Country Profiles
USA-North Dakota
In 1883, four missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints went from house to house across the farmlands of the Dakotas. Missionaries were warned that Fargo's mayor would try to inhibit them. However, local newspapers gave positive reports of the missionaries. In 1899, the missionaries transferred to South Dakota "as very little good was being done in North Dakota." A Native American chief began corresponding with the missionaries, and when missionaries came to Shell Village in the summer of 1914, they taught 108 natives and baptized seven converts.Church buildings were constructed in Sully Lake (1919) and Grand Forks (1930). With the organization of the Fargo North Dakota Stake in August 1977, every state in the union had a stake (diocese) within its boundaries.
Membership | 6,366 |
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Temples | 1 |
Congregations | 16 |
Family History Centers | 8 |