LDS Church gains recognition in Kuwait

(Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saints and friends gather in front of the meetinghouse in Kuwait.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it had received official recognition for its local leaders and organization from Kuwait.

The formal recognition allows church leaders to better serve the needs of the nearly 300 members who live and work in the Persian Gulf country, officials said in a news release.

The population of Kuwait is 85 percent Muslim and Latter-day Saints are prohibited from conducting missionary work among Muslims, according to to “Reaching the Nations: International Church Growth Almanac," a 2014…