The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Largest church in Mormonism
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| April 3 2025 | The church is projected to potentially match humanitarian aid spending with member welfare program expenditures within the next one to three years, according to the Widow's Mite Report. |
| 2025 | The Widow's Mite independent report analyzed church finances, highlighting that the majority of church income now comes from investment returns and predicting the church could be worth $1 trillion by around 2045. |
| 2024 | Japan Sendai Mission was recreated from neighboring missions, demonstrating ongoing reorganization of church missionary territories. |
| 2024 | The Widow's Mite estimates the church spent over $650 million on humanitarian aid, which is over five times its previous long-term baseline. |
| 2024 | The Widow's Mite estimated the church spent about $905 million on member welfare expenditures. |
| 2024 | The church acquires $300 million AUD (equivalent to $203 million USD) worth of farmland in Australia, emphasizing the strategic investment in agricultural opportunities. |
| December 31 2024 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported a total worldwide membership of 17,509,781 and 31,676 congregations at the end of the year. |
| June 2024 | Three new missions planned: Philippines Dumaguete, Philippines General Santos, and Philippines Tuguegarao, indicating continued growth of the Church in the Philippines. |
| June 2024 | The Thailand Bangkok Mission was split into east and west missions, expanding the Church's organizational structure in the region. |
| February 2024 | Thailand Bangkok West and Thailand Bangkok East missions are announced, splitting the original Thailand Bangkok Mission. |
| January 2024 | Property Reserve, Inc. purchases an industrial park in Hialeah, Florida for $174.3 million. |
| 2023 | Church membership growth reached 1.49%, significantly outpacing the world growth rate of 0.88% with the highest positive difference of 0.61% in the recent six-year period. |
| 2023 | The mission was renamed Albania Tirana Mission and expanded to serve Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. |
| December 31 2023 | LDS Church reported a total worldwide membership of 17,255,394 and 31,490 congregations at the end of the year. |
| November 2023 | The fourth temple, the Okinawa Japan Temple, was dedicated. |
| October 2023 | Church president Russell M. Nelson announced the intent to construct the Osaka Japan Temple. |
| October 22 2023 | Bangkok Thailand Temple is dedicated by Ronald A. Rasband, marking the first LDS temple in Thailand. |
| October 1 2023 | The Vancouver Washington Temple was officially announced. |
| June 2023 | Church assets, including international shares, bonds, real estate, and private equity stakes, were estimated to exceed $163 billion. |
| February 2023 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $5 million penalty to the church and Ensign Peak Advisors for concealing investments in multiple shell companies from 1997 to 2019. |
| 2022 | The church joined an amici curiae brief in the 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis case, supporting religious freedom protections for creative professionals regarding same-sex wedding services. |
| 2022 | The U.S. Department of Education dismissed the civil rights investigation of BYU, determining the university was acting within its approved Title IX exemptions. |
| 2022 | The Church's growth rate rebounded to 1.17%, surpassing the world growth rate of 0.83% with a positive difference of 0.34%. |
| 2022 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported having 130,251 members, 6 missions, 231 congregations, and 3 temples in Japan, with an additional temple under construction. |
| 2022 | LDS Church reports 23,450 members in Thailand. |
| 2022 | Subsequent editions of the church's youth guidelines continued to address masturbation by using broader language forbidding activities that 'arouse' sexual feelings in one's 'own body'. |
| 2022 | The church expanded to 14 congregations with 3,314 members in Albania, demonstrating significant growth over nearly three decades since its initial establishment. |
| 2022 | Australia experienced a significant financial increase, reaching A$40,156,155, demonstrating continued financial growth for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 2022 | Investigative journalism by the Truth & Transparency Foundation suggested the church may own the most valuable real estate portfolio in the United States, with a minimum market value of $15.7 billion. |
| 2022 | Eight of the top ten nations with the highest LDS membership growth rate were located in Africa, indicating a significant shift in the church's global demographic expansion. |
| 2022 | The church supported the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified same-sex marriage as legal in the United States, due to included religious freedom protections. |
| 2022 | The church donated $4 million to aid refugees fleeing from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2022 | The church made its largest one-time humanitarian donation of $32 million to the United Nations World Food Programme. |
| October 2022 | The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the church claimed to have donated US$1.35 billion to charity between 2008 and 2020, but private financial reports showed only US$0.177 billion in actual donations. |
| October 2 2022 | President Russell M. Nelson announced the Tacoma Washington Temple during the Sunday afternoon session of the October 2022 General Conference. |
| July 2022 | The Tokyo Japan Temple was rededicated after renovations. |
| April 2022 | During the April general conference, the LDS Church President announces plans to construct a third New Zealand temple in Wellington. |
| 2021 | Businessman Jeff Green publicly left the LDS Church and donated $600,000 to Equality Utah, criticizing the church's stance on women's rights, civil rights, racial equality, and LGBTQ+ rights. |
| 2021 | Apostle Holland called for defending traditional marriage during an address to BYU faculty and staff, using the metaphor of 'musket fire' in support of marriage between a man and a woman. |
| 2021 | The U.S. Department of Education initiated a civil rights investigation of BYU to examine potential violations of Title IX exemptions regarding LGBTQ student discipline. |
| 2021 | A Utah Department of Human Services survey found 48% of gay, lesbian, and bisexual teenagers in the state seriously considered suicide. |
| 2021 | Church membership growth stabilized at 0.85%, closely aligning with the world growth rate of 0.87% with a minimal difference of -0.02%. |
| 2021 | Church services were suspended again in some states due to resurgence of COVID-19 cases. |
| 2021 | Church reported the total value of charitable donations at $906 million. |
| 2021 | Reports of 'soaking' among LDS Church members gained international media attention, generating millions of social media views and discussions about a purported sexual practice as a workaround to church sexual restrictions. |
| 2021 | Financial recovery began, with Australia's contributions rebounding to A$35,108,544 and Great Britain increasing to £34,408,000, indicating economic resilience. |
| 2021 | The church merged its two primary corporate entities into one legal entity named 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'. |
| 2021 | Netflix released Murder Among the Mormons, a documentary about the church's history. |
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