Commentary

Anticipated Church Growth

Misstatement:

Church spokesman Michael Otterson was misquoted regarding the growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "We're growing by 2.5 million members a year."

Fact:

While the growth of the Church throughout the world is impressive, we are actually growing by approximately 350,000 new members each year.

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