In this first episode, Brother Luke highlights some questions related to the Early Missionary Work in Central Virginia.
Brother Luke tells about how the number of members grew, which required them to find more suitable meeting places.
Brother Luke tells about how the first congregation of members finally came to have a chapel of their own.
Brother Luke tells of how early saints built the first, truly LDS chapel in Richmond: the church building in which we still worship and meet, on Monument Avenue!
Brother Luke closes the series by focusing on the person who played the key role in leading us into a fully functioning church organization - when the first Virginia wards and stakes formed.
All descendants of the early Virginia saints are invited to contribute content to the Virginia's Early Church History series. Any details, anecdotes, photos, etc, would be thrilling to share and greatly appreciated.
Please submit your family's stories and connections to Brother Roice Luke using this email address: luker@vcu.edu
All page numbers and quotations listed in the Virginia Church History episodes are sourced from Sister Eloise U. Whiting's Book, Mormonism: The First Hundred Years, 1873-1973: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Central Virginia - published in 1987.
Loan a copy of the book from a library such as the Library of Virginia.
Or, access and read the digital version by clicking here: Family Search Books