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Mormons in North America, Latin America, the South Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Asia: An Overview

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has experienced significant membership growth within the past century. Church membership reached one million in 1947, five million in 1982, 10 million in 1997, and 15 million in 2013. Although impressive on paper, only about one-third of Church-reported members regularly attend church services. Moreover, membership growth rates have dramatically slowed within the past three decades. Nevertheless, membership growth trends in the twenty-first century have significantly varied by region from rapid growth to stagnant growth or slight decline.

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Martinich, M. (2020). Mormons in North America, Latin America, the South Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Asia: An Overview. In: Shepherd, R.G., Shepherd, A.G., Cragun, R.T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52616-0_11

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