EXCLUSIVE: Residents in shared ownership houses in Pentowan Gardens in Hayle, Cornwall, said they have suffered stress and anxiety after finding out their homes are virtually unsellable.
They make up most of the adult LDS membership. So why do they feel like outsiders? Because theyâre single.
Church leaders openly acknowledge this longtime trend, but single Latter-day Saints say additional shifts are needed from the pulpit and in the pews to make the faith more welcoming.
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For a church that preaches marriage, that promotes traditional gender roles and nuclear families, and that even organizes special congregations on the basis of marital status, the General Conference announcement that most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are single seemed stunning.