What is the divorce rate for LDS?

According to research cited in a 2000 article in the Los Angeles Times, “in an era of divorce, Latter-day Saint temple weddings are built to last,” with only a 6 percent divorce rate.
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Which church has the highest divorce rate?

Protestant. The Pew Research Center found Protestant individuals (anyone who identified themselves as non-Catholic, but Christian) included 74% of all Christians, and had a divorce rate of approximately 51 percent out of a sampling of 4,752 individuals.
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What percent of LDS leave the church?

Some can also become apatheist. A Pew Research report corroborated this, finding in 2015 that 36% of those born Mormon left the religion, with 21% of born Mormons (58% of ex-Mormons) now unaffiliated, 6% evangelical Protestant, and 9% converting to other Protestant, Catholic, or a non-Christian faith.
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Is the LDS Church growing or declining?

In recent years, the global faith of 16.8 million has grown by less than 1% annually and, in fact, is shrinking in a number of regions. In the United States over the past two years, for instance, 21 states saw Latter-day Saint membership decline.
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What religion has the lowest divorce rate?

Catholic. According to research by the Pew Research Center, Catholics had one of the lowest incidences of divorce, with 19 percent having been divorced out of 4,752 interviewed. ...
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Can LDS get divorced?

Members of the Latter-day Saints can divorce or marry again, but it can get a little more complicated if one had been married in the temple. Extra efforts can be needed, for example, a person who was divorced can marry again in the temple if he is granted permission by Church leaders.
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What religion does not allow divorce?

The Catholic Church prohibits divorce, and permits annulment (a finding that the marriage was not canonically valid) under a narrow set of circumstances.
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Why are so many Millenials leaving the LDS Church?

“They have complicated relationships with the church, and in some cases, they're believing without belonging.” Ogletree said millennials leaving the LDS Church is part of the broader generational trend away from religion and toward a more secular culture — the trend that sparked Riess' study.
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What are the problems with the LDS Church?

Academic critics have questioned the legitimacy of Smith as a prophet as well as the historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon and the Book of Abraham. Criticism has expanded to include claims of historical revisionism, homophobia, racism, and sexist policies.
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Is Walmart owned by Mormons?

Does the Mormons own Walmart? Walmart is a public corporation, it is not a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (although it is possible that the Church owns some stock in the investment portfolio).
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How many millennials are leaving the Mormon Church?

Riess also found that while 75 percent of older Mormons are staying in the church, only 46 percent of millennials are being retained. “We could do a better job listening to young adults,” said Riess, a scholar of American religious studies and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ohio.
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What percentage of salary goes to Mormon Church?

The LDS Church today teaches that tithing is ten percent of one's annual income. It is left to each member to determine what constitutes "income".
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Is LDS the fastest growing religion?

LDS Church Is United States' Fastest Growing Denomination.
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Which religion have most divorce in the world?

Across gender, the disparity is wider (most men remarry but women can't, hence the disparity). For every 1,000 married Hindu women, 2.6 are divorced, while for 1,000 married Muslim women, 5.6 of them are divorced. As for men, the ratio is almost the same (1.5 for Hindu men and 1.6 for Muslim men).
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Can Mormon widows remarry?

Yes they can. The only marital statuses that would be an issue preventing baptism are being in a polygamous marriage or in a same-sex marriage. Single, married, divorced, or widowed would be no problem at all.
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Why do LDS members go inactive?

Reasons for disengagement can include lifestyle issues and problems with social integration. The LDS Church does not release statistics on church activity, but it is likely that about 60 percent of its members in the United States and 70 percent worldwide are less active or inactive.
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How historically accurate is the Book of Mormon?

Mainstream archaeological, historical, and scientific communities do not consider the Book of Mormon an ancient record of actual historical events.
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What percentage of LDS missionaries become inactive?

While an estimated 40 percent of returned missionaries become inactive sometime after completing their mission, only 2 percent become apostates, meaning that they request to have their names removed from church rolls, or are formally excommunicated.
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Why is LDS Church Growth Slowing?

Main drivers of this trend include smaller families, decreased retention among children born into the church and a general slowdown in the number of conversions. The number of active U.S. members will likely peak in the next few years, followed by a drop.
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Can you quit the Mormon Church?

There are sites that provide instructions for Mormons to submit their own letters — many former Mormons in r/exmormon have had success doing so — and Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff says the simplest way for a person to remove their name from Church records is to write to their bishop with their request to leave.
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What are the 3 grounds for divorce?

1. When can spouses get a divorce?
  • the spouses not living together for a continuous period of one year;
  • abusive behaviour by one spouse towards the other spouse or the children;
  • adultery (for example, when one of the spouses has a sexual relationship with someone else);
  • habitual criminality;
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Does God forgive divorce?

Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." I take solice in the fact that judgment does not come until the end of our days, and I have Jesus Christ as my advocate to ask for mercy from YHWH so I do believe divorce can be forgiven by God because the Holy Bible tells me so.
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Will God bless a second marriage?

Historically, Christian traditions haven't agreed on the answer to this question. Catholicism has taught that if a person's first marriage ended in divorce, God won't bless a second one. Many Protestant traditions hold that since there are biblically justifiable grounds for divorce, God can bless a second marriage.
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Is the LDS Church true?

The Church is a true and living church because the Lord guides us through living prophets and apostles.
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