How the Mormon Church Made $293 Billion

Why the Mormon church is the richest in the world Use code johnnyharris at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/johnnyharris Join the Newpress waitlist to be part of what comes next: https://newpress.com Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4AT_Cnx2ILBiv9oorrGfcvnWBxO1hM3fjmQwsLFm_c/edit?tab=t.0 The Mormons went from a small group of rebels in Utah to the 17 million person religion it is today. With $300 billion, it is now the richest religion per capita. This took a century of burying difficult truths and creating a unified fundamentalist belief that spans the world. WATCH PART 1: https://youtu.be/hUW7j9GmXjI WATCH PART 2: https://youtu.be/kieCFwMqKtE Special thanks to: - Taylor Petrey, Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College - Benjamin Park, Author of _American Zion: A New History of Mormonism_ - John Dehlin, Host of Mormon Stories - Latter Day Labia MORE CHANNELS: Check out my new channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel Chromatic. Here's the soundtrack to this video: https://youtu.be/_SDQca4dvuw Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-tie-dye?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf I made a poster about maps - check it out: https://store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster -- VIDEO CHAPTERS -- 0:00 Intro 12:19 Recap 18:01 One Truth 27:21 Growth 29:43 Correlation 45:27 The Family 54:45 They Get Rich 1:03:21 The Church Today AI Disclosure: Occasionally, we use AI to create some of the imagery in our videos, which our (very talented) animators then spend weeks or months developing into what you see in the final video. We're learning as we go about AI usage and transparency, and appreciate your thoughts. About: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox