The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in the state of New York. New York was the boyhood home of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Much of the early history of the now-worldwide LDS Church is centered in upstate New York. The LDS Church was organized on April 6, 1830, in Fayette, New York under the name of the Church of Christ.

Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.41% in 2014.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States) According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, less than 1% of New Yorkers self-identify themselves most closely with the LDS Church. The LDS Church is the 13th largest denomination in New York. Note:While it's the thirteenth largest denomination in New York, it's the fourteenth largest denomination when "nondenominational" is considered as a denomination.

History

The early history of the LDS Church is deeply rooted in the state of New York with pivotal moments taking place in upstate New York and New York City. Joseph Smith stated that while praying in a wooded area near his home in Palmyra in 1820, God and Jesus Christ, in a vision, appeared to him and set in motion the eventual establishment of a new religion.; (When Smith first described the vision twelve years after the event, "[h]e explained the vision as he must have first understood it, as a personal conversion"); (the vision confirmed to Smith what he and his father already suspected: that the world was spiritually dead).

According to his later accounts, Smith was visited by an angel named Moroni, while praying one night in 1823. Smith said that this angel revealed the location of a buried book made of golden plates that would be translated into the Book of Mormon.; .

The completed work was published in Palmyra on March 26, 1830, by printer E. B. Grandin. Soon after, on April 6, 1830, Smith and his followers formally organized the Church of Christ, and small branches were established in Palmyra, Fayette, and Colesville, New York. (noting that by July 1830, the church was "in Colesville, Fayette, and Manchester"). The Book of Mormon brought Smith regional notoriety and opposition from those who remembered the 1826 Chenango County trial.(noting that area residents connected the discovery of the Book of Mormon with Smith's past career as a money digger); (discussing organized boycott of Book of Mormon by Palmyra residents, and opposition by Colesville and Bainbridge residents who remembered the 1826 trial).

In July 1840, the first group of new converts from Liverpool, England, arrived on the Britannia ship in the New York harbor."New York" Facts and Statistics", Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2020. Retrieved on 21 March 2020.

On April 6, 2000, 170 years after the church was organized, the Palmyra New York Temple was dedicated. The temple overlooks the Sacred Grove and other historic sites. The first temple in New York City, the Manhattan New York Temple, was dedicated on 13 June 2004.

Stakes

As of July 2026, New York was home to the following stakes: Stake/DistrictOrganizedMissionTemple DistrictAlbany New York Stake8 Jun 1969New York SyracuseHartford ConnecticutBrooklyn New York Stake22 Nov 1998New York New York CityManhattan New YorkBuffalo New York Stake15 Sep 1974New York SyracusePalmyra New YorkJamestown New York Stake23 Mar 1986Pennsylvania PittsburghPittsburgh PennsylvaniaLynbrook New York Stake13 Apr 2014New York New York CityManhattan New YorkNewburgh New York Stake2 Mar 1997New Jersey MorristownHartford ConnecticutNew York New York Stake9 Dec 1934New York New York CityManhattan New YorkNew York New York YSA Stake18 Jun 2017New York New York CityManhattan New YorkOwego New York Stake25 May 1969New York SyracusePalmyra New YorkPalmyra New York Stake30 Jun 1985New York SyracusePalmyra New YorkPlainview New York Stake20 Aug 1967New York New York CityManhattan New YorkPotsdam New York District1 Jan 2000New York SyracusePalmyra New YorkRochester New York Stake21 Jan 1962New York SyracusePalmyra New YorkSoldier Hill New Jersey Stake12 Apr 1981New Jersey MorristownManhattan New YorkSyracuse New York Stake19 Oct 1975New York SyracusePalmyra New YorkUtica New York Stake14 Jan 1996New York SyracusePalmyra New YorkWestchester New York Stake9 Nov 1997New York New York CityManhattan New YorkWoodside New York Stake31 Oct 2004New York New York CityManhattan New York

Missions MissionOrganizedNew York New York City Mission*6 May 1839New York Syracuse Mission*26 Jan 1964 New York New York Mission, originally known as the Eastern States, was organized on May 6, 1839. It was discontinued in 1850, 1858 and 1869, then reopened in 1854, 1865 and 1893 respectively. On June 20, 1974, it ras renamed the New York New York Mission, and then renamed New York New York South Mission on July 1, 1993, when the New York New York North Mission Was Created. The Cumorah Mission was renamed the New York Rochester Mission on June 20, 1974.

Bermuda Branch

The Bermuda Branch is a branch in the New York New York Stake as of July 2026. The LDS Church reported 197 members in the branch as of 2018.

Temples New York currently has two temples.

Harrison New York

The Harrison New York Temple, previously known as the White Plains New York Temple, was a planned LDS Church temple that was to be constructed in Harrison, New York. Construction of the temple was to take place on a 24-acre site purchased by the LDS Church at the intersection of Interstate 287 and Hutchinson River Parkway. Reportedly, efforts had been underway until 2004, but construction was never started and eventually suspended. After delays by lawsuits and objections by local officials,According to a Deseret News Article about the Manhattan Temple. this temple was removed from the list on the LDS Church's official temple website soon after the dedication of the Manhattan New York Temple in 2004.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York

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