The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Delaware

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Delaware
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Membership5,634 (2019)[1]
Stakes2
Wards10
Branches2
Total Congregations12
Family History Centers3[2]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Delaware refers to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Delaware. As of 2019, the LDS Church reported 5,634 members in 12 congregations.[1]

Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.55% in 2014.[3] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of Delawareans self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church.[4] The LDS Church is the 11th largest denomination in Delaware.[5]

History[]

Membership in Delaware
YearMembership
194119
1960400
19741,350
19801,767
19903,178
19993,730
20094,716
20195,634
*Membership was published as a rounded number.
Source: Wendall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac State Information: Delaware[1]

Missionaries for LDS Church arrived in Delaware in 1837.[6]

Block teaching began in 1941 among some 16 LDS families meetings began May 4, and the Wilmington branch was organized September 28, 1941. The branch, with 9 adults and 10 children, continued with little growth for the next decade. In 1950, some 63 attended a branch party at the home of the branch president. The Salisbury Branch was organized in 1953. The Dover Branch was organized later that decade.[7]

In 2010, Delaware member Bruce Winn, CEO of 1,100 employees at the Corporation Service Co., left the company to serve as a mission president and, later, as the first temple president of the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple.[8]

Stakes[]

In 1960, the Philadelphia Stake was created which included Delaware congregations. On December 8, 1974, the Wilmington Delaware Stake was created covering the Delaware and nearby areas in Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. On November 18, 1979, the New Jersey Wards and branches of the Wilmington Stake were organized as the Pitman New Jersey Stake.

On June 18, 2006, William W. John, programs manager at DuPont, became stake president for the Wilmington Delaware Stake.[9]

On April 12, 2012, The Dover Delaware stake (Delaware's second) was created from the Wilmington Delaware Stake.[10]

As of February 2022, Deleware had the following congregations:[11]

Dover Delaware Stake

  • Camden Ward
  • Dover Ward
  • Harrington Ward
  • Salisbury Ward
  • Seaford Ward
  • Smyrna Ward

Wilmington Delaware Stake

  • Newark 1st Ward
  • Newark 2nd Ward
  • Newark 3rd Ward
  • Wilmington 1st Ward
  • Wilmington 2nd Ward
  • Wilmington 3rd Branch (Spanish)
  • Newark YSA Branch

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by State: Delaware", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 21 June 2021
  2. ^ Category:Delaware Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved 21 June 2021
  3. ^ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States)
  4. ^ "Adults in Delaware: Religious composition of adults in Delaware". Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research Center. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report". Thearda.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021. Note:While it's the eleventh largest denomination in Delaware, it's the twelfth largest denomination when "nondenominational" is considered as a denomination.
  6. ^ "Facts and Statistics", Church News, 2020. Retrieved on 1 April 2020.
  7. ^ Helen Candland Stark, The L.D.S. Church in Delaware: A Book of Remembrance,1966.
  8. ^ Shaw, Julie. "Leadership announced for new Mormon temple", The Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 June 2016. Retrieved on 1 April 2020.
  9. ^ "New Stake Presidents", Church News. July 29, 2006.
  10. ^ "New Stake Presidents", Church News, May 5, 2012.
  11. ^ "Classic Maps", churchofjesuschrist.org, retrieved 2021-06-08

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