The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois


As of December 31, 2019, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 56,888 members in 12 stakes, 119 congregations, 42 Family History Centers, one mission, and two temples in Illinois.
Stakes are located in Buffalo Grove, Champaign, Chicago, Joliet, Naperville, Nauvoo, O'Fallon, Peoria, Rockford, Schaumburg, Springfield and Wilmette.

History

In 1839, to escape persecution—including a literal extermination order given by Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs—the Latter-day Saints drained swamplands on the eastern banks of the Mississippi River and established the city of Nauvoo.
Joseph Smith was killed on June 27, 1844 by an angry mob that stormed Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois where Smith was being held.
In 2004, Illinois's lieutenant governor, Pat Quinn, presented church leaders a copy of House Resolution 793, which expressed official regret for the violence that caused the Mormons to leave in 1846.
On March 12, 2020, the LDS Church canceled services and other public gatherings indefinitely in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Membership history

Missions