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For several years until recently I attended a (PCUSA) church where normally, the Apostles Creed was recited at every weekly worship service. Prior to that, for even more years I frequently visited a (indep but S.Bap-like) Baptist church where I never heard it recited even once. Nevertheless, I see nothing about it that could not have been or was not, held by said church.

Until I was 30 or so, I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and had heard that creed enough to have memorized it, but it was not recited in the services SFAIK.

I have never quite attended an LDS worship service, but have been on premises for Sunday School or other purposes a time or two, but I am sure they also would not recite that creed out loud. But would you really argue that they COULD not, that there would be something about it that they disagreed with or did not hold? I know quite a bit about the LDS and it is not immediately apparent to me, what there is about the A.C. that a Mormon could not agree to...

My background may be limited somewhat, but the only printed arguments I have seen that try to say Mormons are not Christian, go right on to exclude numbers of other groups including RC, SDA, and who knows who all else...who IMO would have no trouble endorsing the Apostles Creed.

"that there would be something about it that they disagreed with or did not hold?"

There are parts of it that are not an accurate expression of our faith, for example: "His only Son". If it said "His only begotton Son" that would be OK, but we belive that Heavenly Father is the father of all our spirits, so each man can be considered His son in that way. Also we don't belive in "The Holy Catholic Church".

In general, we see it as something that was written by men, and as a relfection of their opinons and not the word of God given by revelation. We do have in our cannon what we Call the Articles of Faith, that do express our faith much as the ceeds do:

THE ARTICLES OF FAITH
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

1 WE believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2 We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.

3 We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and
ordinances of the Gospel.

4 We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second,
Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the
Holy Ghost.

5 We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in
authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

6 We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors,
teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

7 We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8 We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of
Mormon to be the word of God.

9 We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many
great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New
Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the
earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow
all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining
the law.

13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may
say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things,
and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we
seek after these things.