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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latter Day Saints | Mississippi | - | 0.70% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Missouri | - | 1.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Montana | - | 2.60% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Nebraska | - | 0.80% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Nevada | - | 8.70% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | New Hampshire | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | New Jersey | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | New Mexico | - | 2.70% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | New York | - | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | New York: Buffalo | 165 | - | 2 units |
- | 1926 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997). [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]; pg. 8. | "Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Two bodies listed under subheading "Latter-day Saints ": Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. " |
| Latter Day Saints | New York: New York City | 14,600 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 110. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Cities by Percentage ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total NY pop: 7.3 million. |
| Latter Day Saints | North Carolina | - | 0.70% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | North Carolina: New Hanover County | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998 | "in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations] |
| Latter Day Saints | North Dakota | - | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Ohio | - | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Oklahoma | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Oregon | - | 2.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Pennsylvania | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia | 3,200 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 110. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Cities by Percentage ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total Philadelphia pop: 1.6 million. |
| Latter Day Saints | Rhode Island | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | South Carolina | - | 0.60% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | South Dakota | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Tennessee | - | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Texas | - | 0.70% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth | 23,400 | 0.60% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 112. | Table 3-6: "Religious Profiles of Selected Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 3.9 million. |
| Latter Day Saints | Texas: Houston | 7,400 | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 112. | Table 3-6: "Religious Profiles of Selected Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 3.7 million. |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | 1,400,000 | 0.83% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 204-205. | Table: "Christians, Their Practices "; "Latter-day Saints: Members in... U.S., 1.4 million [children and adults]. Six groups; much the largest is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Total U.S. assets, $160 million. " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.30% | - | - | 1977 | Wallechinsky, David & Irving Wallace; The People's Almanac: #2; New York: William Morrow & Co.: (1978); pg. 309. | United States of America: "Religions: Roman Catholic, 24.1%; Baptist, 13.1%; Methodist, 6.3%; Lutheran, 4.3%; Eastern Orthodox, 2.1%; Presbyterian, 1.9%; Jewish, 1.9%; Episcopal, 1.4%; Latter-day Saints, 1.3%; other or no religion, 43.6% " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | 2,670,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | Carmody, Denise Lardner & John Tully Carmody. Western Ways to the Center: An Introduction to Western Religions; Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (1983); pg. 122. | Table: "Membership Data on Major American Religious Groups [1979] " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | 4,800,652 | - | - | - | 1982 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Orig. source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1982. New York: Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1982, pp. 351-352.]; pg. 446. | Table: "Religious Membership in the United States " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | 2,487,000 | 1.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 15-17. | Table 1-2: Self-Described Adherence of U.S. Adult Population 1990. Phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by Graduate School of City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1993 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.50% | - | - | 1994 | Neusner, Jacob (ed). World Religions in America: An Introduction; Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press (1994); pg. 63-64. | [24% of Americans are in moderate Protestant denominations; 9% liberal; 9% black Protestant denom.; 16% conservative] "...Mormons (1.5%), are in a class by themselves. " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Web site: Pew Research Center (1998): "The Diminishing Divide: American Churches, American Politics " | "[among] registered voters... Hispanic Catholics 2%, Mormons 2%, Jews 2%, Orthodox Christians 1% and other religions 2%. " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | 4,766,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | Table: "Christian Organizations "; "Membership numbers, as supplied by various denominations " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA | 4,766,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | Table: "Largest Religious Groups: The 16 US faith groups and ethical systems with memberships over 1 million are: " |
| Latter Day Saints | USA - West | - | 4.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the West: Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Latter Day Saints | Utah | 340,000 | - | - | - | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 431. | "The total group of Mormons number about 775,000, mainly in Utah (340,000) and Idaho (100,000) and the western states. There are over 2,000 local churches. They are divided into six different denominations. " |
| Latter Day Saints | Utah | - | 69.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Vermont | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Virginia | - | 0.70% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Washington | - | 1.90% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Washington, D.C. | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. [Geographic region in this table is listed as "District of Columbia ", not "Washington, D.C. "] |
| Latter Day Saints | West Virginia | - | 0.60% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | Wisconsin | - | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints | world | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1844 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 432. | "Latter Day Saints:... After death of Joseph Smith Jr. by mob, 27 June 1844, most of the over 200,000 members were scattered. Some 20,000 followed Brigham Young to Utah... " |
| Latter Day Saints | world | 775,000 | - | - | - | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 431. | "The total group of Mormons number about 775,000, mainly in Utah (340,000) and Idaho (100,000) and the western states. There are over 2,000 local churches. They are divided into six different denominations. " |
| Latter Day Saints | world | 1,576,731 | - | - | - | 1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 199. | "There are 1,416,731 of them in the Utah-centered [Latter Day Saint/Mormon] Church alone, plus more than 160,000 in other branches. An excommunicated group, which numbers perhaps 400 devotees, still practices polygamy... " |
| Latter Day Saints | world | 1,500,000 | 0.06% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 204-205. | Table: "Christians, Their Practices "; "Latter-day Saints: Members in world, 1.5 million children and adults... Concepts of Salvation and Afterlife: Through the atonement of Christ and by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel, in Mormon belief, mankind may be saved. Life after death is a state of spiritual progress, first in the spirit world and later in the resurrected state, where men are judged. " |
| Latter Day Saints | world | 4,000,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | Marty, Martin E. Pilgrims in Their Own Land: 500 Years of Religion in America. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. (1984); pg. 200. | "Few moments in American history have been more controversial than those that deal with Mormon origins. Was Smith... a true prophet and revealer of God? ...four million devout around the world... follow his prophecy. They walk in the trail of early witnesses Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, Martin Harris, and eight others, including family members, who swore they saw the plates. In the face of skeptics, the Saints like to point out that although the named three later broke with Smith, they were never willing to retract their original testimony. " |
| Latter Day Saints | Wyoming | - | 8.80% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Latter Day Saints - born-again | USA | 497,400 | 0.28% | - | - | 1989 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: George Gallup, Jr. & Jim Castelli, "The People's Religion: American Faith in the 90's "; New York: Macmillan (1989), pp. 93]; pg. 161. | "...say they are born-again. And 13% of Roman Catholics and 20% of Mormons so identify themselves in Gallup surveys. " [NSRI self-identification study, 1990, indicates 1.4% of U.S., or 2,487,000 LDS. 1.4% * 20% = 25.08% of total pop.] |
| Latter Day Saints - cultural | world | 25,000 | - | - | - | 1988 | *LINK* Midgley, Louis. "The Shipps Odyssey in Retrospect ", book review on The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) web site (viewed 24 April 1999). [Orig. source: Jan Shipps, "The Latter-day Saints, " in Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience: Studies of Traditions and Movements, ed. Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams (New York: Scribner's, 1988), 1:653-54.] | "'There are, " [Shipps] claims, without explaining how she came up with the number, "perhaps 25,000 . . . so-called "cultural' Mormons, i.e., individuals who are Latter-day Saints solely from the standpoint of family heritage, not from active membership in any LDS ecclesiastical unit.' " |
| Latter House of the Lord for All People and the Church of the Mountain, Apostolic Faith | world | 4,000 | - | - | - | 1947 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: Black Trinitarian Pentecostals; pg. 276. | "The Latter House of the Lord for All People and the Church of the Mountain, Apostolic Faith, was founded in 1936 by Bishop L. W. Williams, a former black Baptist preacher from Cincinnati... The doctrine is Calvinistic, but adjusted to accomadate Pentecostal beliefs. The Lord's Supper is observed, with water being used instead of wine... Membership: Not reported. In 1947 there were approximately 4,000 members. " |
| Latter-Rain Revival, Independent Churches of the | world | - | - | 400 units |
2 countries |
1991 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: Latter Rain Pentecostals; pg. 286-288. | "Latter-Rain Revival, Independent Churches of the No central address Alternate address: Important centers: Faith Temple... Memphis, TN; Glad Tidings Temple... Vancouver, BC; House of Prayer Church... Springfield, MO; Bethesda Missionary Temple... Detroi, MI; Praise Tabernacle... Richlands, NC; Restoration Temple... San Diego. History. The Latter-Rain Movement emerged after World War II among Pentecostals who had come to believe that the Pentecostal Movement which had grown from the revival at Azusa Street in Los Angeles, CA, earlier this century had reached a low ebb. The movement had divided into a number of warring factions... In February 1948, a spiritual revival broke out at the Sharon Bible College, an independent Pentecostal school at North Battlford, Saskatchewan... Membership: There are seveal hundred congregations which have developed out of the Latter-Rain Movement in the United States and Canada, but no census of the membership has ever been attemped. " |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church | Latvia | - | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | "Believers are predominantly affiliated with the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church; Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant minorities. " |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | California | 1,021 | 0.00% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members' column: 915. [Listed as 'Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.'] |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Canada | 269 | - | 9 units |
- | 1985 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 153. | "Membership: In 1985, the church had 13,576 members in 59 congregations served by 41 ministers in the U.S., and an additional 269 members, nine congregations, and six ministers in Canada. " |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Colorado | 188 | 0.01% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 167. [Listed as 'Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.'] |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Connecticut | 228 | 0.01% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 224. [Listed as 'Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.'] |
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, continued 