British Mission of the LDS Church

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The British Mission of the LDS Church was a major 19th-century Latter-day Saint missionary field in the United Kingdom that played a crucial role in early church growth and emigration to America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf LDS Church administrative unit ⓘ
mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
associatedWith LDS Perpetual Emigrating Fund ⓘ
LDS gathering to Zion ⓘ
early LDS emigration companies ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
contributedTo establishment of a strong British Latter-day Saint community ⓘ
growth of LDS Church membership in the 19th century ⓘ
internationalization of the LDS Church ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
geographicScope England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
goal gather converts to Zion in America ⓘ
preach the restored gospel in Britain ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition predominantly British converts ⓘ
historicalImportance major source of leadership and membership for the church in America ⓘ
one of the most successful early LDS missions ⓘ
influenced demographic makeup of early Latter-day Saints in Utah ⓘ
spread of Mormonism in Europe ⓘ
languageOfMissionaryWork English ⓘ
locatedIn British Isles ⓘ
missionaryFocus industrial towns and cities ⓘ
urban working-class populations ⓘ
notableFor establishment of LDS congregations throughout Britain ⓘ
large number of baptisms in the 19th century ⓘ
production of early LDS literature in Britain ⓘ
parentOrganization Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
partOf global missionary program of the LDS Church ⓘ
regionServed British Isles ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Latter-day Saint ⓘ
linked to: Latter Day Saint

Mormonism ⓘ
roleInChurchHistory key source of early LDS converts ⓘ
major early missionary field ⓘ
roleInMigration channeled emigrants toward Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ
channeled emigrants toward Utah Territory ⓘ
facilitated Latter-day Saint emigration to America ⓘ
organized emigration of British converts to the United States ⓘ
significantPeriod 19th century ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
typeOfActivity coordinating emigration ⓘ
organizing congregations ⓘ
proselytizing ⓘ

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Franklin D. Richards → servedIn → British Mission of the LDS Church ⓘ
Missionary Training Centers → partOf → LDS missionary program ⓘ
linked to: British Mission of the LDS Church