Six Days, Sasquatch and Sic Et Non
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 4:33 am
I blame Six Days in August and Sic et Non.
https://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/The year 2024 was the year that the Church discontinued the most stakes it has ever discontinued in a single year. Approximately one-third of all discontinued stakes in Utah in the past quarter century occurred in 2024. The year 2023 was the previous year with the most stakes discontinued in a single year (seven). Thus, 53% of all discontinued stakes in Utah since 2000 were closed in the past 2 years. These recent trends in stake consolidations are unsurprising given migration patterns for Latter-day Saints in Utah during the past quarter century, as older urban areas and lower income suburban communities built in the 1970s and 1980s have had steady streams of active Latter-day Saints that relocate to newer communities on the outskirts of the greater Salt Lake City area, Utah County, or other states, such as Idaho. Stakes discontinued in the past 2 years have experienced stagnant or declining numbers of active members for many years, and the number of wards in these former stakes had reached a point to a consolidation of stakes was warranted. It is also important to note that the Church in Utah has gone through previous waves of stake consolidations. Prior to the past two years, the year with the most stakes discontinued was 2011 when six stakes were discontinued. However, there have also been years in the past quarter century when no stakes were discontinued in Utah, such as 2005-2010, 2012-2014, 2017-2020, and 2022.
Year Number of Discontinued Stakes
2024 11
2023 8
2021 1
2016 3
2015 2
2011 6
2004 3
2003 1
Discontinued Stake Year
Cottonwood Heights Utah Wasatch 2024
Kearns Utah Central 2024
Kearns Utah East 2024
Kearns Utah West 2024
Midvale Utah North 2024
Ogden Utah Lorin Farr 2024
Providence Utah YSA 2024
Salt Lake Little Cottonwood 2024
Sandy Utah YSA 2024
Smithfield Utah YSA 2024
West Jordan Utah East 2024
Salt Lake Foothill 2023
Salt Lake Cottonwood Heights 2023
Sandy Utah Crescent Park 2023
Kearns Utah Western Hills 2023
Salt Lake Jordan 2023
Salt Lake Hunter South 2023
Midvale Utah East 2023
Roy Utah Central 2021
Salt Lake Sugar House 2016
Magna Utah Central 2016
Salt Lake Monument Park North 2016
Salt Lake 1st 2015
Salt Lake Wells 2015
Blanding Utah West 2011
Salt Lake Mount Olympus North 2011
Taylorsville Utah West 2011
Bennion Heights Utah 2011
West Valley Utah 2011
Salt Lake Park 2011
Ogden Utah Mount Ogden 2004
Ogden Utah Canyon View 2004
Salt Lake University 4th 2004
Salt Lake Eagle Gate 2003