Show The Fastest Growing Church By Keith Hortin Hartin t rt e 4 y Spencer W. W Kimball President the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints When the church was organized in 1830 it was composed of six people The Prophet Joseph Smith presided at first over a avery avery avery very small group but it grew to many thousands by the time of his martyrdom June Jl 27 1844 When Brigham Young became president 1847 there were approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately members In 1877 the new president John Taylor presided over about Wilford Woodruff in 1887 had about under him When Lorenzo Snow became president in 1898 there were about and then Joseph F. F Smith 1901 had over a quarter quartet of a million President Heber Grant 1918 had nearly half a million and George Albert S Smith ith had one million in 1945 David 0 O. McKay became president in 1951 there were over mem mem- bers When Joseph Fielding Smith took over the reins 1970 there were and as President President President dent Harold B. B Lee became President President President Pres Pres- ident 1972 there were about then President Spencer Spen Spen- W. W Kimball took over at the helm The Church is continuing to experience experience experience ex ex- steady growth and now members number more than million other Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- 2 Among tian churches having more than one million members none is growing faster than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints |