Stake (Mormonism)

A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregrations in sects of the Latter Day Saint movement. A stake is comparable to a diocese in the Roman Catholic Church. The name "stake" derives from the phrase "stake in the tent of Zion" and is a reference to the stakes that upheld the Biblical tabernacle housing the Ark of the Covenant. For this reason, a stake is sometimes referred to as a "stake of Zion".

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Smith, Joseph Fielding | Title=Essentials in Church History | Publisher = Deseret Book Company | Year= 1973| ID= ISBN 0-87747-081-2}}