Church press release

Mormon church growth statistics

Today the LDS Church issued a press release on membership numbers and trends: Mormon church growth statistics. There are currently 13 million Mormons, with another million added about every three years. While the National Council of Churches lists the Mormon church as the fourth fastest growing church in the U.S., the Church itself does not make “statistical comparisons with other churches and makes no claim to be the fastest-growing Christian denomination.” (Some critics mistakenly believe that the Church asserts itself to be the fastest growing church.) The preoccupation with...