The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Largest church adhering to Mormonism
Summary
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Christian denomination and the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Founded during the Second Great Awakening, the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide. According to the church, as of 2024, it has more than 17.5 million members, of which more than 6.8 million live in the United States. The church also reports more than 109,000 volunteer missionaries and more than 200 dedicated temples.
Originally created by DCM~enwiki
10/30/2001, 9:24:44 AM
Modified
6/6/2026, 8:07:19 PM
Recent revisions
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1358125676|1358125676]] by [[Special:Contributions/Glarimer|Glarimer]] ([[User talk:Glarimer|talk]])
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/DonBeroni|DonBeroni]] ([[User talk:DonBeroni|talk]]): Was correct as shown, per [[MOS:LDS]].
/* Sexuality */ ce
implementing citation templates
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1357042857|1357042857]] by [[Special:Contributions/Rolluik|Rolluik]] ([[User talk:Rolluik|talk]]) rv - nothing [[WP:EL]] precludes it appearing in both locations, in fact [[WP:ELOFFICIAL]] seems to suggest it is standard to appear in both places
don't see a problem with the external links section: remove template
/* External links */ already linked in infobox
Rollback edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/Luv2BeLDS1997|Luv2BeLDS1997]] ([[User_talk:Luv2BeLDS1997|talk]]): Reverting [[WP:AGF|good faith]] edits. Consesus for the status qou. [[w:en:WP:RW|(RW 16.1)]]
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1355736134|1355736134]] by [[Special:Contributions/Luv2BeLDS1997|Luv2BeLDS1997]] ([[User talk:Luv2BeLDS1997|talk]]) Good faith edits, but OK as shown
Full name and link used earlier in article, with acronymn established
Extended the CES acronym and linked to relevant wikipedia article
Way too many links please fix.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1352883482|1352883482]] by [[Special:Contributions/Trevdna|Trevdna]] ([[User talk:Trevdna|talk]]) doesn't really fit in the sentence here and does need sourcing.
/* Political involvement in the U.S. */ Mitt Romney should at least get a mention. Sorry, I dont have a source offhand, but couldnt this be generally considered common knowledge?
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