"Seven churches"

1. Rev. 1: 4, 11, 20
     4 JOHN to the ^aseven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which ^bis, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven ^cSpirits which are before his throne;
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     11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the ^afirst and the last: and, What thou seest, ^bwrite in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto ^cThyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto ^dLaodicea.
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     20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven ^astars are the ^bangels of the seven churches: and the seven ^ccandlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
2. Mosiah 25: 23
     23 And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the ^aname of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of God;
3. D&C 77: 5
     5 Q. What are we to understand by the four and twenty ^aelders, spoken of by John?
     A. We are to understand that these elders whom John saw, were elders who had been ^bfaithful in the work of the ministry and were dead; who belonged to the ^cseven churches, and were then in the paradise of God.