Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'churches' occurs 97 times in the standard works.

36 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'churches' in the standard works and contain 37.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mosiah 25:19-23 (6 in 5 verses)

 25:19 And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto Alma that he might establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla; and gave him power to ordain priests and teachers over every church.

 25:20 Now this was done because there were so many people that they could not all be governed by one teacher; neither could they all hear the word of God in one assembly;

 25:21 Therefore they did assemble themselves together in different bodies, being called churches; every church having their priests and their teachers, and every priest preaching the word according as it was delivered to him by the mouth of Alma.

 25:22 And thus, notwithstanding there being many churches they were all one church, yea, even the church of God; for there was nothing preached in all the churches except it were repentance and faith in God.

 25:23 And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the name of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of God;




Morm. 8:28 (3 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 1:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 8:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 8:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 45:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 8:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 60:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 101:74-75 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 37 0 37
BM 32 0 32
1 Ne. 4 0 4
2 Ne. 6 0 6
Mosiah 7 0 7
Alma 3 0 3
4 Ne. 5 0 5
Morm. 7 0 7
DC 28 0 28
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 97 0 97

Mosiah 25:19
And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto Alma that he might establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla; and gave him power to ordain priests and teachers over every church.

Mosiah 25:21
Therefore they did assemble themselves together in different bodies, being called churches; every church having their priests and their teachers, and every priest preaching the word according as it was delivered to him by the mouth of Alma.

Mosiah 25:22
And thus, notwithstanding there being many churches they were all one church, yea, even the church of God; for there was nothing preached in all the churches except it were repentance and faith in God.

Mosiah 25:23
And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the name of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of God;

Mosiah 27:3
And there was a strict command throughout all the churches that there should be no persecutions among them, that there should be an equality among all men;