Category: LDS Membership
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How Many LDS Converts Are Children?
By Eric JohnsonMormonism Research Ministry — http://www.mrm.org We reported in the March 2021 Mormonism Researched about how the LDS Church baptismal convert numbers have continued to decline during the past three decades. Whereas the church was growing by more than 4% in the late 1980s, the rate has gone down to less than 1.5% during…
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LDS in Salt Lake County Continues to Slide
By Sandra Tanner According to the Salt Lake Tribune for December 9, 2018, . . . an unrelenting demographic shift has hit a major milestone: fewer than half the people living in Salt Lake County are on the rolls of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The membership numbers come from the church itself . . .…
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LDS Church Growth for 2019
By Sandra Tanner At the April LDS Conference it was reported that church membership now stood at 16,565,036, up from the 2018 count of 16,313,735. There were 94,266 new children of record listed and convert baptism was listed as 248,835. According to the Salt Lake Tribune for April 4, 2020: The latest statistical report, released…
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2018 LDS Church Statistics
The Salt Lake Tribune, April 6, 2019, reported the following 2018 statistics for the LDS Church: According to the article, independent church demographer Matt Martinich concluded this was the “lowest net increase in church membership since 1978.” He also calculated that as many as 140,868 members had resigned in 2018. According to Jana Riess, the…
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LDS Growth Stats
By Sandra Tanner In 2012 the LDS Church announced that it was lowering the age of its male missionaries from 19 to 18 years old. The age of women missionaries was dropped from 21 to 19 years old. This resulted in a significant increase in the number of missionaries for 2013. Below are the statistics…
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What is the True Number of Mormons in the United States of America?
Does the statistical record support the often-heard claim that the LDS church is one of the fastest growing churches in the United States?
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Examples of Resignations from the LDS Church
Below are two examples of people’s requests for membership resignation and name removal from the LDS church. A Utah Couple’s 2007 Resignation Letter to their Bishop (name)(address)(date)Bishop ______Stake President ______ Dear Sirs: In an effort to avoid some of the expected heartaches ahead, and to squelch forthcoming rumors, we are sending you this letter. This…
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Mormon Expansion into Black Africa
By Sandra Tanner One year ago, at the April 2009 conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Sitati became the first black African to be appointed to their top leadership. Sitati, an experienced businessman with a degree in mechanical engineering and a diploma in accounting and finance, was installed in the…
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How to Remove Your Name from the LDS Records
Things to consider to help make an exiting decision more more effective.
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LDS Church Growth
By Sandra Tanner While there is a popular assumption among Mormons that their church is the fastest growing faith, it is simply a myth. The Salt Lake Tribune reported on the problems of church growth: Today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than 12 million members on its rolls, more than…