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    Lithuania Click here for the Lithuania Newsroom

    945

    Total Church Membership

    1-in-

    5

    Congregations

    0 Wards
    5 Branches

    4

    FamilySearch Centers

    4

    History

    Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lithuania are few but faithful. Their history has been one of isolation from Church leadership while gathering frequently as a small group to strengthen one another (see Matthew 18:20 and Moroni 6:5).
     

    In 1907 Latter-day Saint missionaries first preached in the modern territory of Lithuania in Memel, Germany (now Klaipėda, Lithuania). During the tumult of World War II, contact with the branch, which was established in 1909, was lost.

    No Latter-day Saint missionaries preached in Lithuania while it was part of the Soviet Union. In the late 1980s, however, several Lithuanians were baptized in other countries and eventually returned to Lithuania. Missionaries were reassigned to Lithuania in late 1992 after the country regained independence. While these first missionaries preached only in Russian, within six months, a program to train missionaries in both Russian and Lithuanian was started.

    On May 20, 1993, Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles traveled to Vilnius and dedicated the land for the preaching of the restored gospel. Since the dedication, the Church in Lithuania has experienced small but sustained growth. Latter-day Saints from Lithuania have served full-time missions, attended the temple, and witnessed the translation of the Book of Mormon into their own language.

    Africa

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    849,568

    Members

    2,721

    Congregations

    Missions

    45Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    423

    Temples

    6Temples

    Asia

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    1,298,181

    Members

    2,113

    Congregations

    Missions

    45Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    402

    Temples

    10Temples

    Europe

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    507,748

    Members

    1,296

    Congregations

    Missions

    35Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    663

    Temples

    14Temples

    North America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    9,637,503

    Members

    18,423

    Congregations

    Missions

    175Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    3,054

    Temples

    120Temples

    Oceania (Pacific)

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    599,065

    Members

    1,308

    Congregations

    Missions

    17Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    318

    Temples

    11Temples

    South America

    Total Church Membership

    Members
    Congregations

    4,320,129

    Members

    5,629

    Congregations

    Missions

    97Missions

    FamilySearch Centers

    1,355

    Temples

    25Temples