Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)

PRESTON, Idaho – Authorities say two people were killed and four Mormon missionaries were injured after their cars collided in southern Idaho. Idaho State Police say 83-year-old L. Max Richards and 80-year-old Phyllis Richards died at the scene following the crash Wednesday afternoon on U.S. ...

The Mormon church says a man supervising young missionaries in Puerto Rico was removed from the post and kicked out of the religion after female ... 2014 after the women said they had been deceived and victimized, said Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Mormon apostle tells graduating BYU students to 'be a ray of light' in world full of corruption, disease and terror ..... of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — told graduates he is counting on them to be “consumed with conviction” to better their lives and the lives of others.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple in Spring has officially reopened after Hurricane Harvey shut its doors due to a substantial amount of damage. The temple was closed for seven months when the nearby Cypress Creek flooded during Hurricane Harvey. The Houston temple serves ...

The piece of art from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints turned up in a front yard near South Town Center Drive and West Desert Inn Road. It may have been dumped by a burglar, giving no care. Khai Vu says he's just trying to do the right thing. “It doesn't belong to me. It's meaningful to someone,” said Khai Vu.

Then I went upstairs to get myself ready for church and began engaging in the well-known ritual among mothers in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that I call “Mormon mother guilt.” As I put on my makeup I told myself, “Really? Did you just try to talk your son out of going to church? What is ...

Former YSA bishop and Utah businessman Richard Ostler served a mission in England for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints almost 40 years ... Ostler helped found Listen, Learn & Love, a nonprofit not affiliated with the LDS Church that provides resources for Mormons who want to learn more ...

The selections of Soares and Gong are likely to trigger applause from a contingent of Mormons who were eager to see the faith's global footprint represented in ... Counselor Dallin H. Oaks, left, speaks with Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, during the church's ...

Yes, the Mormon founder Joseph Smith allegedly dug up these golden plates from his own backyard! And, yep... Mormons believe God lives on a planet called Kolob. The show doesn't poke fun of the religion, per say. It merely presents the MORMON beliefs just as they are believed by its followers.

The Association for Mormon Letters announced awards for publications and other works across 13 categories at Brigham Young University on March 23 from more than 50 works that are by, for or about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that were named as finalists. The 2017 AML ...

We represent the Mormon Women for Ethical Government, a large and growing nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to the ideals of decency, honor, ... We have been energized by official statements from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which have encouraged lawmakers to take a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The next time the “Book of Mormon” musical comes through town, patrons won't have to chug their beer before the show starts. Utah's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control confirmed to FOX 13 that a newly passed liquor law makes it possible for people to drink while watching a ...

More and more LDS chaplains are bringing God, not necessarily a Mormon God, to the troops ... “You're not there to serve the Latter-day Saints, in particular, but certainly because you are there, you do serve Latter-day Saints. ... That's why he believes to become a chaplain, Mormons need a push from the Holy Ghost.

MCKINNEY, Texas -- A former church instructor is accused of sexually assaulting children, and police say there may be additional victims. Noel Anderson, 22, told police he sexually assaulted four children between the ages of two and six during the last seven years. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ ...

After the eight days, the missionaries were evacuated, leaving the Caribbean island without full-time missionaries representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two-plus months. Eventually, missionaries have started trickling back — 14 in mid-December, 16 in late January and another 24 ...

There was no bag check or security line before entering the building—it felt like any other stake conference in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was surprised by how moved I was by the whole morning. I am often concerned at Mormons' open displays of devotion to the president of our ...

"I come from a family of 10, there's four brothers and four sisters, so I miss them a lot," says Sister Wolfgram, who was raised in West Valley City, Utah, a majority Mormon state. Her family is originally from Tonga, another heartland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — home to more Mormons ...

The trio made no mention of single women in the global faith, presidents of the all-female LDS Relief Society, or the armies of women who work at every level of Mormon congregational life no matter their marital status. Nor did the three speak of recent strides by the church toward gender equity or even hint ...

But at the time, Salt Lake City was full of breweries, wineries, and distilleries owned and operated by members of the Mormon Church. Latter Day Saints apostle and church leader Brigham Young owned the city's first saloon and a winery, and it wasn't until 1921 that LDS president Heber J. Grant made ...

He is the keynote speaker at the African American Family History Symposium, on Saturday, March 10, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Westlake. The plantation bore the surname Wessyngton, rather than Washington, so the story goes, because founder Joseph Washington preferred the ...

But in a 2014 Pew survey, which found that 43 percent of Mormons believed that humans evolved in some way, the majority believed humans evolved due ... A statue of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stands in the center of Salt Lake City with the Mormon ...

Wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith speaks, as do other prominent LDS women, in new online volume. Wife of Mormon ... Emma Hale Smith, first wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, died nearly 140 years ago, but she is speaking to Latter-day Saints today and reaching a wider audience than ever.

One Muslim woman is looking to the practices of Mormonism to help her children stay spiritually grounded. Asma Uddin, founder and editor-in-chief of altmuslimah.com, recently wrote about her “holy envy” of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its history of religious persecution and teachings ...

Salt Lake City – The man set to become the next Mormon church president is a 93-year-old former heart surgeon whose conservative track record on the religion's leadership panel ... Nelson would become the second-oldest person to be named president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.