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Image 1 — 2 more chapels for sale in Utah...Kearns and West Valley City. 5015 S. (Kearns) & Westpoint Dr (W. Valley City). That stone just keeps rolling on...
Image 2 — 2 more chapels for sale in Utah...Kearns and West Valley City. 5015 S. (Kearns) & Westpoint Dr (W. Valley City). That stone just keeps rolling on...
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2 more chapels for sale in Utah...Kearns and West Valley City. 5015 S. (Kearns) & Westpoint Dr (W. Valley City). That stone just keeps rolling on...

u/JoeBudro — 3 days ago
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A chapel in Washington and a chapel in California for sale...Centralia, WA & Cupertino, CA.

The 1 ward chapels continue to go on the market..

u/JoeBudro — 4 days ago
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Japan Update: Another ward and chapel closed in Japan on 6-24-26 in Sendai. Nagamachi ward. This chapel only had one ward in it (like the majority in Japan), so I guess the chapel is closed also.

u/JoeBudro — 11 days ago
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Japan chapel shrivel (Part2). 6 more closed or sold chapels in Japan.

Locations are: Taniyama-Kagoshima, Tokyo, Tokyo Area-Chosei, Tokyo Area-Kisarazu, Tottori, and Yokohama (Kanagawa).

u/JoeBudro — 13 days ago
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Japan chapel shrivel (Part 1). Japan has lost a lot of stakes, wards, branches, and chapels in the last 7 or 8 years. Why? Is it the result of a society that has outgrown phony religions, and the older members are dying off? Here's 10 recently closed or sold chapels...

I would love to hear the opinions of former missionaries to Japan on here...The chapel locations (in order) are: Osaka (Hirakata), Kokagawa, Nagaoka, Okayama (West), Osaka, Osaka, Sapporo, Sapporo, Sapporo, and Tanabe.

u/JoeBudro — 14 days ago
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2 more Washington chapels for sale. A 2nd chapel in Auburn to be sold, and one in Vancouver.

u/JoeBudro — 16 days ago
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Chapels for sale. 4 more New listings in Utah. Kearns, W. Jordan, Bountiful, and Brigham city.

u/JoeBudro — 17 days ago
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Here's my map of chapels and branches(B) that have closed(CL) or been sold(S) in Great Britain this century, mostly in the last 8 years. I am only aware of only 2 that sold prior to 2018.

I suspect we will see a lot more in the near future if our British friends are correct. If anyone knows of others I have missed I would love to know.

u/JoeBudro — 1 month ago
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4 chapels in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles are now officially up for sale. The latest closure is the Tarzana chapel. Listed for 6+ million dollars. This brings the number of recent sold and for sale LDS churches in the valley to 7. There are 8 open chapels left.

The chapels currently for sale and shown are Tarzana, Studio City, Van Nuys(Sherman Oaks), and Granada Hills. Of the 8 chapels left, 4 have 1 ward each, and 4 have 2 wards in each. 12 wards total, from a high of around 30. The reason for the shrivel is mostly demographic change, meaning members passing away, moving away due to neighborhood shifts, and inactivity, along with some level of apostacy. There is no one clear-cut reason for the shrivel. I find it interesting that at least 6 Spanish speaking wards have shrunk to 3 in the last 5 years. 2 other older chapels were sold prior to 2000.

Edit: As pointed out in a comment below by CockroachPossible746, The Reseda (Ingomar) chapel is also for sale, That makes 5 for sale, and only 7 left in the valley that are not for sale. The total wards were reported incorrectly also. There are 13 wards left in the valley, because the Granada Hills chapel still has a ward until it sells. I can't seem to do math today. LOL

u/JoeBudro — 1 month ago