The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called "Mormons") began on April 6th, 1830 in Palmyra, New York.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) started on April 6, 1830 with six members. By the end of the year 1830, church membership had increased to 280 members. Two years later, church membership had increased to 2,660 members.
The Mormon Trail started in February 1846.
The "Church of Christ" is generally used to refer to the Mormon Church, or Church of the Latter-Day Saints. The Mormon church was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr in 1830.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) was officially organized on April 6, 1830.
Salt Lake City was started by a group of several thousand Mormon Pioneers. The man who directed much of the city planning was Brigham Young, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) at the time.
There were 10,752,984 baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) in January, 2000.
As of year-end 2014, the total membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or the Mormon Church, worldwide, was 15,372,337. The statistics for each year are released in April of the following year, so the 2015 numbers will be available in April 2016.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) didn't move to the US, it started here!
The Mormon church is the true church. The Mormon Church is officially called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) will not release final statistics about 2010 until April 2011. In the past several years, the trend has been about 300 new Mormon congregations worldwide each year, although church growth has been slowing and the budget for new buildings has been lowered significantly due to the current economy. Here are the numbers: New Mormon congregations in 2009: 315 New Mormon congregations in 2008: 282 New Mormon congregations in 2007: 352 New Mormon congregations in 2006: 388 New Mormon congregations in 2005: 417
2010 year end records reported 14,131,467 baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the 'Mormon' church) worldwide. 2011 records will be released in April 2012.
2008 year end records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) count 13,508,509 baptized members of the Church worldwide. 2009 Church statistics will not be released until April 2010.