1980-1989
Statistical Information
Membership: 7,300,000
Membership Growth:
Converts Baptized:
Missionaries Called: 201,147 (+41.1%)
Missionaries Serving (avg/yr): 31,187 (+58.23%)
Number of Wards: 17,305 (+33.63%)
Number of Stakes: 1,739 (+37.03%)
Number of Missions: 228 (+23.25%)
Number of Districts: 432
Number of Temples: 43 (+60.47%)
Source: Official Statistical Report
Major Events in this decade of Church History:
Temples Built:
25 Total
Notable:
Tokyo Japan (1980)
Atlanta Georgia (1983)
Mexico City Mexico (1983)
Manila Philippines (1984)
Freiberg Germany (1985)
Chicago Illinois (1985)
Seoul Korea (1985)
Denver Colorado (1986)
Las Vegas Nevada (1989)
Apostle Deaths:
N. Eldon Tanner (1982)
LeGrand Richards (1983)
Mark E. Petersen (1984)
Bruce R. McConkie (1985)
Spencer W. Kimball (1985)
Marion G. Romney (1988)
Apostles Called:
Neal A. Maxwell (1981)
Russell M. Nelson (1984)
Dallin H. Oaks (1984)
M. Russell Ballard (1985)
Joseph B. Wirthlin (1986)
Richard G. Scott (1988)
Church Leadership:
(1986)
Gordon B. Hinckley
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Ezra Taft Benson
Thomas S. Monson
Marion G. Romney
Howard W. Hunter
Boyd K. Packer
Marvin J. Ashton
L. Tom Perry
David B. Haight
James E. Faust
Neal A. Maxwell
Russell M. Nelson
Dallin H. Oaks
M. Rusell Ballard
Joseph B. Wirthlin
(1982)
Marion G. Romney
Spencer W. Kimball
N. Eldon Tanner
Gordon B. Hinckley
Ezra Taft Benson
Mark E. Peterson
LeGrand Richards
Howard W. Hunter
Thomas S. Monson
Boyd K. Packer
Marvin J. Ashton
Bruce R. McConkie
L. Tom Perry
David B. Haight
James E. Faust
Neal A. Maxwell
