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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) (Portuguese: A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias) was established in Brazil in 1926 with the opening of the South American Mission. Missionary work was focused on small German immigrant colonies in South Brazil.
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), an area is an administrative unit that typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions. These areas are the primary church administrative unit between individual stakes or missions and the church as a whole.
The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are within the jurisdiction of a mission of the church. In the list below, if the name of the mission does not include a specific city, the city where the mission headquarters is located is included in parentheses.
At the April 1995 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. [1] In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy.
The Belém Brazil Temple is the 174th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is located in Belém, Brazil, and is the ninth in the country.The intent to build the temple was announced on April 3, 2016, by church president Thomas S. Monson, during general conference. [6]
Church membership in Brazil continues to grow quickly. The Campinas Temple serves more than 117,000 members from 36 stakes in the area. Brazil is home to more Latter-day Saints than any other country in the world, except the United States and Mexico. Plans to build the Campinas Brazil Temple were announced on April 3, 1997.
The Manaus Brazil Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. The Manaus Brazil Temple is the sixth temple in Brazil, the first in the north region of the country, and receives patrons who formerly traveled long distances to attend the Caracas Venezuela Temple. It is located in ...
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