The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Samoan Islands refers to

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...

and its members on the

Samoan Islands The Samoan Islands () are an archipelago covering in the central Pacific Ocean, South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Political geography, Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of the Samoa, Indep ...

. In 1890, there were 30 members in the Samoan islands. As of 2022, there were 104,131 members in 208 congregations. The Samoan Islands has the second most LDS Church

members Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ...

per capita in the world, behind

Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) releases membership, congregational, and related information on a regular basis. The latest membership information the church releases includes a count of membership, stakes, wards, b ...

As of 2022, the LDS Church reported 87,695

in 165 congregations in the country of

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

, making it the largest body of LDS Church members in Oceania outside of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

History

In 2019, church president Russell M. Nelson met with head of state Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II of

Schools

In addition to

seminaries A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clerg ...

and

institutes An institute is an organizational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations ( research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes ...

, there are a few primary schools and secondary schools operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. * Church College Pesega * Sauniatu Primary School * Church College VaiolaLDS Church College Vaiola
Facebook Page

Stakes

American Samoa Samoa

Missions

The Samoa Apia Mission was formed June 17, 1888 and serves as the only mission for the Samoan Islands.

Temples

On August 5, 1983 the Apia Samoa Temple was dedicated by Gordon B. Hinckley. The Pago Pago American Samoa Temple was announced by Russell M. Nelson on April 7, 2019.

References

External links

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Official Site (Pacific)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Official Site (Samoa)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Newsroom (Pacific)
ComeUntoChrist.org
Latter-day Saints Visitor site
Mormon Beginnings in Samoa: Kimo Belio, Samuela Manoa and Walter Murray Gibson
by Spencer McBride
Mormonism in Samoa: Cultural Dialogues
Spring 2006. Jessica Goman. SIT Study Abroad {{lds-stub