The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Lesser Antilles
latter Day Saints Church in the Lesser Antilles
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Lesser Antilles refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in the Lesser Antilles. The Lesser Antilles is part of the Caribbean Area and is part of three missions. As of 2025, the LDS Church reported 10,515 members in 34 congregations in the Lesser Antilles.
Statistics
Antigua and Barbuda
The LDS Church reported 366 members in a single congregation in Antigua and Barbuda for year-end 2025. The St. John's branch was created on January 15, 1985, and serves the entire island nation. A family history center is located in the meetinghouse in St. John.
Aruba
The LDS Church reported 686 members in two congregations in Aruba for year-end 2025. Congregations are located in Oranjestad and San Nicolás.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Lesser Antilles” is latter Day Saints Church in the Lesser Antilles. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Church, Jesus and Christ, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “latter Day Saints Church in the Lesser Antilles” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108940344. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2025 and 1985.
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This entry incorporates text from “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Lesser Antilles” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.