English saints a testament of faith – Kristine Frederickson on MormonTimes.com
In 1837, missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints left from Kirtland, Ohio, where there were between 2,000 and 3,000 members of the church, to serve missions in England. The elders landed in Liverpool, England, and within one year had converted 6,000 people. By 1852, about 57,000 had joined the church in the British Isles.
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