Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "LDS Church," informally the "Mormon Church") was founded by Joseph Smith Jr in upstate New York in 1830 and is the largest of the Restorationist denominations originating in the nineteenth-century American religious landscape. The Church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with approximately 17 million baptised members worldwide as of the most recent published statistics. Related Restorationist bodies including the Community of Christ (formerly the RLDS Church) and various fundamentalist Mormon groups represent distinct institutional traditions and are not included under this denomination key.

LDS entries currently in this archive concern the 2023 Securities and Exchange Commission administrative sanction of the Church and its investment-management arm Ensign Peak Advisors over a 22-year scheme using thirteen shell LLCs to obscure approximately $32 billion in equity holdings. The Church's documented institutional record on internal disciplinary process around sexual misconduct allegations — particularly the "bishop's interview" framework — is within the archive's scope and pending writeup.