Interesting Latter-Day Saint Facts (That may or may not lead to your salvation).

Joseph Smith 18 Apostles 3 Future Church Presidents Thomas B. Marsh David W. Patten Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Orson Hyde William E. McLellin Parley P. Pratt Luke Johnson William Smith Orson Pratt Lyman E. Johnson John E. Page John Taylor Wilford Woodruff George A. Smith Willard Richards Lyman Wight Amasa Lyman Brigham Young 9 Apostles 2 Future Church Presidents Ezra T. Benson Charles C. Rich Lorenzo Snow Erastus Snow Franklin D. Richards George Q. Cannon Joseph F. Smith Brigham Young, Jr. Albert Carrington John Taylor 6 Apostles 1 Future Church President Moses Thatcher Francis M. Lyman John Henry Smith George Teasdale Heber J. Grant John W. Taylor Wilford Woodruff 5 Apostles 0 Future Church Presidents Mariner W. Merrill Anthon H. Lund Abraham H. Cannon Mathias Cowley Abraham O. Woodruff Lorenzo Snow 2 Apostles 0 Future Church Presidents Rudger Clawson Reed Smoot Joseph F. Smith 11 Apostles 3 Future Church Pre

The standards for beginning a new ward a very clear.  In the US and Canada, 300 people are required.  Outside of the US and Canada, it is only 150.  There must be enough temple-recommend holding men to be able to staff the bishopric and other organizations. But with recent changes in the church, and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, could this standard change? My hunch is, that for most of the church, it will not.  In my stake, there are six wards, and I do not see that changing even with fewer callings needed.  But in smaller cities and towns, I can see that some places will see branches become wards.  All you need now are enough active men to form an effective Elder's quorum and enough active women to form a functioning Relief Society.   I would say north of 20 in each case.  40-50 adults could constitute a ward in many cases.  In some cases, the church could even wave the requirement that a Bishop live within the ward, as long as he lives nearby. The could help areas o

The following is a list of the first temple in each US State as of April 10, 2022 Alabama Birmingham Alabama Temple Alaska Anchorage Alaska Temple Arizona Mesa Arizona Temple Arkansas Bentonville Arkansas Temple Nearing completion California Los Angeles California Temple Colorado Denver Colorado Temple Connecticut Hartford Connecticut Temple Delaware No temples in Delaware Florida Orlando Florida Temple Georgia Atlanta Georgia Temple Hawaii Laie Hawaii Temple Idaho Idaho Falls Idaho Temple Illinois Nauvoo Temple A new, similar-looking temple was built on the same site in 2010 Chicago Illinois Temple The oldest temple in Illinois currently in operation Indiana Indianapolis Indiana Temple Iowa There are no temples currently in Iowa Kansas Wichita Kansas Temple Kentucky Louisville Kentucky Temple Louisiana Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple Maine Currently, there are no temples in Maine Maryland Washington DC Tem