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English
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Consolidation and Decline, 1854-1900
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Mormonism and the Making of a British Zion
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Salt Lake City
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University of Utah Press
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78-102
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This chapter begins by tracing the decline of the church's membership and the resultant consolidation of its congregational structure, bot at the branch and conference level. Thereafter, the chapter considers the vital role played by three successive generations of missionaries, whose labors were central to Mormonism's perpetuation during a period characterized by decline. [From the text]