Recent News Coverage

Denver7: LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson dies at age 101

September 28, 2025

9NEWS (Denver): Russell M. Nelson, oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies

September 28, 2025

Aspen Public Radio: Russell M. Nelson, head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 101

September 28, 2025

The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction): LDS church suffered initial opposition, then prospered in Mesa County

September 27, 2025

Longmont Leader: Longmont Genealogical Society to Host Family History Discovery Day on Oct. 11

September 22, 2025

KKCO (Grand Junction): Grand Junction Latter-Day Saints temple open to the public

September 9, 2025

The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction): Temple opens: Grand Junction LDS temple open house welcomes all

September 9, 2025

KREX (Grand Junction): Grand Junction Colorado Temple Open House

September 8, 2025

The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction): ‘Sense of belonging’: LDS members remember fire, open new Fruita meetinghouse

August 24, 2025

The Denver Gazette (paywall): Broncos trade WR Devaughn Vele to Saints for fourth-, seventh-round picks

August 20, 2025

The Colorado Springs Gazette (paywall): Former Colorado Springs school transformed into transitional apartments for homeless families

August 20, 2025

Church News: ‘Mile-Long Table’ event in Denver brings community together to combat loneliness

August 8, 2025

Steamboat Pilot & Today: Northwest Colorado communities rally to support Meeker wildfire evacuees

August 7, 2025

The Mineral County Miner (Alamosa): The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donates to Care and Share

July 26, 2025

The Denver Post (paywall): Broncos’ Courtland Sutton deserves new deal, but Devaughn Vele looks like future replacement

June 7, 2025

About The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In Colorado

Brief History

1846: A wagon train of 43 Latter-day Saints camps at Fort Pueblo for the winter

1896: Missionaries arrive in Denver

1911: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, based in Utah, tours Colorado

1986: Church completes the Denver temple

1993: Church members give hundreds of hours of volunteer service during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Denver

1997: Church President Gordon Hinckley visits Denver to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first branch of the Church in the city

1999: Members participate in dozens of service projects as part of a statewide "day of service" instituted by Church leaders under the direction of Gov. Bill Owens

2005: Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs to sold-out crowd at the Pepsi Center

2013: Church responds to "millennial flood" along the Front Range

2016: Church completes the Fort Collins temple

2023: Church announces temple to be built in Colorado Springs

2025: Church completes the Grand Junction temple

At A Glance

  • 149,722: Total Church Membership in Colorado (2.5% of State Population)
  • 4: Missions
  • 310: Congregations
  • 628: Number of missionaries serving in Colorado
  • 64: FamilySearch Centers
  • 4: Temples (1 to be dedicated Oct. 2025 / 1 announced)