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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints . LDS . History. Joseph Smith From New Hampshire V isited by Heavenly Father and his son JC at age 14 Couple years later was led to golden plates by the angel Moroni For years translated the plates to English with the help of

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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  1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints LDS

  2. History Joseph Smith From New Hampshire Visited by Heavenly Father and his son JC at age 14 Couple years later was led to golden plates by the angel Moroni For years translated the plates to English with the help of Book of Mormon published March 1830

  3. Pioneer track • 1846 Mormons left Nauvoo, Illinois • July 24, Pioneers arrived in Utah

  4. Plural Marrige • Marriage of one man and two or more women • Joseph Smith received revelation • To increase the number of children born in the gospel covenant in order to raise up seed unto the lord. • 1847-1890 president WilfordWoodfuff’s manifesto declared his intention to abide by U.S. law forbidding plural marriage

  5. Racial Issues • First two decades of the Church’s existence, a few black men were ordained to the priesthood • In 1852, President Brigham Young publicly announced that men of black African descent could not be ordained to the priesthood • Blacks were allowed to be baptized • 1978, after “spending many hours in the Upper Room of the Salt Lake Temple supplicating the Lord for divine guidance,” Church President Spencer W. Kimball reversed the restriction

  6. Scriptures • Holy Bible- Old and New Testament • Book of Mormon • Doctrine and Covenants • Pearl of Great Price “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.” Article of Faith no.8

  7. LDS Beliefs • Believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. • Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. • Being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

  8. Plan of Salvation • Pre- existence • Mortal life • Death • Immortality • Celestial • Terrestrial • Telestial • Outer Darkness

  9. Religious Practices • Baby blessing • Baptism • Sacrament • Temple work • Family home evenings • Semi annual general conferences

  10. Statistics • 15,082,028Members • 29,253 Churches • 83,035 Missionaries • 405 Missions • 15 Missionary training centers • 182 countries • 11,925 Welfare services • 143 Temples • 4 Universities and colleges • 4,789 Family history centers • 133 countries with family history centers

  11. Citations • First presidency of the church of jesuschrist of ladder day saints. "Facts and statistics." 15 5 014. Newsroom. http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-stats. 10 5 2014. • First presidency of the LDS church . The church of Jesus Christ of Ladder day saints . 14 5 2014. https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng. 12 5 2014. • Smith, Joseph. Book Of Mormon. Salt lake city : Church of Jesus christ of ladder day saints , 2013. Book.

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