves.
No, Mormonism (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is a nearly 200 year old religion with over 14 million followers worldwide. If it were an experiment in deception, it is highly unlikely that it would have lasted this long and been so successful.
There is no historical evidence that that ever happened, other than through His followers. It's as unsupported as saying Jesus manifested Himself to the Americas to start mormonism.
Mormonism Unvailed was created in 1834.
Encyclopedia of Mormonism was created in 1992.
The Rise of Mormonism was created in 2005.
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