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• Tokyo Japan Temple
  ...Asia [[Mission]] was headquartered in Tokyo, and the first [[Missionaries|missionaries]] included future Church President [[Heber J. Grant]] and Alma O. Taylor, w ...sionaries]] in Japan following the war. They along with the newly returned missionaries found members who had remained strong since the 1920s and others who were r
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• Elder
  ...of this priesthood. [[General Authorities]] and [[Mormon missionaries|male missionaries]] are called by the title, [http://lds.about.com/library/glossary/bldefelde ...thood quorums to accomplish the work of the Lord more effectively. In each ward, the high priests and the elders will now be combined into one elders quoru
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• LDS Sermons
  ...rom two to twenty minutes. There is often a youth speaker (a member of the ward between the ages of 12 and 17) and it is usual for married couples to speak ...eeting. It is also traditional in the Church to have [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] that have just been called to the mission field or who have just returned
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• Raymond Weaver
  ...ching his wife, who had noted a change in him. They began meeting with the missionaries at the Proudfoot home. ...life—it’s a lot to comprehend,” she says. By the second lesson, the missionaries told Laura about the reality of eternal families. “That is when the Spiri
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• Keith Lionel Brown
  He told the [[Missionaries|missionaries]] that were teaching him at the time (Matthew Christopher Jennejohn and Lay ...Second]] and [[First Counselor]]), as [[High Priest]] Group Leader, and as Ward [[Mission]] Leader. He also taught [[Missionary|missionary]] preparation cl
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• Richard L. Bushman
  ...put together a book, entitled ''Mormon Lives'', during this time about the ward members. [[Category:Missionaries in the United States]]
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• Convert Retention
  ...is through [[baptism]] and reception of the [[Holy Ghost]]. Thus, [[Mormon missionaries]] aim to baptize as many as possible. Latter-day Saints, however, believe t ...f Jesus Christ has experienced explosive growth, and some Latter-day Saint missionaries report baptizing hundreds during their missionary service. However, this ex
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• Matthias F. Cowley
  ...quorums donated for the erection of the [[Salt Lake Temple]], and acted as Ward Teacher almost continuously, from October 1874, to February 24, 1878, at wh ...home. He visited ten Stakes of [[Zion]], holding meetings in nearly every Ward thereof. He increased the circulation of the magazine to over four thousand
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• George Reynolds
  ...er of the boys' Bible class. Having removed his residence to the Twentieth Ward, he became, in 1868, librarian and a teacher in its Sunday School, and in D ...mploy of the Church. For many years he was superintendent of the Twentieth Ward Sunday School, and at the time of his death was the oldest member of the De
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• Richmond Virginia Temple
  ...and only the sixth stake on the Atlantic coast. At that time, the Richmond Ward numbered 700 members.
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• Mormon Yankees
  ...he “Mormon Yankees.”[https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/11/23/21594136/missionaries-australia-mormon-yankees-church-jesus-christ-college-basketball-byu-utah-mo According to the ''Deseret News'', “Starting in 1937, missionaries began playing basketball in Australia and generated positive publicity for
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• Thomas S. Monson Stories
  ...Grant Remund is getting older. Their sons have served together in the same ward bishopric. I truly treasure the friendship of these two wonderful families. ...ing the Church, and a number of people threatened violence against the two missionaries. At a critical moment, a woman who was a widow stepped between the elders a
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• Bengaluru India Temple
  ...Latter-day Saints]. The members are organized into 45 congregations (21 [[Ward|wards]], 24 [[Branch|branches]]), four [[Stake|stakes]], and three [[Distri ...l also include new residences for the temple president, temple and service missionaries, and the mission president.
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• Mormon Men
  ...ple of work; service; and many, many others. Each congregation (called a [[ward]] - organized geographically) can be a community in itself, with members re [[Image:Mormon-missionaries-men01.jpg|left|200px|alt=Mormon Missionaries]]
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• LDS Church Growth: 30 Years in Haiti
  ...y 12, 2013, Elder Andersen and his wife, Kathy, and LDS Church leaders and missionaries serving in Haiti “drove high above the capital city of Port au Prince to ...d branches, where the programs of the Church are administered. Normally, a ward is comprised of 300-600 people and a branch is less than 200. About five to
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• Keys
  ...Peter, James, and John. Joseph Smith had keys to organize the Church, send missionaries, and ordain priesthood leaders. ...preside over a local organization of the Church, such as a [[stake]], a [[ward]] or branch, a mission or district, a priesthood quorum, or a [[Mormon Temp
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• Church Organization
  ...small to be wards, shepherded by a branch president and two counselors; [[Ward|wards]], which are geographically-organized as single congregations, admini Within each ward, stake, and the Church, there are auxiliary organizations for the men ([[pr
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• LDS Church Growth: 2012 Statistical Report
  *[[Ward|Wards]] and branches (congregations) = 29,014 ==MISSIONARIES==
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• San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple
  ...[[Stake|stakes]] and five [[District|districts]], 236 congregations (178 [[Ward|wards]] and 58 [[Branch|branches]]), and four [[Mission|missions]] - Hondur ...merica Mission was created. On 21 March 1953, the first two [[Missionaries|missionaries]] in Honduras, James T. Thorup and George W. Allen, [[Baptism by Immersion|
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• Stake President
  ...iastical organization that consists of several geographically contiguous [[ward]]s and may include smaller units called [[branch]]es. It is roughly analogo ...hem apart after they have been sustained by vote of the stake. Full-time [[missionaries]] are set apart by him just prior to leaving, and later upon their return f
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