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While the church was headquartered in Far West, Smith announced revelations that changed the name of the church to the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" and initiated the "Law of Tithing." Conflicts with non-Mormon settlers arose as the church began to plant colonies in the counties surrounding Caldwell.
The President of the Church, Wilford Woodruff, proclaimed the end of Polygamy in the 1890 Manifesto. 1893 The Salt Lake Temple was dedicated on 6 April, exactly forty years after construction began. 1894 The Family History Library was founded on 13 November. 1896 Utah became a state of the United States on 4 January.
These peoples were called "Lamanites", because they were all believed to descend from the Lamanite group in the Book of Mormon. In 1947, the church began the Indian Placement Program, where Native American students (upon request by their parents) were voluntarily placed in Anglo Latter-day Saint foster homes during the school year, where they ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination. Founded during the Second Great Awakening , the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City , Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide.
Because of the distinct belief in the Book of Mormon among Smith's followers, people outside the church began to refer them as "Mormonites" or "Mormons." Smith and other church elders considered the name "Mormon" derogatory. [39] In May 1834, the church adopted a resolution that the church would be known thereafter as "The Church of the Latter ...
Public awareness grew when the Star-Telegram began to include the Latter-day Saints in its “Sunday Church Service Listings.” Local Mormons worshiped in the Elks Hall at 311½ Main St ...
In the 1920s and 1930s, Mormons began migrating out of Utah, a trend hurried by the Great Depression, as Mormons looked for work wherever they could find it. [81] As Mormons spread out, church leaders created programs to help preserve the tight-knit community feel of Mormon culture. [82]
[2] As Jan Shipps has written, "Mormonism, unlike other modern religions, is a faith cast in the form of history," and until after World War II, Mormons did not critically examine the historical underpinnings of their faith; any "profane" investigation of the church's history was perceived "as trespassing on forbidden ground."