1830-1839
Statistical Information
Membership: 16,460
Membership Growth:
Converts Baptized:
Missionaries Called: 597
Missionaries Serving (avg/yr): 60
Number of Wards:
Number of Stakes:
Number of Missions:
Number of Temples: 1
Major Events in this decade of Church History:
Temples Built:
1 Total
Kirtland Temple (1836)*
*After persecution drove the Saints out of Kirtland, the temple was used sparingly and eventually ownership was given to the RLDS Church in 1880.
Apostle Deaths:
David W. Patten (1838)
Apostles Called:
Thomas B. Marsh (1835)
David W. Patten (1835)
Brigham Young (1835)
Heber C. Kimball (1835)
Orson Hyde (1835)
William E. McLellin (1835)
Parley P. Pratt (1835)
Luke S. Johnson (1835)
William Smith (1835)
Orson Pratt (1835)
John F. Boynton (1835)
Lyman E. Johnson (1835)
John Taylor (1838)
John E. Page (1838)
Wilford Woodruff (1839)
George A. Smith (1839)
*Luke S. Johnson, John F. Boynton, and Lyman E. Johnson excommunicated (1837). Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, David Whitmer, William E. McLellin excommunicated (1838). Thomas B. Marsh excommunicated (1839).
Church Leadership:
(1839)
Sidney Rigdon
Joseph Smith Jr.
Hyrum Smith
Brigham Young
Heber C. Kimball
Orson Hyde
Parley P. Pratt
William Smith
Orson Pratt
John Taylor
John E. Page
Wilford Woodruff
George A. Smith
No Apostle Ordained
No Apostle Ordained
First Quorum Organized (1835):
Sidney Rigdon
Joseph Smith Jr.
Frederick G. Williams
Thomas B. Marsh
David W. Patten
Brigham Young
Heber C. Kimball
Orson Hyde
William E. McLellin
Parley P. Pratt
Luke S. Johnson
William Smith
Orson Pratt
John F. Boynton
Lyman E. Johnson
*The Three Witnesses had chosen and ordained by revelation these 12 men by the laying on of hands in 1835. The Three Witnesses consisted of Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer. These three men were ordained Apostles and thus given keys to ordain the Twelve. The Three Witnesses gave their testimony of the Divinity of the Work in 1829 found in the beginning pages of the Book of Mormon. For more on the Original members of the first Twelve Apostles called in this dispensation click here.
