The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Mormon church at 716 State Highway 136 in La Jara, CO 81140. It is one of 3 churches in La Jara.
716 State Highway 136, La Jara, CO, 81140The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is part of the Latter Day Saint movement family of churches in The American Church Story. 102 congregations of the Latter Day Saint movement family gather across Colorado — 4,546 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the other bodies descending from Joseph Smith's 1830 restoration teach that the New Testament church was restored through a modern prophet, and they read the Book of Mormon alongside the Bible. Latter-day Saints describe themselves as Christians; most trinitarian churches do not recognize their baptism. This map records that disagreement rather than settling it, and lists these congregations because they are part of the religious life of every place they are in.
Find The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
It takes 9.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (7.7–15.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- United Church of La Jara — 0.2 mi away
- Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Mission — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 3.1 mi away in Sanford, CO
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 6.7 mi away in Manassa, CO
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Mission — 6.8 mi away in Manassa, CO
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Mission — 6.9 mi away in Romeo, CO
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 8.3 mi away in Capulin, CO
More Latter Day Saint churches nearby
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 3.1 mi away in Sanford, CO
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 6.7 mi away in Manassa, CO
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 14.6 mi away in Alamosa, CO
- Institute of Religion — 14.7 mi away in Alamosa, CO