A small congregation of the Latter Day Saints was first organized in 1956, where in missionaries began preaching by August of the same year. The church building was duly purchased by November. Before all this, the Latter Day Saint families living in Peru held group meetings.
Byt 1959, the time the Andes mission was organized, there were about 300 members in all five congregations.
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