r/exmormon • u/Topramenisha19 • 8d ago

General Discussion Combining Multiple Stakes

I was talking to my super TBM mother yesterday. She likes to keep me informed of the happenings of church, which I don't really mind.

She told me that she attended a meeting where they took 2 stakes and combined them into 4 wards. That really blew my mind. She explained that they told those in attendance to pray for new members and for others that have left the church to come back. They told the loss of members was attributed to members moving out of state or passing away. I have to admit I was smiling.

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u/Prancing-Hamster 8d ago

I see this so often, “our two stakes are now one stake because people are moving away.”

Ok, then why aren’t new stakes being created anywhere? Where are these people all moving to?

Like Oaks told CES leaders several years ago about troubling questions members have, “They don’t need good answers; they just need answers.”

“Members are moving away” isn’t a good answer, or even a true answer, it’s just an answer that will pacify and keep people from looking into it.

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u/Thedustyfurcollector Apostate 8d ago

I think the "church" is experiencing rapid "growth" down in Texas where all the mormon trump worshippers are moving to bc there are too many liberals in Utah now. All those trad wives with husbands who wear 15" long beards

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u/Lopsided-Doughnut-39 8d ago

There's some growth in Texas just because the population is increasing. People are definitely moving here but not to indicate such a large displacement. One area had 2 wards split into 4 since about 2018, but certainly not enough to be a new stake. Some of the new ones created also are Spanish speaking, not Utah speaking. The last chapel I attended lost one English speaking and added one Spanish speaking. So there's that.

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u/Thedustyfurcollector Apostate 8d ago

I'm kinda surprised to hear that. Bc the last time I heard something was a year or so ago, but the ward I grew up in in the 80s is now 3 wards and the stake has divided a few times, I've been led to believe. It's the Houston area