Mission guide
California Sacramento Mission
Sacramento is California’s capital, home to a mission serving in an important part of the state.
- English
- Spanish
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2 Nephi 33:6 as it reads in the Book of Mormon for each language spoken here.
Weak Things Become Strong, in the language of this mission
"I make weak things become strong" (Ether 12:27) as it reads in the Book of Mormon for each language spoken here.
About the mission
Missionaries speak English and Spanish.
At a glance
- Country
- United States, California
- Main city
- Sacramento, 524,943 people (2020 census)
- Time zone
- Pacific Time (UTC−8 in standard time, UTC−7 in daylight time)
- Climate
- Hot-summer Mediterranean, with hot dry summers and mild rainy winters
- Mission languages
- English and Spanish
- Church in California
- 725,648 members, 145 stakes, 1,085 congregations
A short history of the area
In December 1848, John Sutter Jr. and Samuel Brannan began laying out Sacramento City. Sacramento was incorporated on February 27, 1850. The California State Legislature moved there in 1854, making Sacramento the permanent state capital.
The Church here
- 1846Samuel Brannan led 235 Church members from New York on the ship Brooklyn to California. They landed at Yerba Buena, now San Francisco, on July 29.
- 1846The California Mission was organized on July 31 as the Church’s fifth mission, with Samuel Brannan as its first president.
- 1847The first English newspaper in California, The California Star, was published.
- 1848Six Mormon Battalion members were at Sutter’s Mill when gold was discovered.
- 1850The Church colony of New Hope was founded in California, and the first Church building was completed.
- 1851Church leaders encouraged colonization in San Bernardino to strengthen a travel route from the coast for Utah-bound Saints.
- 1920sA California land boom attracted many Church members to the state.
Temples nearby
Sacramento California Temple
Dedicated September 3, 2006 · Near Sacramento
Feather River California Temple
Dedicated October 8, 2023 · About 40 miles from Sacramento
Oakland California Temple
Dedicated November 17, 1964 · About 70 miles from Sacramento
Modesto California Temple
Opening soon · About 70 miles from Sacramento
The Book of Mormon here
Missionaries in this mission share the Book of Mormon in these languages. Tap a cover to read it free.
Cover art is an illustration. Links open the free edition on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Before you go
Phrases to learn
- SactownA nickname for Sacramento
- SacA short nickname for Sacramento
- City of TreesA Sacramento nickname referring to the city’s many trees
Fun facts
- Sacramento was the first U.S. city designated a City of Trees by the Arbor Day Foundation, in 1978.
- Parts of downtown Sacramento were raised between 1862 and the mid-1870s. Visitors can still see portions of the original streets and building first floors in the Sacramento Underground.
- Sacramento is known as America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital because many restaurants source food from surrounding farms.
Just got the call?
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