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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Dakota
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) held its first congregation in North Dakota in 1919. In 2022, there was 11,487 members in 26 congregations.
Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 1.49% in 2017.[3] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of North Dakotans self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church.[4] The LDS Church is the 7th largest denomination in North Dakota.[5]
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The first missionaries of the LDS Church arrived in North Dakota in 1885, and the first LDS meetinghouse was built in 1919 in Sully Lake.[6] However the first stake in North Dakota was not organized until 1977 in Fargo.[7] North Dakota was the final US state to have a stake within its boundaries.[6]
During the North Dakota oil boom, the LDS Church in North Dakota saw significant growth in multiple communities in the western part of the state.[8][9] The growth was largely driven by the influx of out-of-state oil field workers and their families from other nearby western states with high Latter-day Saint populations. In some of the communities, church membership doubled during the oil boom necessitating the construction of multiple new meetinghouses, chapels, and other church facilities.[10]
The number of missionaries from the church sent to the Dakotas doubled during the pandemic, as many sent to other countries returned to the US.[11]
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Stakes
As of May 2025, the following stakes had congregations located in North Dakota:
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Missions
The South Dakota Rapid City Mission was consolidated into the North Dakota Bismarck Mission in 2015, which includes entire state of North Dakota.[citation needed] As of 2020, the mission was one of the larger missions in the LDS Church.[11]
Temples
The Bismarck North Dakota Temple was dedicated on September 19, 1999, by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley. It was built at a cost of $4 million.[6] The Watford City Ward in the Glendive Montana Stake is located in the Billings Montana Temple District. In 2020, a new statue of the Angel Moroni was installed on the temple to replace the weathered original statue.[12]
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Bismarck, North Dakota, United States July 29, 1998 by Gordon B. Hinckley October 17, 1998 by Kenneth Johnson September 19, 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley 10,700 sq ft (990 m2) on a 1.6-acre (0.65 ha) site Classic modern, single-spire design - designed by Ritterbush–Ellig–Hulsing and Church A&E Services | |||||
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