American sociologist Rodney Stark once predicted that Mormonism would become the next "global religion" following the founding of Islam in the fifth century and that it would claim more than 260 million adherents by the middle of the 21st century.
美國知名的社會學家羅德尼・斯達克一度預言：摩門教將繼西元 5 世紀興起的回教後，成為另一個「全球性」宗教；教徒在 21 世紀中葉將超越 2 億 6,000 萬人。