4 New YSA stakes created in Phoenix, AZ

Following the pattern in Utah, Idaho and recently Virginia, the church is converting it's university stakes to Young Single Adult Stakes (YSA).  Four were created in the Phoenix - Mesa area this week

http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/

27. Gilbert Arizona YSA - June 9th, 2012
28. Mesa Arizona YSA East - June 9th, 2012
29. Mesa Arizona YSA West - June 9th, 2012
30. Phoenix Arizona YSA - June 9th, 2012


There are now 95 stakes in Arizona and 1,501 in the US.  There are 2,976 worldwide but still 50.4% are in the US. 19 of the 30 stakes created this year are outside of the US and surprisingly only one stake this year is in Utah.

The Church is on track to create 65 stakes this year or 1.3 per week. That translates to completing 5 or 6 wards and branches a week and probably 2 or 3 buildings a week. The Church has not created more than 50 stakes a year since 1996.

Year	Members	Stakes	Add New
1969	2,807,456	496	23
1970	2,930,810	537	41
1971	3,090,953	562	25
1972	3,218,908	592	30
1973	3,306,658	630	38
1974	3,409,987	675	45
1975	3,572,202	737	62
1976	3,742,749	798	61
1977	3,969,220	885	87
1978	4,166,854	990	105
1979	4,404,121	1,062	72
1980	4,639,822	1,218	156
1981	4,920,449	1,321	103
1982	5,162,619	1,392	71
1983	5,351,724	1,458	66
1984	5,641,054	1,507	49
1985	5,919,483	1,582	75
1986	6,166,974	1,622	40
1987	6,394,314	1,666	44
1988	6,721,210	1,707	41
1989	7,308,444	1,739	32
1990	7,761,179	1,784	45
1991	8,089,843	1,837	53
1992	8,404,087	1,919	82
1993	8,689,619	1,968	49
1994	9,025,914	2,008	40
1995	9,340,898	2,150	142
1996	9,694,549	2,296	146
1997	10,070,524	2,424	128
1998	10,354,241	2,505	81
1999	10,752,986	2,542	37
2000	11,068,861	2,581	39
2001	11,394,522	2,607	26
2002	11,721,548	2,602	-1.0
2003	11,985,254	2,624	22
2004	12,275,822	2,665	41
2005	12,560,869	2,701	36
2006	12,868,606	2,745	42
2007	13,193,999	2,790	42
2008	13,508,509	2,816	26
2009	13,824,854	2,869	40
2010	14,131,467	2,898	29
2011	14,441,346	2,946	48
2012	Actual	2,976	30

The Church membership doubles about every 18 years, or in less than a single generation and has done so since it's first year after being restored in 1830.

Manaus Brazil Temple dedicated and open

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf dedicated Brazil's 6th temple and the 138th worldwide on 10 June 2012.

The other 5 temples are hundreds an hundreds of miles away in the south-east portion of Brazil.

ldschurchnews.com/Manaus-Brazil-Temple-Dedication-138th-worldwide-and-sixth-in-Brazil

"Church leaders determined to construct the temple after years of sacrifice by Latter-day Saints in the Amazon River Basin to reach the temple.

For almost 20 years, Church members from Manaus, a city isolated by major rivers and rainforests, have been traveling by caravan to attend the temple in Sao Paulo, Brazil — a 15-day round trip journey by boat and bus — and then Caracus, Venezuela — an eight-day journey by bus."

Manaus Brazil Temple pictures - note river in background, I assume it doesn't flood?

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/manaus/

Brazil's 7th temple in Fortaleza, Brazil is still under construction.

3 more new Stakes - Mexico, Venezuela, Texas

The LDS church has now created 26 stakes in 21 weeks in 2012.

The Ciudad del Carmen México is coastal in the southern Yucatan Peninsula on the eastern side of Mexico.  This is the 4th stake created in Mexico this year and there are now 226 stakes in Mexico (Brazil has 244) This stake is closest to the Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico temple, dedicated in 2000.  There are 12 operating temples in Mexico and one more under construction. (There are 13 operating temples in Utah + 3 under construction)

The Porlamar Venezuela stake is also coastal in the northern part of Venezuela. This is the first new stake in Venezuela in 2012 (4 last year) and there are now 34 stakes there.  By comparison, Ecuador has 34 stakes, England 37 and Australia 32.  Venezuela just has the one temple in Caracas, dedicated in 2000.

The Summerwood Texas Stake is a suburb of Houston. This is the second new stake in Texas in 2012 and there are now 58 stakes there. There are 4 temples in Texas including nearby Houston.

All three new stakes this week were near the Gulf of Mexico. Coincidence, I think Not !


24. Ciudad del Carmen México - June 3rd, 2012
25. Porlamar Venezuela - June 3rd, 2012
26. Summerwood Texas Stake - June 3rd, 2012

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There are now 2,972 stakes worldwide, with 1,497 in the US and 1,475 outside. The average number of new stakes over the past five years is 37. At this pace, the 3,000 Stake might be created this November.

Annual General Conference Statistical Report

Announced at the Saturday Afternoon General Session of April Conference.  (As of Dec 31, 2011)

Over 400,000 Baptisms was a 3% growth over last year and the first time over 400,000 since 1996.

Year	Membership	Children   Baptized	Converts	% Converts	Baptisms	Growth	Growth %
1995	9,340,898	71,139	304,330	81.1%	375,469	314,984	3.5%
1996	9,694,549	81,017	321,385	79.9%	402,402	353,651	3.8%
1997	10,070,524	75,214	317,798	80.9%	393,012	375,975	3.9%
1998	10,354,241	76,829	299,134	79.6%	375,963	283,717	2.8%
1999	10,752,986	84,118	306,171	78.4%	390,289	398,745	3.9%
2000	11,068,861	81,450	273,973	77.1%	355,423	315,875	2.94%
2001	11,394,522	69,522	292,612	80.8%	362,134	325,661	2.94%
2002	11,721,548	81,132	283,138	77.7%	364,270	327,026	2.87%
2003	11,985,254	99,457	242,923	71.0%	342,380	263,706	2.25%
2004	12,275,822	98,870	241,239	70.9%	340,109	290,568	2.42%
2005	12,560,869	93,150	243,108	72.3%	336,258	285,047	2.32%
2006	12,868,606	94,006	272,845	74.4%	366,851	307,737	2.45%
2007	13,193,999	93,698	279,218	74.9%	372,916	325,393	2.53%
2008	13,508,509	123,502	265,593	68.3%	389,095	314,510	2.38%
2009	13,824,854	119,722	280,106	70.1%	399,828	316,345	2.34%
2010	14,131,467	120,528	272,814	69.4%	393,342	306,613	2.22%
2011	14,441,346	119,917	281,312	70.1%	401,229	309,879	2.19%

Outside US

US

Dec-11

8,212,113

6,229,233

US LDS Growth rate 1.04%
US Gen Pop Growth rate 0.57%

New Missionaries Called : 33,000
New Missions : 7
Total Missions 347

Countries opened or re-opened

Kosovo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Macedonia

Montenegro

Turkey

Books of Mormon Printed  4.6 Million
Languages :  113

New Temples (2)

135	San Salvador	2011
136	Quetzaltenango Guatemala	2011
137	Kansas City, MO	2012
138	Manaus, Brazil	2012

New Stakes : 48
New Wards / Branches : 324

First Stake in a Country

Order	COUNTRY	NAME OF STAKE	DATE ORGANIZED
78	Cape Verde	Praia Cape Verde (2962)	29-Apr-12
74	Guam	Barrigada Guam (2893)	10-Dec-10
79	India	Hyderabad India (2967)	27-May-12
76	Indonesia	Jakarta Indonesia (2923)	22-May-11
80	New Caldonia (France)	Noumea New Caledonia (2968)	27-May-12
77	Russia	Moscow Russia (2926)	5-Jun-11
73	Uganda	Kampala Uganda (2870)	19-Jan-10
75	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi Stake (2910)	15-Apr-11

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/

Worldwide Statistics

Total Church Membership	14,441,346
Missions	340
Missionaries	55,410
Missionary Training Centers	15
Temples	137
Congregations	28,784
Universities & Colleges	4
Seminary Students Enrollment	375,388
Institute Student Enrollment	352,441
Family History Centers	4,676
Countries with Family History Centers	128
Countries Receiving Humanitarian Aid (Since 1985)	179
Welfare Services Missionaries (Incl. Humanitarian Service Missionaries)	9,251
Church Materials Languages	176

India's First Stake, & New Caledonia's First Stake

The LDS Church not only created 2 more stakes, but both were the first stakes in those locations

There are just over 10,000 Latter-day Saints in what is now one stake and six districts of the Church in India. There are two missions, the India Bangalore Mission and the India New Delhi Mission.

The new stake will be in the Hong Kong China Temple district

The population in India is estimated at 1.22 Billion or 17% of the World's population

India is the 79th Nation to have an LDS stake and the 7th new country since Jan 2010

www.ldschurchnews.com/First-stake-in-India



There are just over 2,000 Latter-day Saints in what is now one stake with 5 wards and 3 branches. The islands in the South Pacific that make up New Caledonia are approximately 1/2 between Brisbane Australia and the Fiji islands.  New Caledonia is in the Fiji Suva Mission and actually is a part of France (11 time zones away).

The new stake will be in the Suva Fiji Temple district

The population in  New Caledonia is estimated at 225 Thousand, so 0.9% of their population is already LDS.

New Caledonia is the 80th Nation or territory to have an LDS stake and the 8th new country since Jan 2010


WOW !

22. Hyderabad India - May 27th, 2012

23. Noumea New Caledonia - May 27th, 2012

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Kansas City Missouri Temple dedicated

In an area of the United States hallowed by the sacrifices of Latter-day Saints in the late 1830s, President Thomas S. Monson dedicated the Kansas City Missouri Temple on May 6, the Church’s 137th operating temple.

ldschurchnews.com/Kansas-City-Missouri-Temple-dedicated-by-President-Thomas-S-Monson

ldschurchnews.com/Western-Missouri-a-scene-of-momentous-Church-history

Along with the St. Louis, Temple, there are no two temples in Missouri (and 14 Stakes)

While the Church did not mention the Missouri extermination order that legalized killing Mormons in Missouri (from 1838 to 1980) before the Civil War and the 14th Amendment superseded states rights to discriminate, the Governor of Missouri declared this "a time of healing"  There are 67,000 members in Missouri, the most in any mid-western state.