corp iglesia de jesucristo de los santos de los ultimos dias

What corp iglesia de jesucristo de los santos de los ultimos dias does

La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), specifically its South America South Area headquartered in Providencia, Santiago, Chile, is a regional administrative and ecclesiastical body of the global LDS Church. Founded globally in 1830 by Joseph Smith and governed by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Church serves its members through weekly worship at local meetinghouses, sacred ordinances at temples, a full-time missionary program, family history research via FamilySearch, welfare and self-sufficiency initiatives, and youth and children's programming including the centennial book "Un árbol que crece." Operations span Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, with recent infrastructure investment including the Bahía Blanca, Argentina temple public open house held October 16 through November 1, 2025. Recurring regional programming includes bi-annual General Conference broadcasts, the Jorn Jornadas de Ayuda para la Vida expert workshops, and the Biblioteca de Capacitación audiovisual training library. The stated headcount at the Chilean entity is 145 employees; the broader regional structure operates under an Area Presidency.

The underlying technology stack is ecclesiastical and administrative rather than commercial, consisting of member communication systems, missionary coordination tools, and the FamilySearch genealogical platform — the latter representing a notable proprietary data asset as one of the world's largest family history resources. No AI/ML capabilities, commercial APIs, mobile apps, or proprietary commercial platforms are disclosed. The business model is nonprofit: the organization is funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings from members, and all religious services, educational programs, and family history tools are provided without charge. There is no commercial pricing model, no disclosed revenue, no parent or subsidiary corporate structure, no funding rounds, and no traditional ownership. Marketing and member engagement are event-driven — centered on General Conference broadcasts, area news communications, community outreach (Jornadas de Ayuda), children's programs, and public temple open houses — with distribution through a global network of meetinghouses, temples, the FamilySearch online platform, and field missionaries.

Name

corp iglesia de jesucristo de los santos de los ultimos dias

Legal name

La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días

Website

https://iglesiasud.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1830

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días is a Christian restorationist Church whose South America South Area, headquartered in Santiago, Chile, serves LDS members across Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay through worship services, temple ordinances, missionary programs, and welfare and family history services funded by voluntary tithes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Spiritual programs
• Family history research
• Temple ordinances
• Welfare assistance

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días is a religious organization that provides worship services, temple ordinances, missionary programs, family history research through FamilySearch, welfare and self-sufficiency assistance, and youth development programs to its members across Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. All services are delivered without charge, funded entirely by voluntary tithes and offerings from members. The regional South America South Area site serves as a spiritual resource portal offering news, educational programs, temple services, and welfare resources.

Product overview

The South America South Area website of La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días serves as a regional spiritual resource portal providing news, educational programs, temple services, and welfare resources to members across Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The offering consists of spiritual guidance programs (Enfoque del Área, Conferencia General), educational resources (Biblioteca de Capacitación, Jorn Jornadas de Ayuda para la Vida), family history services (Templos, Historia Familiar), and children's programs (Un árbol que crece). This is a religious organization website rather than a commercial technology product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Enfoque del Área Sudamérica Sur Area focus initiative presented by the South America South Area Presidency, centered on divinely appointed responsibilities for God's work of salvation and exaltation, guiding members in spiritual priorities.
• Biblioteca de Capacitación Training library offering audiovisual materials and educational resources for church members across the South America South Area.
• Historia Familiar y Templos Temple and family history services enabling members to perform sacred ordinances and learn about ancestors through FamilySearch genealogical resources.
• Bienestar y Autosuficiencia Welfare and self-sufficiency programs supporting members in their temporal and spiritual needs through community services.
• Conferencia General General conference broadcast events where church leadership provides spiritual guidance and announcements to members worldwide.
• Jornadas de Ayuda para la Vida Life assistance workshops featuring expert talks on various topics such as family, youth, and community topics for church members.
• Concurso para Niños "Un árbol que crece" Children's contest featuring stories of faith from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay in different eras of church history.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Santiago / CELAM regional bodies): The Catholic Church is the dominant Christian denomination across Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay and operates an analogous mix of parishes, dioceses, welfare charities, schools, and youth programs in the same region, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• MyHeritage: MyHeritage is a competing online genealogy and family tree platform with significant presence in Latin America; it overlaps FamilySearch on records access, family tree building, and DNA testing.
• Seventh-day Adventist Church (South American Division): The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a strong, comparable regional structure across South America with similar emphasis on missionary work, community welfare, education (school networks), and youth engagement, and competes for the same evangelical converts.
• Jehovah's Witnesses (regional branch office, Argentina): Jehovah's Witnesses operate a similar membership-driven, door-to-door distribution model with volunteer-driven ministry across the same four countries, making them a directly comparable peer in missionary and publishing-based religious services.
• Ancestry.com (FamilySearch direct competitor): Ancestry.com is the leading commercial genealogy platform and direct competitor to FamilySearch in family history research, record digitization, and DNA-based ancestry services globally.

Emerging players

• 23andMe: 23andMe is a consumer DNA-testing and ancestry company with overlap in the family history and genealogical discovery space where FamilySearch competes for end-user engagement.

Regional players

• Baptist World Alliance / Convención Evangélica Bautista (regional affiliates): Baptist conventions and alliances operate extensive regional church networks across South America with comparable member-funded, mission-driven, and community-program models, representing a regional peer for congregational competition.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities / Caritas Internationalis regional offices: Caritas runs faith-based social service and welfare programs across the same South American countries; it is comparable as a faith-rooted welfare and self-sufficiency peer rather than as a primary worship services competitor.
• Salvation Army (South America territorial commands): The Salvation Army is a global faith-based nonprofit with comparable welfare, disaster relief, and self-sufficiency programs across South America; it operates at a smaller scale in the region but competes for the same donor and volunteer pools for community services.

Others

• Evangelical Council of Chile (and equivalent councils in Argentina/Paraguay/Uruguay): National evangelical umbrella bodies coordinate a large network of Protestant churches in the same four countries and represent a broad incumbent competitor for congregants, missionaries, and community influence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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