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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsnouna denomination founded in the U.S. in 1830 by Joseph Smith and based on the teachings of the Book of Mormon.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saintsnounthe official name for the Mormon Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Their property taxes run $2,500 a year, and they give 10% of their income to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as you can imagine, doesn’t endorse “Mormon Wives” for many reasons.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
For many Latino members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is an ambivalent sense of the Church’s stance on immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
It sits on a hill, overlooking a crisp blue lake and a 218-feet-tall granite temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
He's a Mormon and belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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The Taylors, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have religious objections to material that their two elementary-age children might encounter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Most tradwife influencers who talk about faith are Christians of one denomination or another, including Catholics and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025
The group began in the 1930s, assembled by William King Driggs, who was a college voice trainer and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Samuel Bateman was a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS, until he left to start his own small offshoot group.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
The town of Palmyra is intimately connected with the early history of the Mormons or "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."
From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company
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