 |
 Joseph Smith, Jr.
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Church, LDS Church
Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805–1844)
Russell M. Nelson (1924–), the church’s President, “prophet, seer and revelator"
Fayette, New York, USA (1830)
Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)
include Brigham Young University (BYU), LDS Business College
include Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship (formerly FARMS)
include the Bible (King James Version, Inspired Version [Joseph Smith Translation]), the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Gospel Principles
include Ensign, Liahona, Friend, New Era, Deseret Morning News
Music and the Spoken Word (featuring the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square)
Mormonism’s aberrant doctrines and practices are numerous. For example, it claims that God restored true Christianity to the earth through Joseph Smith, Jr. and that all other churches are apostate. Mormonism teaches that there are many gods (including the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost — each one a distinct god), and that worthy humans may advance spiritually to one day become gods themselves. Eternal life is ultimately dependent on one’s good works. Baptism for the dead is a provision for those who left this life without having heard the Mormon gospel.
The church’s practice of polygamy (into the early 20th century), as well as its denial of the priesthood to males of African descent (until 1978), are just two of the many controversies which surround it.
In recent years the Mormon church has sought to persuade the public that it is a mainstream Christian religion, downplaying many of its distinctive doctrines and practices.
16.5 million
Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Republic), Cook Islands, Corsica, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Micronesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Zambia, Zimbabwe
At the time of its October 2020 General Conference, the church claimed members in 196 nations and territories (including Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa), and had “stakes” in 90 of those nations.
include Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian (East), Aymara, Bengali, Bikolano, Bislama, Bulgarian, Cakchiquel, Cambodian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Efik, English, Estonian, Fante, Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Guarani, Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Ilokano, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kekchi, Kiribati, Kisii, Korean, Kuna, Laotian, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Mam, Maori, Marshallese, Mayan, Mongolian, Navajo, Neomelanesian, Niuean, Norwegian, Palauan, Pampango, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Persian, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua-Bolivia, Quechua-Peru, Quiche, Quichua, Rarotongan, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Shona, Sinhala, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tongan, Trukese, Tswana, Turkish, Twi, Tzotzil, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Waray, Welsh, Xhosa, Yapese, Zulu
www.mrm.org
blog.mrm.org
www.utlm.org
mit.irr.org
www.sacredgroves.net
https://carm.org/mormonism
www.lds.org
www.mormon.org
www.mormonnewsroom.org
www.lib.byu.edu/Macmillan/
|
