There was good news — and bad — in the Mormon membership stats reported Saturday at the Utah-based faith's 182nd Annual General Conference.
The most positive development in 2011 was “a surge in the number of members serving full-time missions – to 55,410, an increase of 3,185 from 2010; a 6.1 percent annual increase,” according to Matt Martinich, who carefully reports and analyzes LDS Church growth.
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