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stake of Zion
Stake Stake, n. (Mormon Ch.) A territorial division; -- called also stake of Zion. Every city, or ``stake,' including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

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- strengthen thy stakes" (Isaiah 54:2). A stake is sometimes referred to as a stake of Zion. The first Latter Day Saint stake was organized at church headquarters...
- church may be referred to as a "stake of Zion." In one interpretation, Zion refers to a specific location to which members of the millennial church are to...
- the term refers to a stake high council in a local stake, but other high councils include the standing Presiding High Council in Zion, and the "travelling...
- president of the newly formed Irish mission, in 1962, the number of conversions quadrupled within an 18-month period. By 1974 a stake of Zion was established...
- stakes of Zion and was equal in authority to the Quorum of the Twelve. Because the standing high council oversaw stake high councils, the Quorum of the Twelve...
- Strang and some of his ****ociates.[citation needed] About 12,000 Latter Day Saints ultimately accepted Strang's claims. A second "Stake of Zion" was established...
- October 7, 1844, and also rejected as president of the Nauvoo Stake of Zion. Patriarch John Smith, an uncle of Joseph's, was chosen as Marks's successor. Despite...
- Talmage was an alternate high councilor in the Utah Stake of Zion. He became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on 7 December 1911, after Charles...
- Kirtland Stake of Zion is simultaneously organized. May 3: The name of the church is changed from The Church of Jesus Christ to The Church of the Latter...
- San Mateo Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sept. 1957-Sept. 1967. San Mateo Stake of Zion, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...