Important/Interesting Facts
- More than 80,000 Mormon missionaries
- Children are baptized at 8 years old
- More than 100 Mormon Temples worldwide
- Founded in Fayette, New York
- Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah
- Founded April, 1830
- Adherents: More than 15 million worldwide, more than half outside the USA
- Sacred Texts: Christian Bible, The Book of Mormon, Doctrines & Covenants
- Leaders: Bishop, President (of church), Quorom of the Twelve Apostles
- Place(s) of worship: Church, temple
- Current President: Thomas Spencer Monson
- Utah was founded by Mormons
- Mormons believe in a three-member Godhead that includes the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
- Over 29,000 congregations
- Over 400 Missions
- 4 universities and colleges
- Over 180 published languages
- Heavenly Father and Mary conceived Jesus' in the same way that we are conceived on earth
- The Trinity is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.
- The Holy Spirit is a separate and distinct God from the heavenly father