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An 'area' is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions. With the end of Regional Representatives and the calling of Area Seventies in 1995, the area became the primary church administrative unit between the stake and the church as a whole.
The areas as they now exist were formed in January 1984.[1] Prior to that time, general authorities served as "area supervisors" and at times resided outside of Salt Lake City. In 1984, 13 initial areas were created; by 1992 there were 22. As of August 2007 there were 29 areas.[2]
Until 2003, each area had a president and two counselors, all of whom were typically general authorities.[3] This three-man body was known as the ''area presidency''. In that year, the church eliminated area presidencies for all areas located in the United States and Canada. Each of these areas were placed under the direct supervision of one of the seven members of the Presidency of the Seventy, thus freeing more general authorities from specific area assignments. Since these areas were previously administered by area presidencies located at church headquarters in Salt Lake City, the administrative change was not as drastic as it might seem.
The areas outside the United States and Canada continue to be governed by area presidencies that are typically composed of general authorities and Area Seventies. Rather than living in Salt Lake City, the area presidency members in these areas reside in a headquarters city that is located within the geographic boundaries of the area.[4] Each area presidency employs an executive secretary to assist in the administration of the area.
The following is an alphabetical list of the areas of the church. The number assigned corresponds to the number on the map in the section below.
When areas were first organized in 1984 Africa was part of the British Isles/Africa Area. Outside of South Africa and Zimbabwe and to a lesser extent Zambia, the church only had a presence from 1978 on. Even in the first three countries missionary work among black Africans did not began on a significant scale until after the church began allowing blacks to hold the priesthood in 1978.
As of year-end 2005 it had 120,333 members in 16 stakes and 27 districts. There were 10 missions. The stakes, districts and missions were further divided into 198 branches and 109 wards.
There were two temples in the area in 2007. On in Taipei, Taiwan and the other in Hong Kong.
Although it had one of the smaller church memberships of any area, it had the largest number of people within its boundaries. The area encompassed about 20 nations in Asia, including India and China, the two most populous nations in the world. With Indonesia also in this area, it came close to having over half the population of the World in its boundaries.
The North America Central Area encompasses all the area of five states, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
It also includes all of Illinois except the far south-east part of the stae, all of Colorado except a small area in the south-west of the state, all of Montana except a small area adjacent to Yellowstone and another small area along the Idaho border just south of British Columbia. All of Kansas except a small section in the south-east is in the area as well. In all these states all stakes are in the area, with the exception of Colorado where one of the 30 stakes is outside the area.
In Missouri, over three quarters of the state are in the area, but there are four of the 14 stakes outside the area in the North-America South West Area. The far southeast portion of Missouri between Arkansas and Tennessee is in the North America South East Area.
The area incorporates approximately the eastern two thirds of Wyoming as well. This area has eight of the 16 stakes in the state. Most of the total population of Wyoming is in this area, but some parts of Wyoming in the Utah Salt Lake City Area and Utah North Area as well as in the Idaho Area were settled by Latter-day Saints in the late 19th century. Many counties in southwest Wyoming have members of the LDS Church as their largest religious group.
As of year-end 2005 it had 912,820 members. They were in 188 stakes and four districts. These were further divided into 1,505 wards and 293 branches.
There were 17 missions in the area. The Reno Nevada, Las Vegas Nevada, Mesa Arizona, Snowflake Arizona, Albuqueque New Mexico, Oklahoma City, Lubbock Texas, Dallas Texas, San Antonio Texas and Houston Texas temples were in the area. The St. George Utah and Ciudad Juarer Mexico Temples are both just outside the areas borders.
The area consists of virtually all of Texas, with the lone exception of the far-northeast corner of the state around Texarkana. It also encompasses south-west Louisiana in the general area of Lake Charles, North-west Arkansas including the cities of Fort Smith, and Fayetteville. It also included the south-west portion of Missouri including the cities of Joplin, Springfield and Branzon. It also stretched east to include the area of Fort Leonard Wood. The area includes all of Oklahoma except the Panhandle. It includes virtually all of New Mexico and Arizona, the only exceptions in both states being small sections along their northern borders. It includes the area of California along the Colorado River, as well as the Lake Tahoe area and the the general area of Quincy California.
Until 2006 it included virtually all of Nevada. In that year the northeast quadrant of the state around Elko, consisting of two stakes, was transferred to the Utah Salt Lake City Area.
The North America southwest area also includes the south-east corner of Kansas, South-west Colorado, and two underpopulated areas of Utah, one being along the Arizona border just west of the Colorado river and the other being the area of Garrison and Gandi Utah on the Nevada border.
The North America West Area of the LDS Church encompasses most of California and all of Hawaii.
As of the end of 2005 there were 815,441 members in the area in 174 stakes. These stakes were divided into 1,322 wards and 174 branches. There were 18 missions in the area. There were nine temples in Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, Redlands, Newport Beach and San Diego California and in Laie, Hawaii and Kailua-Kona Hawaii.
As of year-end 2005 it had 658,317 church members in 178 stakes and one district. These were further divided into 1,346 wards and 138 branches.[5]
There were two regular missions of the church in the area, the Utah Salt Lake City and the Utah Salt Lake City South Missions. Temple Square in Salt Lake City was a separate mission, but missionaries in this mission served as guides at temple square and the surrounding church-owned buildings such as the Conference Center.
By area most of the area was outside of Utah in either Nevada or Wyoming. However there were only six stakes in Wyoming, and only two stakes and maybe half the district in Nevada. The two stakes in Nevada were transferred to the area in 2006.
The vast majority of the church membership lived in Salt Lake County in Utah. Rich County, Tooele County and Summit County Utah were also in the area.
The Utah Salt Lake City area is the newest area in the United States. Its organization was announced on June 14th, 2003. It was formed by a division of the Utah North Area.
The Salt Lake Temple and the Jordan River Temple are in this area with two more under construction or planned.
There are six temples in the area. These were the Mount Timpanogos Temple in American Fork, Utah, the Provo Temple in Provo, Utah adjacent to the campus of Brigham Young University. The Manti Temple in Manti, Utah, the St. George Temple in St. George, Utah, the Vernal Temple in Vernal, Utah and the Monticello Temple in Monticello, Utah which had been the first small temple built in the church on the plan announced by Gordon B. Hinckley in 1997.
The Utah South area was one of only two areas in the church which only had one mission, the other being the Utah North Area.
The mission was the Utah Provo Mission, which had the same boundaries as the area. The area encompassed both Utah County and Washington County two of the fastest growing metro-areas in the United States. Virtually all of Utah south of Salt Lake County as well as a small section of Northern Arizona and South-western Colorado were in the area.[6]
★ District (LDS Church)
1. Allen, James B. and Glen M. Leonard. ''The Story of the Latter-day Saints'' 2nd Edition, p. 654.
2. Immediately prior to this change there were 31 areas, but two areas in Mexico were merged, as were two areas in Brazil.
3. Area Seventies were sometimes asked to be counselors.
4. Area Seventies who serve in the area presidencies reside in their own homes, which may or may not be in the area headquarters city.
5. Deseret Morning News Church Almanc, 2007. p. 172.
6. Deseret News 2007 Church Almanac
★ “New Area Leadership Assignments,” ''Ensign'', Aug. 2007, 76–77
History
The areas as they now exist were formed in January 1984.[1] Prior to that time, general authorities served as "area supervisors" and at times resided outside of Salt Lake City. In 1984, 13 initial areas were created; by 1992 there were 22. As of August 2007 there were 29 areas.[2]
Administration
Until 2003, each area had a president and two counselors, all of whom were typically general authorities.[3] This three-man body was known as the ''area presidency''. In that year, the church eliminated area presidencies for all areas located in the United States and Canada. Each of these areas were placed under the direct supervision of one of the seven members of the Presidency of the Seventy, thus freeing more general authorities from specific area assignments. Since these areas were previously administered by area presidencies located at church headquarters in Salt Lake City, the administrative change was not as drastic as it might seem.
The areas outside the United States and Canada continue to be governed by area presidencies that are typically composed of general authorities and Area Seventies. Rather than living in Salt Lake City, the area presidency members in these areas reside in a headquarters city that is located within the geographic boundaries of the area.[4] Each area presidency employs an executive secretary to assist in the administration of the area.
List
The following is an alphabetical list of the areas of the church. The number assigned corresponds to the number on the map in the section below.
Map
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Africa Southeast Area
When areas were first organized in 1984 Africa was part of the British Isles/Africa Area. Outside of South Africa and Zimbabwe and to a lesser extent Zambia, the church only had a presence from 1978 on. Even in the first three countries missionary work among black Africans did not began on a significant scale until after the church began allowing blacks to hold the priesthood in 1978.
Asia Area
As of year-end 2005 it had 120,333 members in 16 stakes and 27 districts. There were 10 missions. The stakes, districts and missions were further divided into 198 branches and 109 wards.
There were two temples in the area in 2007. On in Taipei, Taiwan and the other in Hong Kong.
Although it had one of the smaller church memberships of any area, it had the largest number of people within its boundaries. The area encompassed about 20 nations in Asia, including India and China, the two most populous nations in the world. With Indonesia also in this area, it came close to having over half the population of the World in its boundaries.
North American Central Area
The North America Central Area encompasses all the area of five states, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
It also includes all of Illinois except the far south-east part of the stae, all of Colorado except a small area in the south-west of the state, all of Montana except a small area adjacent to Yellowstone and another small area along the Idaho border just south of British Columbia. All of Kansas except a small section in the south-east is in the area as well. In all these states all stakes are in the area, with the exception of Colorado where one of the 30 stakes is outside the area.
In Missouri, over three quarters of the state are in the area, but there are four of the 14 stakes outside the area in the North-America South West Area. The far southeast portion of Missouri between Arkansas and Tennessee is in the North America South East Area.
The area incorporates approximately the eastern two thirds of Wyoming as well. This area has eight of the 16 stakes in the state. Most of the total population of Wyoming is in this area, but some parts of Wyoming in the Utah Salt Lake City Area and Utah North Area as well as in the Idaho Area were settled by Latter-day Saints in the late 19th century. Many counties in southwest Wyoming have members of the LDS Church as their largest religious group.
North America Southwest Area
As of year-end 2005 it had 912,820 members. They were in 188 stakes and four districts. These were further divided into 1,505 wards and 293 branches.
There were 17 missions in the area. The Reno Nevada, Las Vegas Nevada, Mesa Arizona, Snowflake Arizona, Albuqueque New Mexico, Oklahoma City, Lubbock Texas, Dallas Texas, San Antonio Texas and Houston Texas temples were in the area. The St. George Utah and Ciudad Juarer Mexico Temples are both just outside the areas borders.
The area consists of virtually all of Texas, with the lone exception of the far-northeast corner of the state around Texarkana. It also encompasses south-west Louisiana in the general area of Lake Charles, North-west Arkansas including the cities of Fort Smith, and Fayetteville. It also included the south-west portion of Missouri including the cities of Joplin, Springfield and Branzon. It also stretched east to include the area of Fort Leonard Wood. The area includes all of Oklahoma except the Panhandle. It includes virtually all of New Mexico and Arizona, the only exceptions in both states being small sections along their northern borders. It includes the area of California along the Colorado River, as well as the Lake Tahoe area and the the general area of Quincy California.
Until 2006 it included virtually all of Nevada. In that year the northeast quadrant of the state around Elko, consisting of two stakes, was transferred to the Utah Salt Lake City Area.
The North America southwest area also includes the south-east corner of Kansas, South-west Colorado, and two underpopulated areas of Utah, one being along the Arizona border just west of the Colorado river and the other being the area of Garrison and Gandi Utah on the Nevada border.
North America West Area
The North America West Area of the LDS Church encompasses most of California and all of Hawaii.
As of the end of 2005 there were 815,441 members in the area in 174 stakes. These stakes were divided into 1,322 wards and 174 branches. There were 18 missions in the area. There were nine temples in Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, Redlands, Newport Beach and San Diego California and in Laie, Hawaii and Kailua-Kona Hawaii.
Utah Salt Lake City Area
As of year-end 2005 it had 658,317 church members in 178 stakes and one district. These were further divided into 1,346 wards and 138 branches.[5]
There were two regular missions of the church in the area, the Utah Salt Lake City and the Utah Salt Lake City South Missions. Temple Square in Salt Lake City was a separate mission, but missionaries in this mission served as guides at temple square and the surrounding church-owned buildings such as the Conference Center.
By area most of the area was outside of Utah in either Nevada or Wyoming. However there were only six stakes in Wyoming, and only two stakes and maybe half the district in Nevada. The two stakes in Nevada were transferred to the area in 2006.
The vast majority of the church membership lived in Salt Lake County in Utah. Rich County, Tooele County and Summit County Utah were also in the area.
The Utah Salt Lake City area is the newest area in the United States. Its organization was announced on June 14th, 2003. It was formed by a division of the Utah North Area.
The Salt Lake Temple and the Jordan River Temple are in this area with two more under construction or planned.
Utah South Area
There are six temples in the area. These were the Mount Timpanogos Temple in American Fork, Utah, the Provo Temple in Provo, Utah adjacent to the campus of Brigham Young University. The Manti Temple in Manti, Utah, the St. George Temple in St. George, Utah, the Vernal Temple in Vernal, Utah and the Monticello Temple in Monticello, Utah which had been the first small temple built in the church on the plan announced by Gordon B. Hinckley in 1997.
The Utah South area was one of only two areas in the church which only had one mission, the other being the Utah North Area.
The mission was the Utah Provo Mission, which had the same boundaries as the area. The area encompassed both Utah County and Washington County two of the fastest growing metro-areas in the United States. Virtually all of Utah south of Salt Lake County as well as a small section of Northern Arizona and South-western Colorado were in the area.[6]
See also
★ District (LDS Church)
Notes
1. Allen, James B. and Glen M. Leonard. ''The Story of the Latter-day Saints'' 2nd Edition, p. 654.
2. Immediately prior to this change there were 31 areas, but two areas in Mexico were merged, as were two areas in Brazil.
3. Area Seventies were sometimes asked to be counselors.
4. Area Seventies who serve in the area presidencies reside in their own homes, which may or may not be in the area headquarters city.
5. Deseret Morning News Church Almanc, 2007. p. 172.
6. Deseret News 2007 Church Almanac
References
★ “New Area Leadership Assignments,” ''Ensign'', Aug. 2007, 76–77
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