The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in India
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Mormonism, has had a presence in India since 19th century. Today there are local members, missionaries and multiple meetinghouses of the LDS Church in the country.[1]
Mormonism was founded in the United States in 1830 by Joseph Smith, and Joseph Richards introduced the faith to India in 1851, when he arrived in Calcutta.[2] The movement became popular among some people by 1993, when Mormon missionaries were sent to Bangalore.[2]
By the beginning of 2000, there were 2,435 members of the church living in four districts and eighteen branches,[1] and in 2005 there were 5,951.[3] By 2013, there were about 10,000 Mormons in India.[4]
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Notes
- 1 2 "Global Mormonism: Countries: India", GlobalMormonism.BYU.edu (Brigham Young University), retrieved 2014-05-01. This online source is a reprint, with permission, from: Garr, Arnold K.; Cannon, Donald Q.; Cowan, Richard O., eds. (2000), Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, pp. 537–538, ISBN 1573458228
- 1 2 Banan, Aastha Atray (10 March 2012), India's Own Mormons, OPEN Magazine, retrieved 2014-05-01
- ↑ "Country information: India", Online Church Almanac, Church News, 29 January 2010, retrieved 2014-05-01
- ↑ Stewart, Briana (23 April 2013), The LDS Church in India, LDS Living, retrieved 2014-05-01
References
- Britsch, R. Lanier (1998), From the East: The History of the Latter-day Saints in Asia, 1851-1996, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, pp. 8–33, 506–55, ISBN 1573452688, OCLC 37606249.
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