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USA-Maryland
After a 10-hour debate with a Campbellite minister in Leitersburgh, Washington County, Latter-day Saint missionary Erastus Snow baptized 11 people. He began preaching in Maryland with three other missionaries in 1837. Snow baptized one convert, an 89-year-old man, after cutting through 18 inches of ice. In 1842, the Mormon Expositor, a Church paper, began printing for a time in Baltimore. Maryland's Church activity slowed from 1844-99 when many Church members gathered west. In 1899, missionary work was reorganized in the state.The Church's temple in Kensington is one of Maryland's most prominent landmarks and was completed in 1974. From 1974 to 1988, Church membership around the nation's capital increased by some 200 percent.
In November of 2000, the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors Center, located adjacent to the temple in Kensington, was rededicated after remodeling and the installation of many new state-of-the-art exhibits.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For Journalist only
Lance Walker
Washington, DC,
United States
Phone:
800-377-3375
Membership | 39,755 |
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Missions | 2 |
Temples | 1 |
Congregations | 79 |
Family History Centers | 13 |