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

As of January 1, 2011, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 24,965 members in four stakes,[1] 51 congregations (38 wards[2] and 13 branches[2]), one mission, and one temple in Massachusetts.[3][4]

History

Massachusetts

The nightly preachings of George J. Adams brought an audience of some 1,200 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1843. At that time, there were some 14 branches (small congregations) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Boston area. Eleven years prior, the first missionaries for the Church arrived in Boston to organize congregations. Church President Joseph Smith passed through Boston on his way to Washington, D.C., in 1839. After President Smith was martyred in 1844, several members in Massachusetts joined the mass exodus west, and missionary work in the state slowed.

In 1894, one year after the area was reopened to missionaries, Church membership was 96. A decade later, missionaries encountered hostilities toward the Church during the highly-publicized United States Senate hearings on Church leader and Senator-elect Reed Smoot, and police disallowed missionaries to hold open-air meetings. By 1930, membership was nearly 360, some of whom were recently-returned missionaries studying at Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the headquarters for the New England States Mission. A Church building was dedicated in the area in 1956.

The Church completed and dedicated the Boston Massachusetts Temple in 2000, marking the 100th operating temple in the Church.<5>

A brief history can be found at LDS Newsroom (Massachusetts) or Deseret News 2010 Church Almanac (Massachusetts)

Mission

Temple

The Boston Massachusetts Temple was dedicated on October 1, 2000 by President Gordon B. Hinckley.

 100. Boston Massachusetts Temple

Location:
Announced:
Dedicated:
 Size:
Style:

Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
September 30, 1995
October 1, 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley
69,600 sq ft (6,470 m2) and 139 ft (42 m) high on a 8 acre (3.2 ha) site
Classic modern, single-spire design - designed by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates and Church A&E Services

References

  1. ↑ Massachusetts Stakes. LDS Stake & Ward Web Sites. List of Stakes in Massachusetts.
  2. 1 2 LDS Meetinghouse Locator. Nearby Congregations (Wards and Branches).
  3. ↑ "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: USA-Massachusetts", Newsroom, LDS Church, 31 December 2011, retrieved 2012-11-10
  4. ↑ "United States information: Massachusetts", Church News Online Almanac, Deseret News, February 2, 2010, retrieved 2012-11-10

5 - http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-states/state/massachusetts

Further reading

  • Berrett, LaMar C., ed. (1999). New England and Eastern Canada. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 1. Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57008-644-3.
  • Cannon, Donald Q.; Garr, Arnold K.; Van Orden, Bruce A., eds. (2004). Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The New England States. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center. ISBN 0-8425-2583-1.
  • Cannon, Donald Q., ed. (1988). Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: New England. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University. ISBN 0-8425-2284-0.
  • Dayley, Kristen Smith (2012). For All the Saints: Lessons Learned in Building the Kingdom. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, Inc. ISBN 1462110649.
  • Godfrey, Kenneth W. (1984). "More Treasures Than One: Section 111". Hearken O Ye People. Sandy, UT: Randall Book. p. 191-204. ISBN 0934126569.
  • Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel; Cottle, T. Jeffery (1991). Old Mormon Palmyra and New England. Santa Ana, CA: Fieldbrook Production. ISBN 1879786001.
  • Kuehn, Elizabeth (June 1, 2015). "More Treasures Than One: D&C 111". Revelations in Context. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Department.
  • Lindsay, Jay (February 12, 2006). "Mormon church small but expanding in liberal Massachusetts". USA Today (AP).
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