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

Note: This is NOT a temple prediction post.  Only cities more than 40 miles from their temple included.  Updated After April 2025 General Conference Alabama None Alaska None Arizona Prescott, Arizona Temple District: Phoenix Arizona Stakes: 2 Distance to temple: 83 Miles Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas Temple District: Memphis Tennessee Stakes: 3 Distance to Temple: 154 Miles California Note: Greater Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco metros and Central Valley not included. Lancaster, California Temple District: Los Angeles California Stakes: 2 Distance to temple: 66 Miles Victorville, California Temple District: The Redlands California Stakes: 3 Distance to temple: 53 miles Colorado Manassa/San Luis, Colorado Temple District: Albuquerque New Mexico Stakes: 2 Distance to temple: 191 miles Florida Fort Meyers, Florida Temple District: Fort Lauderdale Florida Stakes: 2 Distance to temple: 128 Miles Georgia Augusta, Georgia Temple District: Columbia South Carolina Stakes: 2 Di...

List of the 30 largest cities in Utah that currently do not have a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Updated after April 2025 General Conference 1. West Valley City Temple District: Salt Lake, Taylorsville 2. Sandy Temple District: Draper, Jordan River 3. Millcreek Temple District: Salt Lake 4. Herriman Temple District: Oquirrh Mountain 5. Murray Temple District: Taylorsville 6. Riverton Temple District: Jordan River, Oquirrh Mountain 7. Eagle Mountain Temple District: Saratoga Springs 8. Roy Temple District: Syracuse, Ogden 9. Pleasant Grove Temple District: Current: Mount Timpanogos Future: Lindon, Mount Timpanogos 10. Kearns Temple District: Taylorsville 11. Midvale Temple District: Jordan River 12. Springville Temple District: Provo City Center 13. Cottonwood Heights Temple District: Salt Lake, Taylorsville 14. Kaysville Temple District: Layton 15. Holladay Temple District: Salt Lake 16. Clearfield Temple District: Syracuse 17. Magna Temple District: Oq...

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...

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...

Generations of church leadership Note: This is based upon American social generational theory and not literal generations. The First Americans The first people that were Natural-Born US Citizens Born between 1776 and 1799 No church presidents, but a few apostles were of this generation First Generation of Church Leadership No official name for this generation The First Generation of the 19th Century Born between 1800 and 1826 Joseph Smith Brigham Young John Taylor Wilford Woodruff Lorenzo Snow Second Generation No official name for this generation Those old enough to fight in the US Civil War Those who were members of the church were born before the Saints arrived in the Salt Lake Valley Born between 1827 and 1846 Joseph F Smith Third Generation The Frontier Generation The first generation born in the west Born between 1847 and 1882 Heber J Grant George Albert Smith David O. McKay Joseph Fielding Smith Fourth Generation The Lost Generation ...

In church history, the COVID-19 pandemic represents the fourth time in church history that missionaries were called home in great numbers or when the number of missionaries serving was limited.  At no time yet, have all missionaries been called home. First World War During the first World War, missionaries in Europe were called home.  Eventually, missionaries were also called home from Africa as fighting spread to the colonies of the central and allied powers.  Missions in the United States, the Pacific, Australia and the Far East continued to operate, but the number of missionaries available was limited due to young men enlisting in the Armed Forces.  After the war ended and the influenza pandemic ended, missionaries returned to the field in full force.  The only mission that was extant at this time that was officially closed was the French Mission. The Utah War, the Civil War and the fight over Utah Statehood and the Plural Marriage fight took its tool o...