LDS Church

1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

   For LDS Church members, that history is taught from a young age as part of their self-identity.

   2025 October 5, Eric Levenson, “Attack on LDS Church harkens back to its early history of religious persecution”, in CNN

plural LDS churches

1. Any of the denominations of Christianity whose teachings and/or organisation derive from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830.

   And that history of persecution is newly relevant after the mass shooting and arson targeting an LDS church in Michigan last Sunday.

   2025 October 5, Eric Levenson, “Attack on LDS Church harkens back to its early history of religious persecution”, in CNN