The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kentucky

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kentucky
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The Louisville Kentucky Temple
Area NA Southeast
Members 37,830 (2022) [1]
Stakes 8
Wards 51
Branches 32
Total Congregations83
Missions 1
Temples 1
Family History Centers 28 [2]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kentucky refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Kentucky. The first small branch was established in 1834. In 2022, the church claimed 37,830 members in 83 congregations. [1]

Contents

According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of Kentuckians self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church. [3]

Stakes are located in Crestwood, Elizabethtown, Hopkinsville, Lexington (2), Louisville, and Paducah.

History

In 1835, two missionaries baptized 22 people and the first group of Kentucky Saints left for Missouri in September 1836. [4]

In 2011, Lexington native Rob Hymas, became an area seventy and oversaw 10 stake presidents in Kentucky and Tennessee. [5]

Stakes

As of January 2024, there were 8 stakes with their stake center located in Kentucky.

Stakes with congregations in Kentucky are as follows: [6] [7]

StakeOrganizedMissionTemple district
Cincinnati OhioNovember 23, 1958Ohio Cincinnati MissionLouisville Kentucky
Cincinnati Ohio EastFebruary 15, 2004Ohio Cincinnati MissionColumbus Ohio
Crestwood KentuckyMarch 21, 2010Kentucky LouisvilleLouisville Kentucky
Elizabethtown KentuckyNovember 5, 2017Kentucky LouisvilleLouisville Kentucky
Evansville IndianaOctober 19, 1975Kentucky LouisvilleLouisville Kentucky
Hopkinsville KentuckyMay 21, 1978Tennessee NashvilleNashville Tennessee
Huntington West VirginiaNovember 7, 1982West Virginia CharlestonLouisville Kentucky
Knoxville Tennessee CumberlandNovember 17, 1996Tennessee KnoxvilleNashville Tennessee
Lexington KentuckyApril 23, 1972Kentucky LouisvilleLouisville Kentucky
Lexington Kentucky NorthNovember 23, 2003Kentucky LouisvilleLouisville Kentucky
Louisville KentuckyJanuary 17, 1971Kentucky LouisvilleLouisville Kentucky
Paducah KentuckyOctober 20, 1996Tennessee NashvilleNashville Tennessee

Mission

The East Central States Mission was created on December 9, 1928 which took in portions of what was previously Southern States Mission and Eastern States Mission. Kentucky itself was previously in the Southern States Mission. On June 10, 1970, it was renamed the Kentucky-Tennessee Mission. On June 20, 1974, it was renamed the Kentucky Louisville Mission. [8]

Temples

The Louisville Kentucky Temple was dedicated on March 19, 2000 by President Thomas S. Monson.

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Style:		 Crestwood, Kentucky, United States
March 17, 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley
May 29, 1999 by John K. Carmack
March 19, 2000 by Thomas S. Monson
10,700 sq ft (990 m2) on a 3-acre (1.2 ha) site
Classic modern, single-spire design - designed by Firestone Jaros Mullin--Mike Karpinski Architect

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References

  1. 1 2 "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by State: Kentucky", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 28 May 2023
  2. ↑ Category:Kentucky Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved March 28, 2022
  3. ↑ "Adults in Kentucky: Religious composition of adults in Kentucky". Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research Center . Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  4. ↑ Jenson, Andrew (1941). Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Deseret News, printer. pp. 397–398.
  5. ↑ Sloan, Scott. "Lexington man takes larger role in Mormon church", Lexington Herald Leader , 3 September 2011. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Louisville Kentucky Temple District", churchofjesuschristtemples.org, retrieved February 6, 2023
  7. ↑ "Nashville Tennessee Temple District", churchofjesuschristtemples.org, retrieved February 6, 2023
  8. ↑ Mortimer, Wm. James (2000), 1999-2000 Church Almanac, Deseret Morning News, pp. 417–418, ISBN   1573454915


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