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    Slovenia

    440

    Total Church Membership

    1-in-

    2

    Congregations

    0 Wards
    2 Branches

    1

    FamilySearch Centers

    1

    History

    In 1911 John Stosich became the first Latter-day Saint missionary to preach the restored gospel in Slovenia, but no one joined the Church during his brief stay in Ljubljana. Five decades passed before Maria Gruden, whose son had joined the Church abroad, accepted the restored gospel in 1968 and became the only member in Ljubljana. With the exception of making irregular trips to branch meetings in Klagenfurt, Austria, and receiving occasional visits from Church members, Gruden spent many years in faithful, isolated devotion to the gospel.

    Missionary work officially began in Yugoslavia in 1978, but missionaries were not assigned to Ljubljana specifically until 1990. By then, several converts living in Slovenia were making regular trips to Klagenfurt to attend Church meetings. They welcomed the missionaries’ arrival and excitedly helped them make contacts, find accommodations, and translate Church materials into Slovene.

    The seeds of faith planted by Saints in Slovenia and their continued “faith with great diligence, and with patience” soon bore fruit (Alma 32:41). In just two years, from 1990 to 1992, branches were established in Ljubljana, Celje, and Maribor and a district was organized. In 2002 the Book of Mormon was published in Slovene, and in 2017 the Slovene translation of the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price was announced.

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    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