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Originally Posted by rayliotta
Would it be fair to say that by '78, as many as 50% of the married couples had met and married in the Local Churches?
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I don't think that was the case in Houston. For example, RG, BP, etc. these brothers may have married after meeting WL, but they knew their wives, and met their wives prior to the LC.
Second, when new churches spring up, like Odessa, it is almost 100% with married saints who were married outside of the LC.
50% is really a large number when you consider this. For example, a gospel contact of ours in Houston, strong brother, married his HS sweetheart who he had known long before touching the LC.
I think it was probably closer to 35% for saints who truly were single in the LC and met in the LC and married in the LC.