BLACK MORMON SINGLES

Welcome to Black Mormon Singles!

There's good news and bad news!

Good news....there are 20,000 black Mormons in the U.S. and Canada.

Bad news....they are scattered about quite widely.

If you are black and LDS, you are probably one of few black Members in your Stake (except for a few places). It makes it difficult to find an date others of your own race and culture.

*There is nothing in the Church against interracial dating or marriage. The Church has thousands of active interracial couples. However, if you want to date other Black Mormons, then keep reading.

The best way to find other active single black Members to date is....

1) To advertise in LDS singles websites.

2) To move to where there are concentrations of Black Latter-day Saints.

3) Move to Ghana for three weeks and find a mate there.

Those are your choices if you wish to date single black Members.

Black Singles in Utah

If you are black, LDS, and single, and LIVE IN UTAH... then contact Black Singles of Utah:

adultsingles@ldsgenesisgroup.org

Also checkout Young Single Adult dances in the greater Salt Lake City are:

SLC YSA Dances

Actually, perhaps the BEST PLACE in all North America for LDS Singles is in the Phoenix/Mesa Arizona area! That's right! They have the most Single's dances and activities. Just look HERE!

So, if you are Single (of whatever race) and want to attend LDS Single's dances every Friday and Saturday night, and other activities, move to the Phoenix/Mesa Arizona area or the Salt Lake City area (to get involved with the Genesis Group).

LDS Singles Websites

Black Mormon Singles can post their photos and profiles (personal data) on the following FREE LDS singles website:

LDSPals.com (100% FREE)

You can also post your photo and personal date (profile) on the following LDS singles PAY sites:

Hotsaints.com

LDSPlanet.com

LDSMingle.com

LDSSingles.com

These are PAY sites. So, you must pay them in order to send or receive messages.

Remember: DO NOT post your profile on any of these sites without at least one current PHOTO! Otherwise, you're wasting your time.

If you don't know HOW to scan you photo and upload it, you can send your photo to SingleSaints.com and they will scan it and post it for you unto THEIR website!

Posting Photos

If you don't know "how" to put your photo up then find a Mormon in your Ward or Branch who does and can help you. You can also ask the employees at FedExKinko's Copy Center (look in your telephone book) to "scan" your photo into the computer. If you don't know how to scan your photo in and send it to an LDS Single website then:

1) Ask your Elder's Quorum President to help you, or to find an elder in your Ward or Branch who has a scanner to help you.

2) If "nobody" in the Elder's Quorum in your Ward or Branch knows how to do this, ask the Priest's Quorum Advisor (yes, really!) to ask his Priests if they know how to scan a photo into a computer and email it to an LDS singles site. They probably do.

3) If #1 and #2 doesn't work, then employees a FedExKinko's WILL know how. But you must pay them for their time. Make sure to tell them exactly what you want. You want them to:

*Scan a photo of you into a computer.

*Email that photo to a number of "LDS Singles" websites.

If you just can't scan a photo, or you can't find somebody to scan a photo, then go to www.singlesaints.com and send them a photo; they will scan one for you for their site (you must be under age 35).

Search Words

You can find other black Mormons at many popular LDS singles websites by going to their "SEARCH" and typing in "black" or "African-American" or "Ghana".

Areas With High Black Mormon Populations (North America)

If you are INTENT on finding a single black Mormon for marriage, then here are areas where there are a goodly amount of active black Mormons:

1) Black Student Union, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah. About 200 black single Mormons; most under 30.

2) Capitol Hill Branch, Washington D.C.

3) Atlanta Ward, Atlanta Georgia

4) Various Detroit Michigan branches within the city

5) Southwest Los Angeles Branch, Los Angeles California (Inglewood Stake).

6) Harlem Branch, Manhattan, New York City

7) Oakland 9th Branch, Oakland California.

8) Salt Lake/Ogden/Provo (Genesis Group of Utah)

9) Phoenix/Mesa area (find other black Mormons at the dances--there are LDS singles dances every Friday and Saturday night of ever month in the greater Mesa area). You can contact Phoenix LDS Singles by going go www.google.com and typing in "Phoenix LDS Singles".

You can find the locations and meeting times of the various Wards and Branches mentioned above go to the "Meetinghouse Locator" link at:

www.lds.org

That's it!

If you do not live in these areas, or you are not willing to move to these areas, then your chances of finding another single active black LDS mate are slim at best.

Single Black African Men

Ladies,

There is a HUGE shortage of single black Mormon females in Ghana! The reason is:

1) Men may choose their own religion by age 16.

2) Women "cannot" change their religion or choose their own religion if they are single without the permission of their fathers--which is rarely given.

Thus, in Mormon branches in Ghana, single men greatly outnumber single women.

At LDSPALS.com there are a number of single black African men from Ghana, Nigeria, and several other locations. Just about all of these men are college educated. They are looking to move to the U.S. or Canada or Great Britain. But, unless they can find a woman to marry them, their chances are SLIM to NONE! The GOOD NEWS for you is that they are:

*Active Mormons
*Not terribly PICKY!
*Desperate to get out of their home country and go to the U.S., Canada, or Britain!

Check it out! Just go to WWW.LDSPALS.COM and register and post of photo of yourself. If you don't know how to post a photo, go to FedExKinkos and they will post one for you. Or, ask you Elder's Quorum President to ask the good Elders if they would help you.

Then, after posting your photo and information, click on "Search" and go to "Keywords" and put in:

GHANA

NOTE: Travelling to Ghana from the U.S. is relatively safe; if you have contacts in Ghana. Travelling to Nigeria is DANGEROUS even if you have contacts. DO NOT TRAVEL TO NIGERIA OR SEND MONEY TO NIGERIA!!!

If you MUST have a black Mormon priesthood-holder to marry, and you don't think you can get one here in North America, then you're chances of finding one in Ghana are more than excellent. But, it's not easy to get there! Make sure you are in correspondance with at least "three" single men in Ghana before you ever go to Ghana!

Travelling to Ghana

If you want to travel to Ghana to meet single black LDS men (or women) then you must....

1) Save at least $3000 for the trip.

2) Get a Passport, and a Visa from the Consulate or Embassey of Ghana (make connections with Mormons in Ghana BEFORE you apply for your Visa).

3) Make arrangements beforehand. Make contacts. The best way is to contact the former Mission President of Ghana: John C. Riding.

Contact Br. Riding (Mission President in Accra, Ghana, from 2002 to 2005) and say:

"Brother Riding, my name is _______ _________ and I'm an active Member living in _________ _________. I'm a member of the __________ ________ Ward/Branch. I've been in email communication with some Members in Ghana, and I want to travel there to meet them. I'm African-American. Do you know anyone in Ghana who might be able to meet me at the airport? I'd greatly appreciate your help!"

Contact:

Brother John C. Riding
(801) 489-0527

He should be able to refer you to somebody; probably a senior missionary couple just back from there. That's your next contact.

Make sure you've been in email contact with at least 3 men/women in Ghana who are interested in you, have seen your photo, and are interested in marriage; BEFORE you contact Brother Riding!

Again, the advantage of Ghananian LDS men is they aren't turned-off by large women.

Single Black African Women (Scams)

Guys! If you see a very attractive single "model" like African-American looking woman on an "LDS Singles"--saying she lives in Ghana or Nigeria, it is probably a fraud! A way to get your money. If you contact this woman, and she asks for money, you can be SURE you are chatting with some man or men who are trying to rip you off!

BYU Black Student Union

If you are planning to attend Brigham Young University, and you are black, you'll want to contact the Black Student Union; which has a membership of about 200 at any given time. Not all are single but most are.

Black Student Union
Multicultural Services
1320 ELWC
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-3065

Salt Lake City

Another place you may wish to relocate is Salt Lake Valley. There are lots of activities for Young Adults (18 to 34) and Singles (34 and up); mostly dances. The Genesis Group of Black Latter-day Saints is very active in Salt Lake Valley, and they have a group of Black LDS Singles forming there.

You can find apartments or rooms to rent by going to the Salt Lake Tribune classifies:

Salt Lake Tribune

You can also look for rooms to rent at LDS Housing.net:

LDSHousing.net

As far as jobs, you can look in the Classifieds of the Salt Lake Tribune.

You can also check out the City Weekly ads:

Roommate Wanted (Salt Lake City)

A "roommate wanted" means somebody has a room in a house or apartment to rent; with rent being about $300 or so per month. Make sure to ask about any deposit and if there is air-conditioning. Summers in Utah are brutal! Tell them via email that you are LDS and black so there will be no surprises.

STUDIO 600 Dance Club (Salt Lake City and Provo)

There is a very large non-smoking/non-alcohol dance club called "STUDIO 600" in Salt Lake City: on 600 South street between Main Street and State Street; just south of the Grand America Hotel (very large hotel). It is a great place to meet singles. Very few black LDS singles, but they show up on occassion. Cost is 8 dollars at the door. This place is next to the AT&T building on the corner of Main Street and 600 South Street. Park at the SEARS parking lot on 700 South and Main Street (free parking). Walk north to 600 South and Main. Look for AT&T building. STUDIO 600 is just to the East of the AT&T building. About 900 show up on Thursday nights (Country Western). Wednesday nights is 25 and up night. Friday night is "All Ages" live music night. Saturday night is Latin Music night. Bring you I.D. Nobody under 18 unless on Friday nights (live bands). DJed music the other nights.

STUDIO 600 has recently openned a new club in Provo on Center street. Click on their link before for more details.

Singles Dances for those over age 30 (Dee's Dances)

If you are over, say 30ish, then there are some excellent very popular and very well-attended "Dee's Singles Dances" in the greater Salt Lake City area:

Singles Dances at www.deesdances.com

About 500 to 800 attend a normal Dee's dance. About 5 to 10 of these are black and almost certainly LDS.

If you move to Salt Lake Valley or Utah County (Provo-Orem), make sure to contact the Black Singles Group there at:

adultsingles@ldsgenesisgroup.org

The Genesis Group is the official fellowship organization for Black Mormons in North America. They have an excellent Adult Singles and Young Adult Singles program. If you move to "the Wasatch Front" (Ogden/Salt Lake/Orem-Provo) then make sure to contact them. There are over 1,000 members of the Genesis Group in Utah.

Locations of Single Black Mormon concentrations

If you can't move to Salt Lake or Utah County (Provo/Orem) then the next best places to meet single active Black Mormons are:

Atlanta Ward (Atlanta, GA)

Los Angeles Southwest Branch (Inglewood, CA)

Oakland 9th Branch (Oakland, CA)

Capitol Hill Branch (Washington D.C.)

Harlem Ward (Manhattan, NY)

Any Detroit Branch or Ward within the city limits (Michigan)

That's about it. Your choices are:

*Washington D.C.

*Harlem
*Detroit
*Inglewood (South-Central Los Angeles)
*Atlanta

If you can't move to one of these locations then your best bet to find mate of the same race is to post your photos on LDS singles websites!

GENESIS: The Genesis Group Newsletter

If you would like to read The Genesis Group newsletter just clink below (in links).

The Genesis Group

The Genesis Group of Black Latter-day Saints is the official Church fellowship group for black Members in North America. Contact them and ask "Is there a Genesis Group in my area?" If not, you may wish to form one yourself. Ask them how. Their website is in the LINKS below.

The Singles Group of The Genesis Group of Black Latter-day Saints is now forming. Contact:

adultsingles@ldsgenesisgroup.org

Summary and Conclusion

*Inter-racial marriages are allowed in the LDS Church, and there are many of them.

*95% of white Mormons are NOT racist, and are totally accepting of blacks and inter-racial couples in the Church.

*White Mormon culture is "different" from African-American culture, so if you are not comfortable in white culture, you probably won't be comfortable attending a predominantly white Mormon Ward (congregation).

*Mormon leaders do not allow "black only" Wards (congregations) at this time, but some Wards are predominantly black (listed below).

*There are about 20,000 black Mormons in the United States, but most are inactive (do not attend Church). There are mostly Black Mormon Wards (congregations) in Detroit, Atlanta, Harlem (New York City), Oakland California, Inglewood California (just East of Los Angeles International Airport), and Washington D.C. Other than these areas, the number of active Black Mormons is very small, perhaps 1 in every 100 Mormons.

*There are about 300 to 500 active Black Mormons who belong to the Genesis Group in the greater Salt Lake City area. They meet one evening per month in the Fort Union section of Midvale, Utah.

*There are about 100 to 200 single Black Mormons who attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. All belong to the Black Student Union, and they have various activities.

*Black Mormon women who insist on marrying a black Mormon man, will want to put their photo on LDS singles websites, and they may want to consider going to Ghana where there is an acute shortage of single Mormon females: the single Mormon males there outnumber the single Mormon females five to one. Note: although there are tens of millions of illegal aliens in this country, and at least one million new illegals arrive every year, it is quite difficult and expensive to get a visa for a Ghananian to come to the U.S., even if you are already married to him. So, if you are poor, don't attempt this unless you plan to stay in Ghana.

*There are about 400,000 black Mormons in Africa, and that number is growing tremendously every year.

*If you decide to move to the greater Salt Lake City area, make sure to contact the Genesis Group once you get there. The Genesis Group website is in the links below.

*About 50% of white Mormon women are "open" to marrying a black man. About 15% of white Mormon men are "open" to marrying a black woman. Much depends on your looks, personality, and (for the women) how much "security" you can provide for them.

*If you want to know "why" black men were banned from the Mormon priesthood and all black people banned from Mormon Temples before 1978, please read this website:

markofcain.angelfire.com

I am the author of this website, and my name is Darrick Evenson. I am not black. I was a Mormon from 1979 to 1996. I resigned from the LDS Church in 1996. If you would like to read my story, please go to:

Why I Left the Mormon Church and Became a Daheshist

Thank you.

Darrick Evenson

darrick_evenson@yahoo.com

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Websites of Interest to Black Mormons:

LDSPals.com (again...100% free)
LDSMingle.com (Pay, but LOTS of black LDS profiles)
The Black Mormon Homepage
GENESIS GROUP OF BLACK LATTER-DAY SAINTS
LDSSingles.com (Pay site)
Studio 600 Dance Club (SLC and now also in Provo)
Dee's Single Dances (Salt Lake City Area)