PLURALISM IN UTAH Alyssa Mecham, Jordan Engman, Sam Werrett

Objectives  Become aware and familiar with the minority religions in our community.  Choose a select few to learn about in depth.  Compare our findings to other Utah and National religions.

Local Churches  Christ the King Lutheran  Light of the Valley Lutheran  Lord’s Church  The Mission Church  Trinity Baptist Church  Saint Andrew Catholic Parish and School  Summit Adventure Church  Harvest Valley Baptist Church  South Valley Baptist Church  The Bridge Church  West Jordan Seventh-Day Adventist Church  Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple  67 LDS Chapels  2 LDS Temples

The Mission Church  Started two years ago as a bible study in Ritch’s home.  The mission church is a small but growing church founded by Ritch Sandford and his wife. After moving from Chicago they met with their family and people they had met in the neighborhood for bible study. Gradually they grew to meet in the South Jordan Community Center.  Christian Church that bases there messages in order to understand the bible better and becoming closer to Jesus Christ.

Bible Baptist Church  The Bible Baptist Church has been in the Salt Lake Valley for 30 years with a Spanish ministry since  They are a fundamental, independent, non-denominational church and call themselves soul- winning and Christ exalting.  They have traditional Baptist beliefs and support exclusivism.  They face the struggles that comes with being a minority but this particular church does not send out missionaries to recruit members.

Bible Baptist Pastor’s  English Pastor Marshall Warneke and his wife Becky Warneke who is the principal of the K- 12 school.  Spanish Pastor Duane Lesco and his wife Ann Lesco.

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What is diversity?  Diversity means difference. There is diversity in a community when people come from various backgrounds, live different ways of life, and have different beliefs.  There can be diversity in anything, especially religion.

How diverse is our community?

Utah  Utah is predominately a Christian state with the majority belonging to the LDS religion

Nation  Christian is the most common religion in the United States  Close to 23% of Americans claim to not belong to a religion

Conclusion  The majority of Utah’s religious population in 1906 was LDS with an overwhelming 87%  Modern day Utah is now more diverse than it has ever been but still largely LDS

Cont Conclusion  Utah follows the national average of being largely Christian  Utah is 55% LDS compared to the national level of 1.6%  Compared to the rest of the nation Utah could be consider undiversified

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