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

As of December 31, 2019, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 38,311 members in seven stakes, 75 congregations (60 wards and 15 branches), 29 Family History Centers, and one mission in Kansas.[1]

History

In 1882, missionaries arrived in Kansas and organized the Meridian Branch.[2]

By 1930, Church membership in Kansas was 2,060 and the first stake in Kansas was organized in June 1962.[2]

The Kansas City Missouri Temple, dedicated in 2012, serves 45,000 LDS Church members from 126 congregations in Kansas and Missouri.[3]

In 2020, the LDS Church canceled services and other public gatherings indefinitely in response to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

Stakes
  • Derby Kansas Stake
  • Garden City Kansas Stake
  • Lenexa Kansas Stake
  • Olathe Kansas Stake
  • Salina Kansas Stake
  • Topeka Kansas Stake
  • Wichita Kansas Stake

Mission

On February 22, 2013, the Kansas Wichita Mission was announced to be created largely from the Missouri Independence Mission.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Facts and Statistics Kansas". www.newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  2. "Facts and Statistics", Church News, 2020. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  3. Anderson, Phil. "New temple to benefit area Mormons", Topeka Capital-Journal, 13 April 2012. Retrieved on 27 March 2020.
  4. Lovett, Ian. "Mormon Church Cancels Services World-Wide Amid Coronavirus Crisis", The Wall Street Journal, 12 March 2020. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  5. "LDS Church announces creation of 58 new missions", Deseret News, February 22, 2013.


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