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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania reported 51,765 members in 12 stakes, one district, 109 congregations (79 wards and 30 branches), two missions, and one temple, as of December 31, 2017.[1][2]

History

Joseph Smith and the first members of the Church were baptized in the Susquehanna River in May 1829.[3]

A total of 12 congregations were organized in Pennsylvania in the 1830s, before members gathered to Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.[4]

In 2016 Inga Saffron, architecture critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer, called the new Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple "the most radical work of architecture built in Philadelphia in a half-century ... because it dares to be so out of step with today's design sensibilities and our bottom-line culture." Estimating its cost as more than $100 million, she wrote that the temple was "the real classical deal" and "a bold incursion into the hierarchical fabric of Philadelphia".[5]

In 2020, the LDS Church canceled services and other public gatherings indefinitely in response to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.[6]

Missions

Temples
Pittsburgh
Temples in Pennsylvania
Red = Operating
Blue = Under Construction
Yellow = announced
Black = Closed for Renovations
Main article: Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple

The Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple was announced on October 4, 2008 by church president Thomas S. Monson.[7]

 152. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple

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Dedicated:
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
October 4, 2008
September 18, 2016 by Henry B. Eyring[8]
61,466 sq ft (5,710 m2) on a 1.6 acre (0.6 ha) site
Announced at the 178th Semiannual General Conference.[9]

References
  1. "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: USA-Pennsylvania", Newsroom, LDS Church, 31 December 2017, retrieved December 31, 2017
  2. "United States information: Pennsylvania", Church News Online Almanac, Deseret News, February 2, 2010, retrieved 2012-10-18
  3. Quinn (1994, pp. 5–6,15–20); Bushman (2005, pp. 74–75).
  4. "Facts and Statistics", Church News, 2020. Retrieved on 3 April 2020.
  5. Saffron, Inga (August 2, 2016). "Changing Skyline: Mormon Temple: Radical conservative upstart". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  6. Lovett, Ian. "Mormon Church Cancels Services World-Wide Amid Coronavirus Crisis", The Wall Street Journal, 12 March 2020. Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  7. Dougherty, James M (October 4, 2008), "Rome LDS temple, four others announced", Deseret News, retrieved November 5, 2012
  8. Weaver, Sarah Jane (September 18, 2016). "President Eyring dedicates temple in Philadelphia, the place 'where so much began'". Deseret News.
  9. Mikita, Carole (October 4, 2008). "LDS Church plans temples in Rome, 4 other locations". KSL.com. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

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