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American Church History: Latter-day Saints Denominations

This research guide provides resources pretraining to American church history and includes books, ebooks, open access resources, and websites.

Latter-day Saints

Church of Christ (Temple Lot): Founded in 1853, membership is estimated to be 7,630 across 32 congregations (2016). These statistics may contain members from outside the United States.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Founded in 1830, membership is estimated to be 6,531,656 across 12,300 wards (2016). 

Community of Christ: Founded in 1860, membership is estimated to be 123,189 across 792 churches (2012).

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Founded in 1935, membership is estimated to be 6,000 in 7 communities (2016). No official website can be found.