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all of whom are republicans 293 utah s current governor spencer cox is a church member 294 as are super majorities in both houses of the utah state legislature 295 demographics main articles demographics of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints membership statistics lds church and membership history of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints see also less active mormon and ex mormon pew 2014 u s religious landscape study 296 lds u s u s avg married 66 49 divorced or separated 7 11 have children under 18 41 31 attendance at religious services weekly or more 77 40 the church reports a worldwide membership of 17 million 297 4 of which over 6 8 million live in the u s 298 the church s definition of membership includes all persons who were ever baptized or whose parents were members while the person was under the age of eight called members of record 299 145 146 who have neither been excommunicated nor asked to have their names removed from church records 299 116 148 149 as of september 2019 update approximately 9 6 million members resided outside the united states ab pew research center 2014 survey ethnicity 301 lds u s u s 2020 302 white 85 62 black 1 12 latino 8 12 asian 1 6 other multiracial 5 21 according to its statistics the church is the fourth largest religious body in the united states 303 304 although the church does not publish attendance figures researchers estimate that attendance at weekly lds worship services globally is around 4 million 305 members living in the u s and canada constitute 46 percent of membership latin america 38 percent and members in the rest of the world 16 percent 4 the 2012 pew forum on religion public life survey conducted by princeton survey research associates international found that approximately 2 percent of the u s adult population self identified as mormon 296 membership is concentrated geographically in the intermountain west in a specific region sometimes known as the mormon corridor i e the state of utah plus parts of arizona colorado idaho nevada and wyoming 306 church members and some others from the u s colonized this region in the mid to late 1800s dispossessing several indigenous tribes 307 the church saw prodigious numerical growth in the latter half of the 20th century but the growth has since leveled off the church experienced rapid growth in the 20th century especially in the 1980s and 1990s 308 1 in the 21st century however church membership growth has slowed 309 310 in 2022 eight of the top ten nations with the highest lds membership growth rate were in africa 311 and latino people are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups with millions of lds adherents in latin american countries 312 in the united states church members tend to be more highly educated than the general population 313 the racial and ethnic composition of membership in the united states is one of the least diverse in the country 314 black membership is significantly lower than the general u s population 301 the lds church does not release official statistics on church activity but it is likely that approximately 40 percent of its recorded membership in the u s and 30 percent worldwide regularly attend weekly sunday worship services 315 ac a 2016 survey found a majority 54 of millennials raised in the church had disaffiliated 317 activity rates vary with age and disengagement occurs most frequently between age 16 and 25 young single adults are more likely to become inactive than their married counterparts 318 and women tend to be more active than men 123 55 humanitarian services see also philanthropies and lds humanitarian services u s navy sailors moving lds church donated humanitarian supplies to beirut lebanon in 2006 the lds church is widely known for providing worldwide humanitarian service 319 320 246 the church s welfare and humanitarian efforts are coordinated by philanthropies a church department under the direction of the presiding bishopric welfare efforts originally initiated during the great depression provide aid for the poor financed by donations from church members donations are also used to operate bishop s storehouses which package and store food for lower income people at low cost 321 322 in 2016 the church reported that it had spent a total of 1 2 billion on humanitarian aid over the previous 30 years 246 church humanitarian aid includes organizing food security clean water mobility and healthcare projects operating deseret industries thrift stores and funding other organizations the church reports that the value of all charitable donations in 2021 was 906 million 323 independent reporting has found that the church s charity organization lds charities gave a total of 177 million from 2008 to 2020 324 the church also distributes money and aid to disaster victims worldwide 325 in 2017 the church partnered with catholic relief services and other organizations to provide aid to several african and middle eastern nations 82 in 2010 it partnered with islamic relief to help victims of flooding in pakistan 326 latter day saint charities increased the conversion of stockpiled raw foods into finished food products during the covid 19 pandemic and donated healthcare supplies to 16 countries affected by the crisis 327 328 329 the church has donated 4 million to aid refugees fleeing from the 2022 russian invasion of ukraine 330 in 2022 the church gave 32 million to the united nations world food programme in its largest known one time donation to a humanitarian organization so far 331 criticism and controversies main article criticism of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints modern criticism of the church includes disputed claims allegations of historical revisionism by the church 332 child sexual abuse sexism 333 334 racism 335 336 337 and anti lgbtq teachings 339 notable 20th century critics included jerald and sandra tanner 340 and historian fawn brodie 341 child sexual abuse see also mormon abuse cases the church has been criticized for a number of abuses allegedly perpetrated or covered up by local church leadership several cases have been settled out of court 342 343 344 in other cases church leaders have been criticized for allegedly failing to report abuse to law enforcement 345 improperly invoking clergy penitent privilege in so doing 343 and failing to keep records of sexual abuse claims which were reported through its helpline phone number 343 scriptures see also criticism of the book of mormon historicity of the book of mormon origin of the book of mormon book of mormon anachronisms and criticism of the book of abraham in the late 1820s criticism centered on the claim by joseph smith to have been led to a set of gold plates from which the book of mormon was reputedly translated 346 mainstream archaeological historical and scientific communities have discovered little to support the existence of the civilizations described in the book of mormon and do not consider it to be an actual record of historical events 27 xv scholars have pointed out a number of anachronisms within the text they argue that no evidence of a reformed egyptian language has ever been discovered 347 91 ad explicitly contradicting the book of mormon s claim that it was written in reformed egyptian 349 also general archaeological and genetic evidence has not supported the book s statements about any known indigenous peoples of the americas 350 351 since its publication in 1842 the book of abraham currently published as part of the canonical pearl of great price has also been a major source of controversy numerous non mormon egyptologists beginning in the late 19th century 352 61 have disagreed with joseph smith s explanations of the book s facsimiles translations of the original papyri by both mormon and non mormon egyptologists do not match the text of the book of abraham as purportedly translated by joseph smith 353 61 the transliterated text from the recovered papyri and facsimiles published in the book of abraham contain no direct references to the hebrew patriarch abraham 356 scholars have also asserted that damaged portions of the papyri were reconstructed incorrectly by smith or his associates 353 25 polygamy main article mormonism and polygamy mormon polygamists in prison at the utah penitentiary c 1889 polygamy called plural marriage within the church was practiced by church leaders for more than half of the 19th century 357 and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of latter day saint families 358 69 it was instituted privately in the 1830s by founder joseph smith and announced publicly in 1852 at the direction of brigham young 69 for over 60 years the church and the united states were at odds over the issue at one point the republican platform referenced the twin relics of barbarism polygamy and slavery 359 the church defended the practice as a matter of religious freedom while the federal government aggressively sought to eradicate it in 1862 the united states congress passed the morrill anti bigamy act which prohibited plural marriage in the territories 69 in 1890 church president wilford woodruff issued a manifesto that officially terminated the practice in the u s 68 though it did not dissolve existing polygamous marriages 357 some church members continued to enter into polygamous marriages in canada and mexico but these eventually stopped in 1904 when church president joseph f smith disavowed polygamy before congress and issued a second manifesto calling for all plural marriages in the church to cease several small fundamentalist groups seeking to continue the practice split from the lds church which now excommunicates members found practicing polygamy and distances itself from those fundamentalist groups 123 91 360 the church does allow divorced or widowed men to be sealed to other women without cancelling any existing sealings 361 minorities black people see also black people and temple and priesthood policies lds church black segregation and the lds church curses of cain and ham lds church interracial marriage and the lds church and mormonism and slavery green flake an enslaved black man was reported to have driven the first wagon of lds pioneers to the salt lake valley in 1847 362 the teachings attitudes and practices of top lds church leaders towards black people have changed significantly from the church s founding years and the church has faced criticism and controversy on these topics 366 joseph smith allowed several black men to be ordained as priests during his presidency but also taught that the dark skin of people of black african ancestry was a sign of a curse from god 367 213 368 27 both smith and brigham young taught that black people were subject to the biblical curse of ham 369 126 370 and curse of cain 368 369 256 both made statements in support of black enslavement 363 22 and young legalized black slavery while acting as the utah territory s governor 374 from 1844 to 1978 the church barred black people from participating in temple ordinances necessary for the highest level of salvation 375 376 377 prevented most men of black african descent from being ordained to the church s lay all male priesthood 378 64 supported racial segregation in its communities and schools 363 67 78 379 taught that righteous black people would be made white after death 335 380 381 148 and opposed interracial marriage 382 81 89 leaders taught on many occasions during this time that black people were less righteous in the pre existence 384 the temple and priesthood racial restrictions were lifted by top leaders in 1978 386 following public pressure during the united states civil rights movement ae in 2013 the church directly disavowed its previous teachings on race for the first time 335 389 in 2018 the church formed an alliance with the naacp in an effort to improve race relations 390 native american people see also native american people and mormonism mormon teachings on skin color and indian placement program artistic depiction of joseph smith preaching to native americans in illinois over the past two centuries the relationship between native american people and the lds church has included friendly ties displacement battles massacres slavery education placement programs official and unofficial discrimination and criticism 391 392 church leadership and publications taught that native americans are descendants of lamanites a dark skinned and cursed people from the book of mormon 393 196 392 more recently lds researchers and publications generally favor a smaller geographic footprint of lamanite descendants af 395 there is no direct support amongst mainstream historians and archaeologists for the historicity of the book of mormon or middle eastern origins for native american peoples 397 the settlers initially had some peaceful relations but because resources were scarce in the desert hostilities broke out with the local native americans 398 according to lds church historian marlin k jensen as more lds immigrants arrived and took over the land of native nations resources the indians had relied on for generations diminished and in time they felt forced to resist and fight for their own survival the land and cultural birthright indians once possessed in the great basin were largely taken from them 398 within 50 years of mormon settlement the population of utah s native americans was reduced by almost 90 percent 399 273 the church ran an indian placement program between the 1950s and the 1990s wherein indigenous children would live in the homes of church members during one or more school years criticism resulted during and after the program including claims of improper assimilation and even abuse 400 335 however many of the involved students and families praised the program 401 194 195 church leaders taught for decades that native americans darker skin would be made lighter due to their righteousness 402 379 367 64 lgbtq individuals see also homosexuality and the lds church gender minorities and the lds church sexual orientation change efforts and the lds church lgbtq rights and the lds church and lgbtq mormon suicides protesters in front of the newport beach california temple voicing their opposition to the church s support of prop 8 the church s policies and treatment of sexual minorities and gender minorities have long been the subject of external criticism 403 404 405 as well as internal controversy and disaffection by members 406 407 408 because of its ban against same sex sexual activity and same sex marriage the lds church taught for decades that any adherents attracted to the same sex could and should change that through sexual orientation change efforts and righteous striving 409 the church provided therapy and programs for attempts to change sexual orientation 410 current teachings and policies leave gay and bisexual members with the options of entering a mixed orientation opposite sex marriage or lifelong celibacy 414 some have argued t...
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