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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nicaragua reported 100,089 members in twelve stakes and four districts, 112 Congregations (73 wards and 39 branches), and two missions in Nicaragua, as of December 31, 2018. The first convert was baptized in 1954 and the first Nicaraguan mission opened in 1989.

History

The first missionaries entered the country in 1953. The first Nicaraguan convert, José de Guzman, was baptized on April 11, 1954, a year after the first missionaries arrived in the country.[1] These missionaries, Elders Manuel Arias and Archie R. Mortensen, were serving in the Central American Mission, which Elder Spencer W. Kimball organized in 1952.[2] In 1959, the first Nicaraguan district was formed. The first stake (the Managua Stake) was created in March 1981 and reorganized in June 1998.[2] Several natural disasters and political crises, including an earthquake that devastated Managua in 1972 and a civil war that began in the late 1970s, slowed missionary work throughout the 1970s and '80s.[2] Foreign missionaries were removed from the country in 1980, and locals continued the work until full-time missionaries returned about ten years later.[2] The first Nicaraguan members entered the temple in Guatemala City in 1987.[1] The Nicaragua Managua Mission opened in October 1989.[1]

In April 2018, church president Russell M. Nelson announced the first temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be built in Nicaragua. The Managua Nicaragua Temple was announced at the same time as six other temples.[3] In 2020, the LDS Church canceled services and other public gatherings indefinitely in response to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

A brief history can be found at LDS Newsroom (Nicaragua) or Deseret News 2010 Church Almanac (Nicaragua).

Missions
The Plan of salvation in Spanish.
  • Nicaragua Managua North Mission
  • Nicaragua Managua South Mission

Temples
205. Managua Nicaragua (Announced)

Location:
Announced:
 Notes:

Managua, Nicaragua
1 April 2018
Announced by Russell M. Nelson on April 1, 2018[5]

References
  1. "Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. "Country information: Nicaragua". Church News. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  3. "Mormon church plans for temples in Russia, India, Nicaragua". apnews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  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. "Seven Temples Announced as April 2018 General Conference Closes: Mormon temples to be built in Asia, Europe, North and South America". Newsroom. LDS Church. 1 April 2018.


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