The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in El Salvador refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in El Salvador. On March 2, 1951, the first 12 converts in El Salvador were baptized. As of December 31, 2022, there were 129,467 members in 155 congregations in El Salvador.[1] In 2019, El Salvador had the second most LDS Church members per capita in North America, after the United States.[4]
History
Membership in El Salvador
Year
Membership
1960
311
1970
9,961
1979
15,529
1989*
32,000
1999
84,683
2009
102,043
2019
128,881
*Membership was published as a rounded number. Source: Wendall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News, various years, Church Almanac Country Information: El Salvador[1]
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In 1948, Arwell L. Pierce, president of the Mexican Mission assigned the first missionaries to preach in El Salvador. In February 1951, a conference was held in San Salvador with church apostleAlbert E. Bowen in attendance. One month later, the first converts were baptized at Apulo Beach at Lake Ilopango. In 1965, there were 4,200 members in El Salvador. By 1989, the church in El Salvador was able to use local members called to serve to sustain its missionary force.[5] Church membership grew from the initial converts, and was up to 15,000 by the mid-1980s before growing to 38,000 and further doubling by 2000.[1]
The public open house was held from Friday, 1 July 2011, until Saturday, 23 July 2011,[9] following which the temple was dedicated on Sunday, 21 August 2011, in three sessions.[10]
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