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

The Denver Colorado LDS Temple

As of January 1, 2011, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 142,473 members in 30 stakes,[1] 289 congregations (257 wards[2] and 32 branches[2]), four missions, and two temple in Colorado.[3][4]

History

A brief history can be found at Church News "US Information: Colorado"

Membership history

Year Membership
1920 4,376
1930 6,435
1940 7,882
1950 10,728
1960 19,587
1970 35,613
1980 69,000
1990 88,625
1999 112,232
2008 137,145
2012 144,904

Missions

The Colorado Mission was opened on December 15, 1896 with John W. Taylor as president.[5] This mission was renamed the Western States Mission on April 1, 1907, then the Colorado-New Mexico Mission on June 10, 1970, then the Colorado Mission on October 10, 1972, and the Colorado Denver Mission on June 20, 1974. It was finally renamed the Colorado Denver South Mission on July 1, 1993 upon creation of the Colorado Denver North Mission.

Colorado now contains four missions.

Mission Organized
Colorado Denver South Mission December 15, 1896
Colorado Denver North Mission July 1, 1993
Colorado Colorado Springs Mission July 1, 2002
Colorado Fort Collins Mission July 1, 2013

Temples

On October 24, 1986 the Denver Colorado Temple was dedicated by President Ezra Taft Benson. On April 2, 2011, the Fort Collins Colorado Temple was announced.

 40. Denver Colorado Temple

Location:
Announced:
Dedicated:
 Size:
Style:

Centennial, Colorado, US
March 31, 1982
October 24, 1986 by Ezra Taft Benson
27,006 sq ft (2,509 m2) and 90 ft (27 m) high on a 7.56 acre (3.1 ha) site
Modern, single-spire design - designed by Church A&E Services and Bobby R. Thomas

 153. Fort Collins Colorado Temple

Location:
Announced:
Dedicated:
 Size:
 Notes:

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
April 2, 2011
October 16, 2016 by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
42,000 sq ft (3,900 m2) and 112 ft (34 m) high on a 11.54 acre (4.7 ha) site
Announced by Thomas S. Monson on April 2, 2011[6][7]

Communities

Latter-day Saints have had a significant role in establishing and settling communities within the "Mormon Corridor", including the following located in Colorado:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Colorado Stakes. LDS Stake & Ward Web Sites. List of Stakes in Colorado.
  2. 1 2 LDS Meetinghouse Locator. Nearby congregations (wards and branches).
  3. ↑ "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: USA-Colorado", Newsroom, LDS Church, 31 December 2011, retrieved 2012-10-18
  4. ↑ "United States information: Colorado", Church News Online Almanac, Deseret News, February 2, 2010, retrieved 2012-10-18
  5. ↑ John Whittaker Taylor. Grampa Bill's General Authority Pages
  6. ↑ "Fort Collins Colorado Temple", ldschurchtemples.com, retrieved April 2, 2011 .
  7. ↑ "Site Announced for Fort Collins Temple", LDS Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, retrieved August 10, 2011 .

Further reading

  • Bird, Twila (1994) [1987]. Build Unto My Holy Name: The Story of the Denver Temple (2nd ed.). Denver Colorado Area Public Communications Council, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ISBN 096192960X. OCLC 17369530.
  • Dorigatti, Barbara T. (2008). "Settlement of Colorado by Utah Pioneers". Pioneer Pathways. Daughters of Utah Pioneers. 11: 1–52.
  • Flower, Judson Harold, Jr. (1966). Mormon Colonization of the San Luis Valley, Colorado, 1878-1900 (M.A. thesis). Brigham Young University.
  • Jensen, Richard L. (1992), "Colorado, Pioneer Settlements in", in Ludlow, Daniel H, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, New York: Macmillan Publishing, pp. 294–295, ISBN 0-02-879602-0, OCLC 24502140 .
  • Jones, Garth N. (Spring 2002). "James Thompson Lisonbee: San Luis Valley Gathering, 1876-78". Journal of Mormon History. 28 (1): 212–55.
  • McGehee, Linda C. (2000). The Development of the Fort Collins Mormon Community During the Twentieth Century (M.A. thesis). Colorado State University.
  • Skinner, Andrew C. (2000), "Colorado", Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, pp. 228–229, ISBN 1573458228, OCLC 44634356 .
  • Colorado Springs Colorado North Stake (1988). The Stone Rolls Forth : A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Southeastern Colorado, 1846-1986. Bountiful, UT: Horizon Publishers. ISBN 0882903314. OCLC 21312122.


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