Overall LDS Growth Trend Case Studies

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• Analysis of Discontinued Stakes Worldwide
• Analysis of New Missions to be Organized in July 2013
• Assessing Member Activity
• Centers of Strength Policy: LDS Growth Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Challenging Areas for Future LDS Missionary Activity due to Extreme Ethnolinguistic Diversity
• Comparing Congregational and Membership Growth Trends in the LDS Church: 1950-2012
• Congregations That Have Achieved Superior Levels of Member Activity and Convert Retention
• Effectively Opening a Country to LDS Missionary Work
• Estimating LDS Membership by Administrative Division through the Members-to-Units Ratio
• Forecasting LDS Growth: Factors that Influence Growth
• Government Restrictions and LDS Growth
• How to Open a City for Missionary Work
• Instances of Slow LDS Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Is the LDS Church Poised to Make Significant Advancements in Global Mission Outreach?
• LDS Growth in West Africa - Review and Projections
• LDS Temples and Their Impact on LDS Church Growth
• Lowering the Minimum Mission Age: Analysis and Predictions for Growth for the LDS Church
• Meetinghouse Construction and LDS Church Growth
• Methods for LDS Outreach in Muslim Nations
• Metropolitan Areas with the Most Stakes without a Temple
• Missionary Training Centers and LDS Growth
• Projecting LDS Membership Growth
• Raising the Bar and Increasing the Number of Members Serving Missions
• Rapid LDS Growth in Cote d'Ivoire - Summary, Analysis, and Implications for Future Growth
• Reasons for Quick-Baptism Tactics in the LDS Church
• Rethinking Centers of Strength: The Case of Cote d'Ivoire
• Self-Sufficiency and LDS Growth
• Small Island Countries and Dependencies without an LDS Presence: Strategies for Outreach
• Solutions to Sustainable LDS Outreach Expansion in the Lesser Antilles
• Strategies for LDS Outreach in Rural Areas
• The 3,000th Stake Milestone: Analysis
• The Central Eurasian Mission - Taking the Gospel to the Turkic Nations
• The Cost Per Convert: Analysis on the Financial Costs for Retaining Converts in the LDS Church
• The Impact of Changing Area Policies on Church Growth
• The Impact of Church Schools and Universities on LDS Growth
• The Influence of Senior Missionary Couples on LDS Church Growth
• The Internet and LDS Church Growth
• The Island Effect: Do Island Nations Experience Greater LDS Growth than Mainland Nations?
• The Relationship Between LDS Growth and Increases in Missions
• The Surge in the Full-time Missionary Force: Unprecedented Opportunities for Accelerating LDS Growth
• Top 10 Encouraging and Discouraging LDS Growth and Missionary Developments in 2014
• Top 10 Encouraging and Discouraging LDS Growth and Missionary Developments in 2015
• Top 10 Encouraging and Discouraging LDS Growth and Missionary Developments in 2016
• Top 10 Most Encouraging and Top 10 Most Discouraging LDS Growth and Missionary Developments in 2017
• Top Five Encouraging and Discouraging Church Growth Developments: 2006-2011
• Top Ten Most Encouraging and Top Ten Most Discouraging Growth and Missionary Developments for 2018
• Understanding YSA Activity Challenges in the United States
• Unofficial Groups of Self-Identified Latter-day Saints in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Using Social Media in LDS Proselytism Efforts