Mormon Church Leader KOREA TIMES 1996.05.18 |
Gordon Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, will visit Korea May 21-23 to promote the church's missions thro
ugh meetings with clergy and laity here.
The world leader of the Mormon Church, who will arrive at Pusan on Tues
day will meet with the church missionaries working in Pusan and Taejon a
nd laity from the area at the Pusan KBS Hall on his first day in Korea.
As part of its humanitarian service in North Korea and Southeast Asia,
the church responded to the appeal for the flood-stricken North Koreans
by sending $250,000 worth of medical supplies, foodstuffs, winter clothi
ng and cash.
The Church of Latter-Day Saints, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah,
stresses family values. It claims a worldwide total membership of 9.4 m
illion in 156 countries and territories. Its missionaries number 49,000.
The Korean church membership is 67,000 with 400 missionaries in 162 war
ds and branches. It has one headquarters temple and spends annually abou
t $11 million for proselytizing.
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