Stake (Latter Day Saints)

A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in certain denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. The name "stake" derives from the Book of Isaiah: "enlarge the place of thy tent; stretch forth the curtains of thine habitation; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes" (Isaiah 54:2).^[1] A stake is sometimes referred to as a stake of Zion.

^ Joseph Fielding Smith, Church History and Modern Revelation, vol. 1, pp. 321–22, ISBN 9781606413074^{[full citation needed]}

[1] Joseph Fielding Smith, Church History and Modern Revelation, vol. 1, pp. 321–22, ISBN 9781606413074^{[full citation needed]}

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