The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Minnesota

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Minnesota refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Minnesota. The official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.59% in 2014.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States) According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of Minnesotans self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church. The LDS Church is the 12th largest denomination in Minnesota. Note:While it's the twelfth largest denomination in Minnesota, it's the thirteenth largest denomination when "nondenominational" is considered as a denomination.

History

The first members of the LDS Church entered what is now Minnesota in the early 1840s, while the main body of the church was in Nauvoo, Illinois. At the time, church leadership sent logging camps up to the then Wisconsin Territory to bring lumber down the Mississippi River to help fuel the booming economy in Nauvoo. A branch of the church was established during this time. However, the church's presence in the area quickly disappeared when Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed in Carthage, Illinois in 1844. In 1875, the first official LDS Church congregation in Minnesota was organized in Freeborn County."Facts and Statistics", Church News, 2020. Retrieved on 3 April 2020.

By 1930, the LDS Church had three mission districts in the state, the North Minnesota, South Minnesota, and Lake districts. Church membership at the time was 967 members. A chapel was built and dedicated by church president Heber J. Grant in 1928.

Stakes As of July 2026, the following stakes had congregations located in Minnesota: StakeOrganizedMissionTemple DistrictAnoka Minnesota20 Oct 1985Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul MinnesotaDuluth Minnesota9 May 1993Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul MinnesotaFargo North Dakota7 Aug 1977North Dakota BismarckBismarck North DakotaLakeville Minnesota28 Apr 1996Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul MinnesotaMinneapolis Minnesota29 Nov 1960Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul MinnesotaOakdale Minnesota4 Feb 2001Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul MinnesotaRochester Minnesota30 Apr 1978Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul MinnesotaSioux Falls South Dakota18 Nov 1979Nebraska OmahaWinter Quarters NebraskaSt Cloud Minnesota3 May 2009Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul MinnesotaSt Paul Minnesota15 Feb 1976Minnesota MinneapolisSt. Paul Minnesota

Mission Minnesota Minneapolis Mission

Temples

The St. Paul Minnesota Temple was dedicated on January 9, 2000 by church president Gordon B. Hinckley.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Minnesota

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