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The official church membership as a percentage of general population was 1.14% in 2014. According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of Missourians self-identify themselves most closely with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [3] The LDS Church is the 8th largest denomination in Missouri. [4]
The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and their neighbors in Missouri.Early in the third decade of the nineteenth century, members of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saint) began to migrate into Jackson County, Missouri.
Despite legal efforts and sympathy from the Missouri press and state government, the Mormons were unable to regain a foothold in Jackson County. The expulsion had a profound impact on the Latter Day Saint community, shaping their history, migration patterns, and religious development in subsequent years. [1]
While Jacob moved to Missouri and founded the mill around the same time as the Mormon migration to Missouri, he was not a Mormon. [2] [4] However, by October 1838 there were approximately 75 Mormon families living along the banks of Shoal Creek, about 30 [5] [6] [7] of them in the immediate vicinity of Hawn's Mill and the James Houston ...
Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs. Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds a number of sites as historically significant. This list is intended as a quick reference for these sites. The sites may or may not be owned by the church.
There were 28 Mormons in Fort Worth in 1920. Soon they will build a 30,000-square-foot temple
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased the temple site and some of the surrounding area in 1909. [7] Since then, Far West has been maintained as a historic site. It is located 7 miles (11 km) south of U.S. Route 36 on Missouri Route D .