The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' membership rose by 141,737, or 0.9%, last year — a higher rate than in 2020 but still below pre-pandemic levels, the church said on Saturday at its 192nd Annual General Conference.
Latter-day Saint faithful stand as top church leaders leave the Conference Center after the morning session of General Conference on Saturday, April 2, 2022. The church reported it now has more than 16.8 million members worldwide.Growth in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rebounded last year after falling off aOverall membership rose by 141,737 to 16,805,400, according to 2021as part of the faith’s 192nd Annual General Conference, a nearly 0.9% bump.
While that outpaced 2020′s 0.6% gain, it finished far below the 1.54% increase reported the prior year.proselytizers were pulled back in 2020 due to COVID-19. The pandemic remains a barrier, but restrictions are being eased in many parts of the world. The church noted it had 54,539 full-time proselytizers at the end last year and 36,639 service missionaries, up from 51,819 and 30,527, respectively, at the
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