Latest from Mormon Land: LDS membership drops for first time in U.S.; apostle updates divorce remarks
- Source: Latest from Mormon Land: LDS membership drops for first time in U.S.; apostle updates divorce remarksPublisher: The Salt Lake Tribune | Author: By David Noyce | April 16, 2026, 5:00 a.m. | Updated: 7:03 a.m.Published: April 16, 2026 | Archived: May 17, 2026
- Also: Church numbers keep growing in the Global South; “Black 14″ make another food delivery; Relief Society president talks kindness.
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Source: Latest from Mormon Land: LDS membership drops for first time in U.S.; apostle updates divorce remarks Publisher: The Salt Lake Tribune | Author: By David Noyce | April 16, 2026, 5:00 a.m. | Updated: 7:03 a.m. Published: April 16, 2026 | Archived: May 17, 2026
Also: Church numbers keep growing in the Global South; “Black 14″ make another food delivery; Relief Society president talks kindness.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The sun rises at Temple Square as people begin to gather before the morning session of General Conference on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Net Latter-day Saint membership dipped in the U.S. in 2025 for the first time ever.
| April 16, 2026, 5:00 a.m.
| Updated: 7:03 a.m.
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The U.S. is down…
A record 44 countries and territories witnessed their Latter-day Saint rolls grow by at least 10% last year, but the nation with the most members saw its Latter-day Saint ranks decline.
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