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

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Massachusetts
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A stake center and meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 36,000 s/f, two-story building includes 2 chapels, a multi-purpose recreation hall, classrooms, and local church offices.
Area NA Northeast
Members 28,197 (2022) [1]
Stakes 7
Wards 43
Branches 14
Total Congregations57
Missions 1
Temples 1
Family History Centers 18 [2]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Massachusetts refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Massachusetts.

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Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.39% in 2014. [3] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of Bay Staters self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church. [4] The LDS Church is the 11th largest denomination in Massachusetts. [5]

History

Membership in Massachusetts
YearMembership
1930350
1950637
19705,253
19796,639
1989*13,000
199921,106
200924,689
201928,040
*Membership was published as a rounded number.
Source: Wendall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac State Information: Massachusetts [1]

The nightly preachings of George J. Adams brought an audience of some 1,200 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1843. At that time, there were some 14 branches (small congregations) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Boston area. Eleven years prior, the first missionaries for the Church arrived in Boston to organize congregations. Church President Joseph Smith passed through Boston on his way to Washington, D.C., in 1839. After President Smith was murdered in 1844, several members in Massachusetts joined the mass exodus west, and missionary work in the state slowed.

In 1894, one year after the area was reopened to missionaries, Church membership was 96. A decade later, missionaries encountered hostilities toward the Church during the highly publicized United States Senate hearings on Church leader and Senator-elect Reed Smoot, and police disallowed missionaries to hold open-air meetings. By 1930, membership was nearly 360, some of whom were recently returned missionaries studying at Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the headquarters for the New England States Mission. A Church building was dedicated in the area in 1956.

The Church completed and dedicated the Boston Massachusetts Temple in 2000, marking the 100th operating temple in the Church.

Stakes

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Temples in and near Massachusetts
Red = Operating
Blue = Under Construction
Yellow = announced
Black = Closed for Renovations

As of January 2024, Massachusetts had the following stakes (with the stake center in Massachusetts): [6] [7]

StakeMissionTemple District
Blackstone Valley MassachusettsMassachusetts BostonBoston Massachusetts
Boston MassachusettsMassachusetts BostonBoston Massachusetts
Cambridge MassachusettsMassachusetts BostonBoston Massachusetts
Hingham MassachusettsMassachusetts BostonBoston Massachusetts
North Shore MassachusettsMassachusetts BostonBoston Massachusetts
Springfield MassachusettsNew Hampshire ManchesterHartford Connecticut
Worcester MassachusettsNew Hampshire ManchesterBoston Massachusetts

Missions

The Eastern States Mission was organized May 6, 1839. On September 24, 1937, the New England Mission was organized as a division of the Eastern States Mission. The mission was renamed Massachusetts Boston Mission on June 20, 1974 and is the only mission based in Massachusetts. Western portions of the state is served by the New Hampshire Manchester Mission. [8]

Temples

The Boston Massachusetts Temple was dedicated on October 1, 2000 by President Gordon B. Hinckley.

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September 30, 1995 by Gordon B. Hinckley
June 13, 1997 by Richard G. Scott
October 1, 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley
69,600 sq ft (6,470 m2) on a 8-acre (3.2 ha) site
Classic modern, single-spire design - designed by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates and Church A&E Services
A Meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lowell, Massachusetts. (Nashua New Hampshire Stake) Meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; west and south (front) sides; Lowell, MA; 2011-12-08.JPG
A Meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lowell, Massachusetts. (Nashua New Hampshire Stake)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by State: Massachusetts", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 28 May 2022
  2. ↑ Category:Massachusetts Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved March 28, 2022
  3. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States)
  4. ↑ "Adults in Massachusetts: Religious composition of adults in Massachusetts". Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research Center . Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report". Thearda.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021. Note:While it's the eleventh largest denomination in Massachusetts, it's the twelfth largest denomination when "nondenominational" is considered as a denomination.
  6. ↑ "Boston Massachusetts Temple District", churchofjesuschristtemples.org, retrieved June 21, 2021
  7. ↑ "Hartford Connecticut Temple District", churchofjesuschristtemples.org, retrieved June 21, 2021
  8. ↑ Mortimer, Wm. James (2000), 1999-2000 Church Almanac, Deseret Morning News, pp. 414 & 418, ISBN   1573454915

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