• Reorganizing a Stake after the sudden passing of its President Washington DC LDS Stake celebrates 75 years The Washington DC Chapel A Mormon stake president's...
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    with congregation(s) meeting in Virginia The Washington DC YSA South Stake is entirely in Virginia LDS Church portal Virginia: Religion Southern Virginia...
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  • October 26: Stake missionaries are first called, in the Granite Utah Stake. November 29: The M.I.A. Scouts are created as the first official LDS organization...
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    members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Washington, D.C. It has since grown to 3,168 members in 4 congregations. Official...
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    In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Temples are considered by...
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    The U.S. state of Washington has the sixth most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States. The LDS Church is the 2nd...
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    Richard G. Scott (category Religious leaders from Washington, D.C.)
    of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Scott was born in Idaho in 1928 and grew up in Washington, D.C. He attended George Washington University as an undergraduate...
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  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing...
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    members. LDS Church leaders have stated that the church will become involved in political matters if it perceives that there is a moral issue at stake, such...
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    J. Willard Marriott (category Latter Day Saints from Washington, D.C.)
    late 1940s and 1950s, as president of the LDS Church's Washington Stake, headquartered in Washington, D.C. "J. Willard Marriott". www.marriott.com. Retrieved...
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  • James J. Hamula (category American general authorities (LDS Church))
    environmental law issues. In the LDS Church, Hamula served as elders quorum president, bishop, stake high councilor, and stake Young Men president. He also...
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  • and its agents. In 2001, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) paid a three million dollar settlement to Jeremiah Scott, after Scott...
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    Educational System (CES) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular...
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    Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Utah. Utah has more church members than any other U.S. state or country. The LDS Church is also the...
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  • A mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned...
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    Angeles California and the Washington DC temples had a similar statue. Moroni statues then became a standard part of nearly all LDS temples, and have been...
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    other LDS Visitors' Centers, including those at the Mesa Arizona, Los Angeles California, the Washington D.C., and Laie Hawaii temples. The LDS Church...
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    Saints in Idaho refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Idaho. Rexburg, Idaho is home to Brigham Young...
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    in Washington D.C. and met the Brazilian Ambassador to the United States, MaurĂ­cio Nabuco. Two of the governors of Brazil helped him register the LDS Church...
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    recommend requires one to abide by LDS Church doctrine and be interviewed and considered worthy by their bishop and stake president. A prerequisite to contracting...
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  • Susan H. Porter (category General Presidents of the Primary (LDS Church))
    She married the late Bruce D. Porter in the Washington D.C. Temple in 1977. He later served as an LDS Church general authority. He passed away in 2016...
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    David S. King (category Latter Day Saints from Washington, D.C.)
    practiced law in Washington, D.C., and served as an alternate director at the World Bank. He retired in 1986 to devote his time to serving the LDS Church. From...
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    Saints (LDS Church) and its members in California. California has the 2nd most members of the LDS Church in the United States, behind Utah. The LDS Church...
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    Early in its history, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) had a series of negative encounters with the federal government of...
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    Russell M. Nelson (category American general authorities (LDS Church))
    in the LDS Church. In Minnesota, he served as what was then known as Sunday School Superintendent in his local congregation. In Washington DC, he was...
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  • John M. Madsen (category Latter Day Saints from Washington, D.C.)
    a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority since 1992. Madsen's father, Louis...
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    the Independence Stake was split from the Kansas City stake in 1971 and a stake was organized in Springfield in 1973. The first LDS temple in Missouri...
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    Ezra Taft Benson (category Latter Day Saints from Washington, D.C.)
    In 1939, he became president of the Boise Idaho Stake. Later that year, he moved to Washington, D.C., to become Executive Secretary of the National Council...
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    Heber J. Grant (category American general authorities (LDS Church))
    the 1940s in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, DC. Grant presided at the dedication of an LDS chapel in Washington, DC, in 1933, which was seen to mark...
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    of Eastern Oregon. An LDS chapel in Fossil. A contemporary LDS chapel in Beaverton. The Medford Oregon Temple. The Union Stake Tabernacle in La Grande...
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