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

According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, 5% of Alaskans self-identify themselves most closely with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1] One of these was Edward G. Cannon (1824-1910), a man originally from Kentucky who had served in the Mexican war and converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on traveling to Utah in 1871.In September 1902 Cannon ordained Winnie an Elder with the authorization of Melvin J. Ballard who as Northwestern States Mission president held ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the church over Alaska.He then carried on his own vigorous campaign of preaching the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and regularly contributing articles on it to Nome newspapers until he chose to migrate to the body of the Church in Utah in 1913.[8] List of LDS Church adherents in each county as of 2010 according to the Association of Religion Data Archives:[9] As of January 2024, there were 9 stakes in Alaska.The next missionaries, Elders Heber J. Meeks, Alvin Englestead, James Judd, and Lowell T. Plowman arrived in Alaska in 1928, under the direction of President William R. Sloan of the Northwestern States Mission.
A meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located along the Seward Highway , just north of Seward, Alaska.
A meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nenana, Alaska
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