LDS Church withholds membership data from Utah for first time in decades. Here’s why.

Pandemic prompted delays in baptisms and baby blessings. COVID-19′s effect on growth won’t be known for at least another year.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints greet each other before the 191st Semiannual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Church membership growth slowed dramatically in 2020 due to COVID-19.

LDS Church withholds membership data from Utah for first time in decades. Here’s why.

Pandemic prompted delays in baptisms and baby blessings. COVID-19′s effect on growth won’t be known for at least another year.

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