By 1848 there were 21 congregations in the state. Many Mormon converts in New Jersey later joined the movement's westward trek to avoid persecution, the church says.

A view of the LDS temple near Washington, D.C. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has criticized the new show "American Primeval."© EVA HAMBACH, AFP via Getty Images ...

The series depicts the Mountain Meadows massacre during the 1857-58 Utah War. In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.

Netflix’s new historical fiction series "American Primeval" is stirring controversy for its portrayal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and its leader Brigham Young.

The Mormon church has apologized for the posthumous baptism by its members of the parents of famed Nazi hunter and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal. The posthumous baptisms were performed in ...