Since the first recordings of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commissioned by the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1842, and the second history published by B.H. Roberts in 1930, much has changed in the church.When the 1930 history was published, the church still had less ...

As economic conditions have continued to deteriorate in Liberia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday it will temporarily reassign 99 full-time missionaries to missions outside the country.On Thursday, the church released the following update:“Economic conditions ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Critics of a bill to decriminalize polygamy told state senators Monday the measure would only embolden abusive members of plural marriage groups and would do nothing to help victims.But members of polygamist groups said they favored the measure and said it would allow them to ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a date for the groundbreaking for a new temple in Layton.The groundbreaking will be held on May 30, 2020, <a ...

A new dating app seeks to fill the gap for former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looking for relationships.“It is not a place meant to pull people away from their beliefs,” said Zac Taylor, the app’s creator. “It is a place where people with like-minded, safe ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Temple, now closed for four years, is currently undergoing the decommissioning process, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday.The decommissioning process will take several weeks and includes removing sacred items from the temple and ...

The transcendent, fleeting beauty of more than 6,000 candles illuminating a cemetery on a winter’s eve returns to Ogden this week.The annual Service to Remember and Luminaries will be held on Friday evening at Leavitt’s Mortuary & Aultorest Memorial Park, 836 36th St., in ...

SALT LAKE CITY — No one quite knows who the last person out the doors of the Salt Lake Temple will be on Dec. 28, but on Monday, Dec. 30 the process of decommissioning the temple and preparing for a massive four-year renovation will begin.Prior to that date, expect Temple Square to be a ...

The 1964 New York World’s Fair was a show stopper.While Walt Disney introduced the new ride “It’s A Small World” at the fair, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced the Christus statue, copied from Bertel Thorvaldsen’s piece in Copenhagen, Denmark and its iconic ...

Just days after the Vietnamese government gave The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the right to conduct religious activities in the country, church President Russell M. Nelson spoke to a small gathering of church members at the Hanoi JW Marriott Hotel Ballroom.The event was part of ...