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• A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
  '''''A Marvelous Work and a Wonder''''' is a book on the history and doctrine of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church o ...ichards identified the teachings of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ as a marvelous wonder.
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• Bellota A Roble Project (Acorn to Oak)
  ...006 by returned [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] who hope to establish a private LDS school in Latin America. At the end of Elder Melvin J. Ballard' ...re is the smallest it will ever be. The South American Mission will become a power in the Church."
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• Is Obama's Mother Now a Mormon?
  ...nley Ann Dunham, who passed away in 1995. As usual, the news was met with a combination of apathy and outrage. ...ir own ancestors. When a church member attempts to arrange ordinances for a recently deceased person, the request is flagged, and counsel is given to o
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• Being a Mormon
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• Whats a Mormon
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• "I'm a Mormon" Ads
  ...f ads in nine American cities. These spots have been casually called "I'm a Mormon" Ads. ...e project." [http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17068/The-people-in-the-Im-a-Mormon-ad-campaign?s_cid=newsline] The spots are you-tube quality, and are
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• I'm a Mormon Ad Campaign
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• I'm a Mormon
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• Ronald A. Rassband
  #REDIRECT [[Ronald A. Rasband]]
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• Would a Mormon Prophet Resign?
  ...e who can assist in the work. Each apostle, like the prophet, is called as a prophet, seer, and revelator, which means they all have the authority to do For this reason, it is not necessary for a Mormon prophet to resign in the event of bad health. To this date, no Mormo
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• Missionary Work 6: A Mormon Chapel in the Middle East
  #redirect [[LDS Church Growth: A Chapel in the Middle East]]
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• LDS Church Growth: A Large New Chapel in Queensland
  ...s, often mistakenly called Mormons, in Queensland, Australia, are building a new church, the largest ever built in the area.''' ...cal research centers that are open to the public. Stake boundaries include a number of congregational buildings, so all 3500 people are not meeting in t
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• LDS Church Growth: A New Stake in Armenia
  ...-day Saints, often inadvertently called the Mormon Church, has established a new [[stake]] in Armenia.''' ...syan.Standing, from left to right, Yerevan Armenia Mission president Reese A. Carter, Area Presidency counselor Elder Per G. Malm, Elder Russell M. Nels
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• Jay A. Parry
  #redirect [[Jay A. Parry: Mormon Author]]
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• Barbara A. Heise
  '''Barbara A. Heise''' is a nurse and educator. She received her BS degree in nursing from Missouri Sou ...rofessor in the College of Nursing at [[Brigham Young University]]. She is a member of BYU’s Gerontology Program Committee. She was selected for Lead,
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• A. Laurence Lyon
  #redirect [[A. Laurence Lyon: Mormon Composer]]
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• Joseph A. F. Everett
  #redirect [[Joseph A. F. Everett: Mormon Artist]]
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• The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the World
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• A Plea to My Sisters
  :'''A Plea to My Sisters''' ...this [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/10/a-plea-to-my-sisters?lang=eng talk] is courtesy of [http://churchofjesuschris
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• The Book of Mormon: A Second Witness of Jesus Christ
  ...s]], whose members are sometimes called [[Mormons]], the Book of Mormon is a companion to the [[Holy Bible|Bible]]. Mormons use the King James translati ==A Companion to the Bible==
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• Are Mormons a Cult? Mormon Obedience and Cultic Analysis
  ...ns to abuse its adherents’ obedience, it begins to take on the nature of a cult. What role does obedience play in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Churc Because obedience plays a role in both traditional religious theology as well as in cults, I want to
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• A Mormon Discusses Indulgences
  ...hurch tradition related to the forgiveness of sins that roughly amounts to a “get out of Purgatory free” card. ...ng in Rio either physically or virtually must truly be contrite and have a moment of deepening faith. . . .
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• A Mormon missionary's dream
  ...ed district leaders), gathered together for the express purpose of forming a kind of “super” district. ...re were over 500 members there, with about 80% of them attending meetings. A chapel was then under construction.
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• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Synagogue
  This article is a personal story, opinion, or testimony. Please see [[:Category:Personal Test something missing in her life and even as a teen read the New Testament. As we were growing up
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• Alonzo A. Hinckley
  ...in the area. The fort is now owned by the Church and has been developed as a place of church interest with activities for visitors. ...e Manti Temple, but soon thereafter, he had to leave her in order to serve a [[mission]] for the Church in the Netherlands. Their second child was born
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• David A. Smith
  ...mith was released in 1938 after Cannon was released and called to serve as a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. ...he [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] and head of LDS Hospital. He also served as a member of the general board of the Deseret [[Sunday School]] Union.
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• Jean A. Stevens
  ...|left|300px|alt=Mormon [[Primary]] General Presidency Jean A. Stevens|Jean A. Stevens, member of the Primary Presidency of the Mormon Church]] '''Jean A. Stevens''' was called to serve as the First Counselor in the [[Primary]] g
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• Cheryl A. Esplin
  '''Cheryl A. Esplin''' was called to be the Second Counselor in the general [[Primary]] ...e Primary general board. Sister Esplin served with her husband when he was a mission president of the North Carolina Raleigh Mission.
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• A. Hamer Reiser
  ...service in the Sunday School, he wrote lesson manuals and books, including a children’s book about history of the Church. While serving as the preside ...member of the University of Utah Board of Regents for eight years. He was a member of the Utah State Parks and Recreation Commission and served as the
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• Eran A. Call
  ...1997 where he served until October 2000. Prior to that call, he served as a bishop, stake high councilor, stake presidency counselor twice, and stake p ...he faculty at BYU and retired in 1994. For three years in the 1980s he was a director of the [[Church Educational System]] in Mexico.
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• Gregory A. Schwitzer
  ...bishop’s counselor five times, stake president, high councilor, and, as a young man, full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the North German Mission. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwitzer, Gregory A.}}
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• Jorge A. Rojas
  '''Jorge Alfonso Rojas Ornelas''' was a [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chr ...attend English-language Latter-day Saint Church meetings. He was baptized a member in 1959.
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• Lynn A. Mickelsen
  ....org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He was sustained as a member of the Second Quorum of the [[Seventy]] on March 31, 1990, and serve ...e in agricultural economics from [[Brigham Young University]]. He operated a potato farm in Idaho.
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• Craig A. Cardon
  ...ce of [[Lorenzo Snow]]. He has also served as an [[Institute]] instructor, a Gospel Doctrine teacher, elders quorum president, bishop, stake president, ...rd with a Methodological Area of Concentration in Leadership. He was named a Littauer Fellow. During his career, he was principally involved in real est
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• Stephen A. West
  '''Stephen A. West''' was a [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chr ...en worked in a law firm in Salt Lake City before moving to Washington, DC. A year later he began working for the Marriott Corporation in Maryland. He se
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• José A. Teixeira
  [[Image:Teixeira-Jose-A.jpg|300px|thumb|left]] ...ist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and was sustained a member of the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]] on April 5, 2008, and served
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• A. Roger Merrill
  ...ussell M. Nelson]] had been sustained to that calling in 1971, who was not a [[General Authority]] . Merrill served in various other positions in the Ch ...ior executive, executive coach, speaker, and trainer for decades. He holds a degree in business management.
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• Charles A. Didier
  He was born on October 5, 1935, in Ixelles, Belgium. His father was a Belgian Army officer and was captured at the beginning of World War II. He ...ally participating in activities, but living the principles of the gospel. A missionary asked him to pray about the [[Book of Mormon]] and after he did,
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• A. J. Cook
  '''Andrea Joy Cook''' is a Canadian television and film actress. She is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d Billed as A. J. Cook, she is in the cast of the CBS crime drama ''Criminal Minds'' as J
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• Glen A. Larson
  ...fornia. He died on November 14, 2014, in Santa Monica, California. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...wn Stuntman," the theme from ''The Fall Guy'' (Wikipedia.org). Larson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to honor his contributions to the entert
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• Jennifer A. Nielsen
  '''Jennifer A. Nielsen''' is a New York Times best-selling author of the Ascendance series, the Mark of th ...''The Warrior's Curse'') in 2019–2020. Her stand-alone titles include ''A Night Divided'' (2015), ''The Scourge'' (2016), ''Resistance'' (2018), ''Wo
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• Paul A. Yost Jr.
  ...eenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1986 to 1990. He is a retired United States Coast Guard admiral. ...nd marine safety; that is, until the attack on September 11, 2001, created a need for coastal defense through Homeland security.
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• John A. McCune
  '''John A. McCune''' is a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church ...egree in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from [[Brigham Young University]]. He was se
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• John A. Widtsoe
  ...of the Twelve Apostles]] from 1921 until his death. Elder Widtsoe was also a noted author, scientist, and academician. ...ly moved to Trondheim. Here his mother was introduced to the LDS Church by a shoemaker.<ref>Parrish. ''Widtsoe''. pp. 20–23</ref>
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• Bruce A. Van Orden
  '''Bruce A. Van Orden''' is an emeritus professor of Church History and Doctrine at [[ He holds a PhD in American, Mormon, and modern European history at BYU. He is the auth
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• Durrel A. Woolsey
  ...in a bishopric, on a high council, as a stake presidency counselor, and as a stake president. {{DEFAULTSORT:Woolsey, Durrel A.}}
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• Eliana Su'a
  [[Image:Eliana_Su'a.jpg|300px|thumb|frame|Eliana with Dwayne Johnson|left]] ...Fast & Furious franchise. She is the first Samoan to play his daughter in a film.
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• Ira A. Fulton
  ...deronline.com/money/economics/fulton-homes-ira-fulton-sees-philanthropy-as-a-collaboration_o] ...she ran. In honor of her, the University of Utah’s Marriott Library has a cafeteria called Mom’s Café.
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• Jay A. Parry: Mormon Author
  [[Image:Jay_Parry.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Jay A. Parry Mormon Author|left]] '''Jay A. Perry''' is an author and editor. As he notes in his Amazon blog, “I hav
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• Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture
  ...[[Daniel Peterson]], former former editor of "Mormon Studies" for the Neal A. Maxwell Institute at [[Brigham Young University]]. Peterson is an emeritus ...http://www.mormoninterpreter.com mormoninterpreter.com]. It is intended as a "nonprofit, independent, peer-reviewed educational journal" focused on Latt
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• Joseph A. F. Everett: Mormon Artist
  [[Image:Joseph_AF_Everett.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Joseph A. F. Everett Mormon Artist|right]] .... To support his family, he worked as an assistant pharmacist and later as a draftsman for the Oregon Short Line Railroad in its Salt Lake Engineering d
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• Justin Su'a
  ...mental performance coach with the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Browns, a career that came after an exquisite disappointment. ...had been a [[Seminary]] teacher for several years when he decided to earn a master’s degree in religious education. But he didn’t get into the prog
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• Linda A. Bishop
  ...panish, and teaching at [[Brigham Young University]] where she earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree. ...us Christ of Latter-day Saints]. She has served as a campus chaplin and is a former minister in the United Church of Christ.
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• Mark A. Riddle
  In 1989, the American Translators Association accredited him as a Japanese-to-English translator. His translations have appeared in such acad ...udy in the U.S. and for American students to study in Japan. He also owned a company that provided translation services.
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• Keeping a Journal
  ...ll]] said, “every person should keep a journal and every person can keep a journal” (President Spencer W. Kimball, "Let Us Move Forward and Upward," Why is keeping a journal so stressed among Latter-day Saints? A scripture found in the [[Book of Mormon]] helps answer this question. In 2
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• Thomas A. Wayment
  ...ions director of the BYU Religious Studies Center from 2013 to 2018. He is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...ipture''; ''With Healing in His Wings''; and ''From Persecutor to Apostle: A Biography of Paul''. He co-wrote ''Making Sense of the New Testament: Timel
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• Horacio A. Tenorio
  '''Horacio Antonio Tenorio''' was a [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chr ...xico City, Mexico, on March 6, 1935. He was baptized in 1969 and served as a [[bishop]], branch president, bishop’s counselor, [[stake]] president, pa
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• A. Milton Musser
  [[Image:A._Milton_Musser.jpg|200px|thumb|left]] ...nts] from 1902 until his death in 1909. He had served for several years as a clerk in the Church Historian’s office prior to his appointment.
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• A. William Lund
  [[Image:A._William_Lund.jpg|200px|thumb|right]] '''A. William Lund''' served as assistant Church historian in [http://comeuntoch
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• A. Sherman Christensen
  ...was a trial attorney and the first federal district judge in Utah who was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...rs'', by Brian Craig, former Senator [[Harry Reid]] described Ritter as “a nemesis of nearly everyone and every institution.” Ritter’s reputation
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• Xavier Su'a Filo
  '''Xavier Su'a-Filo''' is a professional football player and free agent. After being drafted by the Hou ...h the Dallas Cowboys for two seasons. He sustained a high ankle sprain and a fractured fibula during the game against the Philadelphia Eagles and was pl
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• Roles of a Bishop
  ...d counselors, are called to assist the bishop in his duties. The duties of a bishop are numerous and varied but may be broken down into five areas of re ...ver any other part of the Church. He teaches, uplifts, and inspires. He is a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. The bishop provides guidance and counsel
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• Elvira A. Cowles Holmes
  '''Elvira Annie Cowles''' (also spelled Coles) '''Holmes''' was a member of the Female [[Relief Society]] of [[Nauvoo]] and served as the fir ...nts] in 1830 and moved to Kirtland before they moved on to Nauvoo. She was a plural wife of [[Joseph Smith]] and after his death, she married Jonathon C
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• Kent A. Jordan
  '''Kent Amos Jordan''' is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the T ...orate practice particularly related to intellectual property law, which is a major source of litigation in Delaware where Du Pont Corporation is located
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• Marcos A. Aidukaitis
  ...he 1940s when Brazil had fewer than 300 members and not a single chapel in a country nearly the size of the United States. Adequate translation of Latte ...it, even though he had vices ... his wife wasn't interested ... he joined a Church that didn't exist (in Brazil). I love my father for having the coura
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• Adeyinka A. Ojediran
  ...Latter-day Saints] on April 4, 2020. He was serving as an Area Seventy and a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Africa West Area at the ti ...y, counselor in a stake presidency, counselor in a bishopric, counselor in a branch presidency, and branch [[Young Men]] president.
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• Richard A. Searfoss
  ...U.S. Air Force Colonel. He piloted two space shuttle flights and commanded a third, spending more than 39 days in space. ...was an instructor pilot at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, and was a flight instructor at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Fo
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• A. Ray Olpin
  [[Image:Ray-Olpin.png|200px|thumb|left|frame|A. Ray Olpin donning academic robes with the assistance of Church President G ...nd new programs were introduced to accommodate the growth. He also started a 10-year building program that saw the completion of thirty new buildings.
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• Dale A. Whitman
  '''Dale A. Whitman''' is a lawyer and law professor. Before his retirement in 2007, he was the James E ...s LL.B. law degree from Duke University in 1966. He practiced law for a short time with the firm of O'Melveny & Myers, LLP in Los Angeles, CA
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• Stan A. Taylor
  '''Stanley A. Taylor''' was a university professor and administrator. ...eturned to Provo and attended [[Brigham Young University]] where he earned a degree in political science. He then entered the PhD program at the Fletche
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• John A. Dixon
  [[Image:John-A-Dixon.png|200px|thumb|left]] '''John Aldous Dixon''' was a world-renowned laser surgeon and official of the University of Utah Medical
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• Bruce A. Carlson
  ...f his call, he had been serving as a ward [[Sunday School]] teacher and as a member of the Military Advisory Committee. ...rom the U.S. Naval War College. He was commissioned in 1971 and retired as a General in 2009. He was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama as the six
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• Derek A. Cuthbert
  '''Derek A. Cuthbert''' was a [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chr ...ics. He served on the governing body of the university and then worked for a petrochemical company.
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• A. Lynn Scoresby
  ...'; ''The Marriage Dialogue''; and ''The Real Power of Parenthood''. He was a popular speaker at BYU [[Education Week]]. ...omeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and was a member of the [[Young Men]] general board.
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• Augusto A. Lim
  '''Augusto A. Lim''' served as a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]] in the Second Quorum of the Seventy of [h ...verted to the Church in 1964 and was the first Filipino to be sustained as a General Authority. He has also served as branch president, stake president,
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• Lynn A. Sorensen
  ...served in that quorum until April 1, 1989, at which time he was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. He was given emeritus status on ...ake City, Utah. After two years at the University of Chicago, he served as a [[Missionary|missionary]] to Brazil. Afterward, he served as an instructor
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• Mark A. Bragg
  ...esus Christ of Latter-day Saints] on April 2, 2016. He had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy at the time of his call. ...Monica, California. He joined the Church at the age of fourteen and served a full-time mission in the Mexico Monterrey Mission. After his mission conclu
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• Harry A. Dean
  ...5 book)|Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. He was a music instructor at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah from 1934 to 1958. He als He was born on September 17, 1892, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d
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• Gaylen A. Hatton
  '''Gaylen A. Hatton''' enjoyed a distinguished musical career that was interrupted once while he served in t ...e held a PhD in music composition from the University of Utah and received a master’s degree in music from [[Brigham Young University]].
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• A. Laurence Lyon: Mormon Composer
  [[Image:Laurence_Lyon.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=A. Laurence Lyon Mormon Composer|left]] ...mouth, Oregon, for thirty years. He was president of Modern Music Methods, a publisher of string music for children.
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• Barbara A. McConochie
  ...Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. She also wrote and composed “You’ve Had a Birthday,” which is included in the [[Children's Songbook]]. ...t with newspaper and television reporters. One of them asked him if he had a message for Church members.
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• Charlene A. Newell
  ...Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. She composed the music to “A Key Was Turned in Latter Days” (#310), which was included in the 1985 [[H She was born in 1938. She is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d
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• Henry A. Tuckett
  ...He pursued music when not working as a candy maker. As of 1888 Tuckett was a vocal music instructor on the faculty of the [[University of Deseret]] (la ...e also served as superintendent of the [[Sunday School]]. He also served a mission to the Southern States Mission in 1885 and Great Britain from 1894
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• Charles A. Callis
  [[Image:Charles-A-Callis.png|200px|thumb|right]] '''Charles Alber Callis''' (1865-1947) was a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [http://comeuntochrist.o
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• Neal A. Maxwell
  Elder '''Neal Ash Maxwell''' was a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [http://comeuntochrist.o In May 1945, on the island of Okinawa, eighteen-year-old Neal Maxwell hid in a foxhole. Japanese shells passed over him and his unit for several days unti
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• James A. Cullimore
  ...osition was discontinued on October 1, 1976. On that date he was sustained a member of the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]] and served until September 30 ...[[Brigham Young University]], where he was also student body president for a year. He later earned his master’s degree from New York University School
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• James A. Toronto
  ...Islamic religion at [[Brigham Young University]] (BYU). He was previously a professor of comparative religion at the same institution. His research int ...ng News'', June 13, [[2008]].</ref> As a young man, Toronto also served as a [[Missionary|missionary]] in Italy.
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• Juan A. Uceda
  '''Juan A. Uceda''' is a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church ...ute. He is a graduate of San Luis Gonzaga University, where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in public relations. Elder Uceda worked in the Church Edu
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• Dennis A. Wright
  [[Image:Dennis-a-Wright.png|300px|thumb|right]] ...k with coauthor [[Robert C. Freeman]] also resulted in a KBYU documentary, a veterans conference held at [[Brigham Young University]] in November 2001,
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• A. C. Smyth
  ...840, in Manchester, Lancaster, England. As a boy he studied music and when a young man he continued with the study of harmony, counterpoint, and composi ...Lake City briefly before they moved to Logan where he found employment as a schoolteacher and music instructor. It was here that he imported one of the
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• Oscar A. Kirkham
  ...of the [[Seventy]]. He was ordained a [[Seventy]] in 1905 and sustained as a member of the First Council of the Seventy as one of the [[Presidency of th ...Scout Jamboree, held at Artowe Park, Birkenhead, England, in 1929, he was a member of the national staff, was general morale officer and member of the
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• A. Theodore Tuttle
  ...ath in the [[Sunday School]] general presidency. As a young man, he served a mission in the Northern States Mission. ...rsity of Utah. He worked in the [[Church Educational System]] where he was a [[Seminary]] teacher and principal in various assignments in Idaho and Utah
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• Bearing a Testimony
  ...witness." As this term suggests, bearing testimony consists of standing as a witness for the truth. [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] == The Importance of Bearing a Testimony ==
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• Every Member a Missionary
  ...," coined by President [[David O. McKay]]. Missionary work has always been a priority within the Church, and members are familiar with [[scriptures]] th ...age, experience, or station in life, we are all missionaries" (“Becoming a Missionary,” ''Ensign'', Nov. 2005, 44).
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• LDS Church Growth: A Chapel in the Middle East
  '''In 2013 a chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often mistakenly ...[[Jeffrey R. Holland]] of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] dedicated a "stake center" in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and th
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• Carlos A. Godoy
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• MormonWiki Articles
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• Mormon jokes
  ...en. Saint Peter meets him at the gates and takes him on a tour. They enter a long hall with doors lining either side of it. Then they pass a door that Peter doesn't open. This rouses the man's curiosity and he asks,
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• Thomas S. Monson Stories
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• Mormon Beliefs: Mormon Doctrine
  ...n . . . a rule, theory, or principle of law."¹ The following is a list of the basic doctrines of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jes In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Savior says: "And I give unto you a commandment that you shall teach one another the doctrine of the kingdom. T
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• Images of Joseph Smith
  ...what the Prophet [[Joseph Smith, Jr.|Joseph Smith]] looked like can get on a computer or other device and find several possibilities. ...commercially viable process that produced clear results and only required a few minutes of exposure in the camera. Previously, photograms produced by T
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• George Reynolds
  ...riginally Miss Julia Ann Tautz, was of German descent. George's father was a master tailor in the West End of London. ...ion and he listened to what followed. Soon he heard the tailors talking of a young man in America who had discovered, in the ground, some plates which h
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• Life in Mortality
  ...we will be righteous. In righteousness we find happiness as our reward for a good life. This is what we should seek in life. ...ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also; neverthele
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• 8 Ways It's Cheaper to be Mormon
  ...em to be true from a strictly accounting perspective, but I’m not really a numbers girl. However, as the chief financial officer of Montague Family In ...ffering isn’t limited to what we would have spent—we’re asked to pay a generous fast offering, because every penny is used to help those in need.
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• Rome Italy Temple
  ...he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], announced the building of a temple in Rome, Italy. ...and columns. And that started this very early concept of a curved church, a curved temple, and temple building both on the exterior as well as on the i
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• Mormon Should Mean "More Good"
  ...ut to the family of former governor Scott Matheson, who died this morning, a man that many of us knew and greatly appreciated. We pray that the Spirit o ...o, after much suffering, our [[Mormon Pioneers|pioneer]] forefathers found a place where they could worship God according to the dictates of conscience.
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• Relief Society
  == A Special Birthday Celebration == A worldwide Relief Society devotional will be held Sunday, March 17, 2024, to
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• Mormon Beliefs: Prophets
  ...ses. Many will name Nostradamus, who made predictions for the future, but a prophet's main role is not to foresee the future, but to call men and women A prophet is a man, called of God to a special vocation. As with all men, prophets are imperfect people. They mu
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• Finances of the Church of Jesus Christ
  ...t it is still small at 17 million members worldwide (2023). The Church has a reputation for being wealthy, mostly because of its sound financial practic ...y had to begin again in [[Nauvoo]], Illinois. The Saints built Nauvoo into a large, beautiful city during the five or so years they were there. Prosperi
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• Mormon cult
  ...Latter-day Saints] (nicknamed the Mormon Church) sometimes refer to it as a [[Mormonism cult|"cult."]] The term is meant to be both derogatory and accu ==What is a cult?==
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• Line upon Line
  ...ept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little (Isaiah 28:10).... ...ldren of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear
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• Apostasy, Reformation, and Restoration
  ...which we call “general apostasy,” a new dispensation has begun, led by a prophet or seer, or apostles, meant to reclaim the meek. ...as born of the Spirit, and became quickened in the inner man. And he heard a voice out of heaven, saying: Thou art baptized with fire, and with the Holy
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• Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
  ...often still working in their various occupations and join the Choir out of a love of music and the Choir’s message. [[Image:MoTab.jpg|frame|alt=Mormon ==Broadened Mission to Reach a Global Audience==
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• Boyd K. Packer
  ...st.org/study/general-conference/2004/04/do-not-fear?lang=eng]. While still a young boy, Packer suffered from what the doctors believed to be pneumonia. ...to serve a full-time mission, President Packer served in the U.S. Army as a fighter pilot. It was during this time, that Packer read the [[Book of Morm
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• Mother in Heaven
  In the 1995 statement “The Family: A Proclamation To The World,” the [[First Presidency]] and [[Quorum of the ...daughter of ''heavenly parents'' (emphasis added), and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individ
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• Forget Me Not
  ...me to be assigned by President Thomas S. Monson to speak today and to add a few thoughts addressing the sisters of the Church. ...wer. I knew the name of this flower because since I was a child I have had a tender connection to it. The flower is called forget-me-not.
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• Prophecies of Joseph Smith
  ...e of [[Jesus Christ]] through [[angels|heavenly messengers]], was actually a prophet of God. There is, however, ample historical evidence to prove this ==The Nature of a Prophet==
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• Moses Thatcher
  '''Moses Thatcher''' was a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |Council of Twelve Apostles]] ...e snows and frosts of the winter of 1847-48 and the hunger that gnawed for a whole year as he herded sheep and digged roots, are not forgotten; nor are
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• Book of Mormon
  ...ranslated the English version into dozens of languages. The book contains a promise that whoever reads it sincerely, ponders its contents and asks [[He ...rd of a fallen people” (Doctrine and Covenants 20:9), who would serve as a warning to people of our day. The [http://bookofmormononline.com/free-book
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• The False Gods we Worship
  ...elings that overtake me these mornings when I am able to step outdoors for a few moments and breathe in the warm and comfortable aromas that I have come ...haps only the green grass, or the smell of sage brought from a distance by a breeze—will take me back to the days of my youth in Arizona. It was an ar
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• Thomas B. Marsh
  ...back to the hotel for two more years. He spent eighteen months working as a groom for Edward Griswold in Long Island, New York. ...business for eighteen months. After that, he spent seven years working at a type foundry in Boston, Massachusetts.
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• Thomas S. Monson
  ...t the age of 90. Press coverage at the time of his passing extolled him as a man of one-on-one service. ==A Man of Compassion from His Youth==
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• Mormon Women
  ...erent that we would need to unite our strengths and stewardships to create a whole. Neither man nor woman is perfect or complete without the other" ("It Elder Neal A Maxwell, a prominent Church leader from 1974 up to his death in 2004, added this view
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• Star Valley Wyoming Temple
  ...bers of our faith. This is for all residents of Star Valley and it will be a blessing to this area. ...e of the surrounding community, who will benefit from the peace and beauty a temple brings."
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• Saving Ordinances
  President [[Dallin H. Oaks]], counselor in the [[First Presidency]] and then a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of the Church of Jesus Chri ...source is God. Our access to that power is through our covenants with Him. A covenant is an agreement between God and man, an accord whose terms are set
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• Those Beautiful Mormon Girls
  ...ore understandably sensitive, The Church of Jesus Christ undertook to make a covenant with Israel not to teach, preach, or even answer questions about M ...ael and the Palestinian merchants in Jerusalem’s Old City could identify a Mormon on sight, just by the “Mormon glow” that studies have shown is p
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• Missionary Work 3: American Sign Language, South America, Hungary, England, and India
  ...isability specialist manager for the Church. “We recognize we still have a long way to go, but we are committed to increasing the disability resources ...y well, while others prefer to actually read ASL. Written ASL is more like a romance language than pure English, and uses more imagery. Many deaf people
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• Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ
  ...ed for the convenience of the people." The work performed in holy temples, a work restored to the earth by ministering angels under the direction of God ...dotting” phrase: “Families are to be sealed together for all eternity. A welding link is to be forged between the fathers and the children. . . . Fo
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• Sexual Sins
  ...imony. Any other use of the sacred procreative powers is a sexual sin—or a violation of God’s law of chastity. Sexual sins—which are sometimes ref ...tions before marriage and totally fidelity afterward.<ref>See "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." </ref> As with all of God’s laws, obedience b
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• John A. Widtsoe
  ...of the Twelve Apostles]] from 1921 until his death. Elder Widtsoe was also a noted author, scientist, and academician. ...ly moved to Trondheim. Here his mother was introduced to the LDS Church by a shoemaker.<ref>Parrish. ''Widtsoe''. pp. 20–23</ref>
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• Reflections: Dealing with Adversity
  ...o the missionary library. In the second chapter I read a poem that has had a profound influence on me. :“I bargained with life for a penny
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• Angels
  ...than mythical beings with wings, they are persons, in a spirit state or in a [[Resurrection|resurrected]] state. The Bible Dictionary (Latter-day Saint ...). Ordinarily the word ''angel'' means those ministering persons who have a body of flesh and bone, being either resurrected from the dead (re-embodied
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• Keith Lionel Brown
  ...wn''', a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], is a budding songwriter. In April 2019, at the age of 60, he introduced his song ...as well as some non-Christians, have also been inspired by the song. Even a Buddhist monk commented on how much he enjoyed and appreciated the message
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• Nauvoo and the Martyrdom
  ...th]] remained in prison on false charges of treason. Finally, on April 16, a friendly guard, realizing that Joseph and the others were being confined il ...be their new city. It was a beautiful, though swampy location overlooking a large bend in the Mississippi river. They bought the land and began settlin
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• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
  ...ay Saints who live in one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest nations with a poverty rate approaching 60 percent, would be able to partake of the riches At a stake conference held on Sunday, 12 March 2017, at the Centrale Chapel in P
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• Mormon Funerals
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• Judgment
  ...ything we call this making a judgment. This process of making judgments is a continuum. It is an on-going part of our lives. The question is, why do we ...y brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and canst not behold a beam in thine own eye?
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• Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World
  ...women of the Church and introduced [[Proclamation to the World|The Family: A Proclamation to the World]]. The text of this [https://www.churchofjesuschr ...es, my appreciation for this great organization is enhanced. This has been a wonderful meeting. I commend to each of you all that we have heard from the
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• Famous Mormons
  * [[C.C.A. Christensen]]: Painter. * [[Brett Helquist]]: Illustrator (illustrated ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' novels).
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• "Mormon" Polygamy
  ...ygamy" is incorrect, as anyone who follows this practice in our day is not a member of the Church but belongs instead to some [[Fundamentalists|fundame <blockquote>There is no such thing as a 'Mormon Fundamentalist.' It is a contradiction to use the two words together.</blockquote>
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• Mormon Special Occasions
  ...), baptisms (when children turn 8), priesthood ordinations (beginning when a boy turns 12 and receives the priesthood) and marriage in the temple. In Th ...eside him. Then the designated priesthood holder gives the baby a name and a blessing in the name of the Lord, offering words of guidance and direction
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• Spencer W. Kimball
  ...small community in southeastern Arizona, so that his father could serve as a [[Stake President|stake president]] in the area. Young Spencer had a challenging life. He suffered from typhoid fever, smallpox, and temporary p
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...accounts of Abraham, Enoch, and Moses, and the [[Doctrine and Covenants]], a compilation of modern revelations. ...Christians, still make up a majority of the U.S. population, according to a Pew Foundation survey.[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/12/14/abou
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• Bishop
  ...e Latter-day Saint position of bishop is most analogous to the position of a rabbi, minister, pastor, or parish priest in other denominations. The posit ...er a ward, his ordination becomes dormant. If called again to preside over a ward, his previous ordination is reactivated. When he is released, it becom
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• Parley P. Pratt
  ...teachings and contemporary churches. Desiring to follow God, Parley joined a Baptist church at age 18, though he remained dissatisfied.<ref>Matthew J. G ...name was not found in the Campbellite Church. Pratt decided to also become a preacher and sold his property, feeling that if he dedicated himself to the
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• Mitt Romney
  ...lt=Mormon Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney|Mitt Romney, U.S. Senator, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] ...ass in 1971. He then went on to receive his MBA from Harvard and was named a Baker Scholar. He also received his Juris Doctorate (law degree) from Harva
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• War in Latter-day Saint Belief
  ...a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other ...jor role in discussions concerning the possible declaration of war against a rival. Sir Winston Churchill gave the stern warning, “Never, never, never
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• The Miracle of the Book of Mormon
  ...id that even as he entered his twenties, he had a difficult time composing a good sentence in English. ...e — holy scripture brought forth and translated by the power of God, and a real prophet.
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• Salt Lake City
  The city was founded in [[1847]] by a group of [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneers]] led by the prophet [[Brigham Y ...rder Salt Lake City proper. The Jordan River flows through the city and is a drainage of Utah Lake that empties into the Great Salt Lake. <ref>Wikipedia
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• Joseph, the Seer
  ==Elder [[Neal A. Maxwell]], October 1983== ...en scrutinized in such a sustained way, on as wide a scale, or for so long a period of time as [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] The communication capacity of this
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• Paris France Temple
  ...esident, [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the Church's intention of building a temple on the outskirts of Paris in July 2011 and then confirmed it during ...stle [[John Taylor]], who later served as the prophet of the Church, began a lengthy European proselyting mission in 1849. France’s first six Latter-d
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• Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)
  ...band]] of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] noted, "We desire to offer a consistent core collection of hymns and songs in every language that reflec A news release prior to the April 2024 general conference stated that: "After
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• Salt Lake Temple
  ...ow the State of [[Utah]]. Its construction took 40 years, and it stands as a striking emblem of the Latter-day Saints' dedication and perseverance. It i ...and there. Construction of the temple began on 14 February 1853, following a groundbreaking ceremony conducted by [[Brigham Young]].
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• Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple
  ...as "in the process" of finalizing a sales agreement for 1739 Vine St., now a parking lot owned by Logan Place Associates." The new property is located b ...center, Family Services office, an Employment Resource Service Center, and a residence for the temple president and matron.
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• Mormon Hymns
  ...ints], each meeting begins and ends with a hymn and a prayer. In addition, a hymn is sung during the preparation of the [[Sacrament]] (Communion). The S ...nt to be used in the home as well. Families are encouraged to sing them as a family and to use them as lullabies for children.
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• Proclamations and Statements
  ...g the 1995 General [[Relief Society]] Meeting as he presented "The Family: A [[Proclamation to the World]]," seem to fit the purpose of many statements ...now, to the current administration of President Hinckley at the prelude to a new millennium, the [[First Presidency]] and [[Quorum of the Twelve]] have
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• Spiritual Crocodiles
  ...ng women, and these wonderful young people in our choir. In order to teach a lesson not easily learned, I will relate an experience. I have always been interested in animals and birds and when I was a little boy and the other children wanted to play cowboy, I wanted to go on
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• Henry Eyring
  ...nia Juarez, Mexico (about 100 miles south of Columbus, New Mexico). He was a third generation Latter-day Saint, his grandparents on both sides having pa ...aso, but then skipped several grades in Arizona. He attended Gila Academy, a church school near Pima, graduating in 1919.
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• Ensign Peak
  ...ity, Utah, and one mile north of the State Capitol sits '''Ensign Peak''', a hill top with significance to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesu ...o lead the Church members west and that the peak he saw in vision would be a sign that they had reached their appointed destination.[https://rsc.byu.edu
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• Are Mormons a Cult? Mormon Obedience and Cultic Analysis
  ...ns to abuse its adherents’ obedience, it begins to take on the nature of a cult. What role does obedience play in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Churc Because obedience plays a role in both traditional religious theology as well as in cults, I want to
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• Barbara B. Smith
  ...f the [[Relief Society]], demonstrated sound judgment and tolerance during a time of intense conflict over women’s issues from 1974 to 1984. ...ompany. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. Douglas, a Regional Representative himself, was an active supporter of Barbara's Churc
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• Hugh B. Brown
  '''Hugh B. Brown''' was a [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chr ...advanced education in Logan, Utah, at Brigham Young College, Brown served a [[mission]] in England from 1904 to 1906. In 1908 he married Zina Young Car
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• Armageddon
  ...ing mormon]]'''Armageddon''' usually refers to the "Battle of Armageddon," a prophesied war at the end of times just before the [[Second Coming]] of Chr :And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon (Revelation 16:16).
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• Fullness of the Gospel
  The word '''Gospel''' is a contraction of “Good” and “Spell” and means literally the good stor ...he Lord gave to clarify and expound more fully this essential doctrine. In a revelation given to [[Joseph Smith]], Jesus Christ said, “the elders, pri
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• In Defense of Traditional Marriage
  ...acceptable type of marriage, is archaic. And so, as many continue to build a wall of defense around the sanctity of traditional marriage, there are many ...d to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family l
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• Bonnie D. Parkin
  ...Rural upbringing taught Bonnie the value of work, and she went on to earn a bachelor's degree in elementary education and early childhood development f ...ntment. . . . 'I know what it means to have a husband gone for many hours a week, days on end. I know how it feels to be alone with young children with
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• Marcos A. Aidukaitis
  ...he 1940s when Brazil had fewer than 300 members and not a single chapel in a country nearly the size of the United States. Adequate translation of Latte ...it, even though he had vices ... his wife wasn't interested ... he joined a Church that didn't exist (in Brazil). I love my father for having the coura
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• Book of Mormon DNA
  ...cs claim that such studies prove conclusively that there is no evidence of a Middle Eastern strand within the Native American gene pool. [http://farms.b ...my-native-american-dna/?o_xid=63755&o_lid=63755&o_sch=Email Ancestry.com], a reader wrote in and complained that her Native American ancestry did not sh
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• Manti Te'o: Mormon Athlete
  ...apolu, co-founder and chairman of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame, in a press release.[https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/2/23436765/manti-teo-polynes ...linebacker for the Fighting Irish, he tallied 437 tackles over four years, a figure that put him at third on the school’s all-time list. He was the on
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• Mormons and Memorial Day
  ...ender is not merely out of duty and obligation, but rather they serve with a sense of honor and respect for the land and the freedoms that they cherish. ...ranch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Memorial Day has a special significance, as it has become an annual tradition to clean off Civ
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• Single Adults
  ...eption, [[Stake President|stake presidents]] may recommend the creation of a single adult ward for single adults ages 31–45 according to the guideline :My beloved brethren and sisters, it is a wonderful privilege to be here with you tonight. As you can well imagine, I
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• Restoration
  ...s a new [[dispensation]] of the gospel under a prophet whose calling is as a restorer. That prophet receives [[Priesthood Authority|keys]], or authority ...raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the co
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• Latter-day Saint Belief: Salvation and Exaltation
  ...hurch’s. While most Christian denominations understand salvation to mean a belief in Jesus Christ that will save one from hell and bring him or her ba ...us burning in a pit of eternal fire with the devil? The answer is there is a lot more to the life after this life than that.
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• Lindsey Stirling: Mormon Hip-Hop Violinist
  ...Since then, she has performed in London, Italy, and Kenya and is planning a 2012 US tour of 24 cities from Los Angeles to New York in the fall. ...ert, Arizona, when she was eight. She resided in Provo, Utah, when she was a student at [[Brigham Young University]] to study filmmaking and then change
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• The Joseph Smith Papers
  ...t, exclaiming: O Lord my God! They were both shot after they were dead, in a brutal manner, and both received four balls. ...ecovered; the latter, through the providence of God, escaped, without even a hole in his robe.
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• Rachel Willis-Sorensen
  ...achel not sing over the others; and as a teenager, she stopped singing for a time—embarrassed by comments from people trying to control her powerful v Though she performed in musical theater as a student at Hanford High School, when she went to college, she was rejected
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• Anti-Mormon
  ...|300px|right|alt=Joseph Smith Mormon]]The term '''anti-Mormon''' refers to a person or organization who actively opposes or is antagonistic toward the m ...as either a threat or a cult, and secular humanists who see in the Church a discomfiting paradox of American determination and anti-rationalism, even s
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• Steve Young
  ...], and he was known for his exemplary conduct throughout his career. He is a descendant of early Church president [[Brigham Young]]. ...s married to the former Barbara Graham. They married on March 15, 2000, in a ceremony at the [[Kona Hawaii Temple]] in Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawa
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• Provo City Center Temple
  ...ut what to do with the remains and grounds of the building, which had been a city landmark for more than 100 years. The beautiful structure, built betwe ...ies, and funerals. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705331478/Taft-left-a-big-impression-on-Utahns-in-1909.html?pg=all U.S. President, William H. Taf
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• Where Is the Pavilion?
  ...han a feeling of “Thy will be done,”² create the feeling of a pavilion blocking God. God is not unable to see us or communicate with us, ...will diminish as we become more childlike before Him. That is not easy in a world where the opinions of other human beings can have such an effect on o
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• Donny Osmond
  ...ond''' (Donny) is an entertainer, recording star, actor, host, author, and a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...and “Too Young.” At the age of 14, he released his debut singles as a solo artist and started performing around the world. His popularity and hit
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• Gail S. Halvorsen
  ...S. Halvorsen''' was born October 10, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a former American pilot of C-47s and C-54s during the Berlin airlift ("Operat ...what is now the Federal Aviation Administration to study for, and receive, a pilot’s license at the Brigham City airport. Two years later, in May of 1
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• Green Flake
  ...as given to Jordan Flake’s son James Madison Flake as a wedding present. A few years later, James, his wife Agnes Love Flake, their three-year-old son ...of sixteen, he was baptized in the Mississippi River by Elder John Brown, a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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• Official Websites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...hers who are interested in learning more about the Church. You can tell if a site is from the Church because it will have the Church logo. Individuals a ...rves as an umbrella site for many other Church sites. To find materials in a specific language, go to language.churchofjesuschrist.org.
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• Neal A. Maxwell
  Elder '''Neal Ash Maxwell''' was a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [http://comeuntochrist.o In May 1945, on the island of Okinawa, eighteen-year-old Neal Maxwell hid in a foxhole. Japanese shells passed over him and his unit for several days unti
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• Online Mormon Missionaries
  ...://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] had a small, but growing, program for [[Missionary Work|missionary work]] online. Currently, a handful of missionaries are assigned to work from the [[Missionary Training
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• Oakland California Temple
  ...en a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] saw a vision in which a great white temple stood in the Oakland hills. Land for the temple was purc ...nd is so prominent that ships entering San Francisco Bay use the temple as a navigational landmark.
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• Transfiguration
  ...his divine transformation is from a lower to a higher state; it results in a more exalted, impressive, and glorious condition.”<ref>[[Bruce R. McConki ...cause they didn't understand its cause, showing that transfiguration isn't a common occurrence—or wasn't at that time or with that group of people.
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• The Book of Mormon: A Second Witness of Jesus Christ
  ...s]], whose members are sometimes called [[Mormons]], the Book of Mormon is a companion to the [[Holy Bible|Bible]]. Mormons use the King James translati ==A Companion to the Bible==
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• James J. Strang
  ...o name a successor, and his organization largely disintegrated, except for a small contingent that still remains today. ...was born April 24, 1818.<ref> Doyle C. Fitzpatrick, The King Strang Story: A Vindication of James J. Strang, the Beaver Island Mormon King (Lansing: Nat
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• Book of Mormon geography
  ...to the Americas. It spans the time period of approximately 600 B.C. to 400 A.D. The first group of migrants was led by the Lord from the destruction of ...st of Latter-day Saints] has never given an official statement identifying a given place in the Americas with any place mentioned in the [[Book of Mormo
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• Gladys Knight
  ...nt for the Arts chair Maria Rosario Jackson said in a statement. “We are a better nation because of their contributions. Their work helps us see the w ...ecial during the 2022-2023 season on CBS. She was lauded for “showcasing a boundless vocal range and soulfulness that has stood the test of time.”[h
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• Brigham Young
  ...of formal schooling, his parents taught him to read, and Young maintained a love for reading all his life. ...long suffered from tuberculosis, died. Some time later, John Young married a widow named Hannah Brown. Brigham, however, decided that he needed to work
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• Bangkok Thailand Temple
  ...requent meetings, until the Church authorized regular worship services for a small, English-speaking congregation in 1961, which has been functioning si ...done in a brief service in Lumphini Park in the heart of Bangkok. In 1973, a mission for Thailand was created. Church membership in Thailand now exceeds
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• Ken Jennings
  ...nnings. He is the second highest-earning contestant on ''Jeopardy!'' He is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...nal Baccalaureate diploma, and achieved honors at Brigham Young. He served a two-year mission for the Church in Madrid, Spain from 1993 to 1995.
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• Missionary Work 5:Mormonism in Mongolia
  ...ints fairly close to each other, the congregation forms a “ward,” with a lay bishop at its head. ...of Jesus Christ has only had a presence for around twenty years, but where a strong stake has taken root. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765620798/
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• Quotes from the Prophets
  * “[God] never will institute an ordinance or give a commandment to His people that is not calculated in its nature to promote t ...y of the Devil is to destroy." (''Discourses of Brigham Young'', sel. John A. Widtsoe [1954], 69.)
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• Bronco Mendenhall
  ...ball coach at the University of Virginia, a position he held since signing a five-year contract on December 4, 2015. ...ege football and reassess, renew, reframe and reinvent — with my wife as a partner — our future and the next chapter of our lives," he said. "I was
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• Mormon Endowment
  ...ship for Latter-day Saints. It is literally the Savior’s House on earth, a House of the Lord, wherein those who worship are taught, empowered, and dir ...them and others who accept these ordinances performed in their behalf, for a joyful, glorious existence with redeemed loved ones hereafter.
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• Matthias F. Cowley
  ...f Man with Elder Cowley's grandparents, to Nauvoo, in 1843. His mother was a native of the State of Maine. They, as well as Matthias F.'s grandparents o ...of [[Joseph Smith]], Matthias, the elder, then thirteen years of age, was a resident of Warsaw, Ill.; after the [[exodus]], he went to St. Louis, Misso
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• Mormon prophet
  The '''Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''' is a prophet of God and is also known as the [[Mormon president|president]] of [ ...on Scripture|scripture]], such as the [[Doctrine and Covenants]], contains a record of God’s dealings with prophets in modern days.
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• Nephites
  ...oximately 600 B.C. Nephi and his descendants were commanded by God to keep a record of their people, an abridged version of which is now found in the [[ ...s. Wickedness continued to seep into the Nephite culture, and by about 421 A.D., the Lamanites had completely destroyed the Nephite people. The Book of
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• Tender Mercies of the Lord
  ==Elder [[David A. Bednar]], April 2005== ...ar.jpg|150px|left|alt= Mormon Apostle David A. Bednar|Mormon Apostle David A. Bednar]]Six months ago, I stood at this pulpit for the first time as the n
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• True and Living Church
  ...phet who receives revelation for the modern day. Elder [[Boyd K. Packer]], a past member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] (with the [[First Pres ...if we were to avoid it; nevertheless, we are under a sacred obligation and a sacred trust to hold to it. . . . Now this is not to say that the churches,
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• International Growth
  ...mon Church by the press, has experienced rapid international growth. After a brief summary of postwar revitalization and the attendant increases in memb ...e in great need of food and clothing. The Church's Welfare Services became a significant factor in the recovery of many Church members and also those of
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• Restoration of All Things
  ...he process of bringing something back to its former glory. For there to be a restoration, something must first be lost, corrupted, damaged or taken away ...ord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord” (Amos 8:11). But
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• Lawrence E. Corbridge
  ...th the Church News, he recalled standing as a teen atop a hill overlooking a valley on his family's large Soda Springs, Idaho, ranch. It was cold and qu ...Elder Corbridge said he was, in essence, learning the "cowboy way." It was a way that encompassed integrity, humility, hard work and tenacity that he de
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• Biblical Festivals
  ...ation in every culture. The onset of spring, when the earth is reborn, is a natural time to celebrate. Festivals logically celebrate the bounteous off ...uterments reinforce the symbolism of the holidays, such as the Easter egg, a symbol of rebirth. These extras that multiply as festivals are observed can
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• Lisbon Portugal Temple
  ...y Saints] on 2 October 2010, President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that a new temple would be built in Lisbon, Portugal. ...i>The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future</i>. Today, Parque das Nações is a thriving hub of leisure, commercial, and residential activity on the Tagus
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• David A. Bednar
  [[Image:David_A_Bednar.png|250px|thumb|frame|Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] ...d after he was married and living far away from home, his father called on a Wednesday to ask if Elder Bednar could be in California by Saturday to bapt
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan
  ...n Hills, Michigan. Another notable early convert was Samuel Bent, who was a deacon in the Congregational Church in Pontiac. ...organize the company. [[Elijah Fordham]] served as the historian and kept a journal of the company.
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• James J. Hamula
  ...994 to 1997. But even as a young [[Bishop|bishop]] in Arizona he had given a level of service that gives new meaning to the phrase, "full-time." ...ned in an interview with the ''Church News,'' shortly after his call to be a bishop, his growing [[Stake|stake]], which only had one meeting house, plan
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• General Conference
  ...Sundays in April and in October. So, when the first of the month falls on a Sunday, General Conference includes the last Saturday of March or September ...rch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that beginning in 2014, a semiannual general women’s meeting would replace the general Relief Socie
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• George E. Wahlen
  ...o was honored with three Purple Heart decorations (one earned in Vietnam), a Bronze Star, an Army Commendation Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal ...ne 11, 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a seaman apprentice. A week later he was on active duty at the Naval Training Station in San Diego
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• Mat and Savanna Shaw
  ...ndemic, father and daughter singing duo '''Mat and Savanna Shaw''' created a video that went viral. ...s working in the backyard when his 15-year-old daughter surprised him with a question.
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• Spaulding Manuscript
  Critics of the [[Book of Mormon]] (a volume of scripture comparable to the Holy Bible, and thus Another Testamen ...(sometimes spelled Spalding) in the early 1800s. After Spaulding's death, a number of individuals advocated that his work, Manuscript Story, was identi
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• Constitution of the United States
  ...ion|foreordained]], or raised up by God, to establish the constitution and a free nation wherein the [[Gospel]] could be [[restoration|restored]]. #It is capable of specific interpretation and encourages a course of stability and uniformity of action where governmental affairs are
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• Monument to Women Memorial Garden
  The '''Monument to Women Memorial Garden''' is a two-acre garden with twelve statues depicting traditional women’s roles. ...’ Spafford hoped that her successor would replace the old monument with a larger monument erected ‘in honor of the organization of the Society . .
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• B.H. Roberts
  ...|Seven Presidents of the Seventy]] for many years. He was denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because he valued the covenants he made in ...his family. Roberts later wrote, "My childhood was a nightmare; my boyhood a tragedy."<ref>Quoted in [[Truman G. Madsen]], ''Defender of the Faith: The
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• Hartford Connecticut Temple
  ...nckley]], First Counselor in the [[First Presidency]], announced plans for a temple to be constructed in Hartford, Connecticut. However, three years lat ...he north and south, we have determined that we will not at this time build a temple in the immediate area of Hartford." He apologized to the disappointe
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• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
  ...gate and white cement, which radiates in the light. The temple is built on a solid foundation of lava rock, discovered when excavation began. ...will come when the Basin and the inhabitants will prosper and develop into a strong community."<ref>"Temples to Dot the Earth," Cowan, 1989</ref> The Id
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• Kirtland Temple
  ...dedicated on Sunday, March 27, 1836. Although the temple could hold almost a thousand people, not everyone that wanted to attend was able to fit inside ...to face either the front or back pulpit. Building the Kirtland temple was a huge [[sacrifice]] for the Latter-day Saints, but as recorded in Doctrine a
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• Dieter F. Uchtdorf
  .... Maxwell]] on July 21, 2004. Also ordained the same day was Elder [[David A. Bednar]], who filled the vacancy created by the death of Elder [[David B. ...yed in bombed-out houses and grew up with the ever-present consequences of a lost war and the awareness that my own country had inflicted terrible pain
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• Taysom Hill: Mormon Athlete
  ...nference July 26, 2022, the Saints head coach said he wants to use Hill in a variety of roles this season to take advantage of his skill set.[https://ww Hill was a quarterback with the [[Brigham Young University]] Cougars and finished his
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• Latter-day Saint Belief: Jesus Christ
  ...stimony that Jesus Christ is the [[Savior]] and Redeemer of the world, and a knowledge that only through His sacrifice in the Garden of Gethsemane and o ...t He was Jehovah. For I AM, as is shown by the quote below from Exodus, is a translation of the Hebrew word for Jehovah which in most English translatio
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• Jesus Christ
  ...stimony that Jesus Christ is the [[Savior]] and Redeemer of the world, and a knowledge that only through His sacrifice in the Garden of Gethsemane and o ...at He is Jehovah. For I AM, as is shown by the quote below from Exodus, is a translation of the Hebrew word for Jehovah which in most English translatio
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• Kirtland Safety Society
  ...or the citizens to develop their land and society. In fact, the 1830s were a time of such growth and expansion throughout the United States in general, ...t this time many banks printed their own currency, which eventually led to a nationwide panic in 1837.
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• The Currant Bush by Hugh B. Brown
  ...uite often in the Church. It is a story that is older than you are. It’s a piece out of my own life, and I’ve told it in many stakes and missions. I ...I didn’t intend you to be a fruit tree or a shade tree. I want you to be a currant bush, and some day, little currant bush, when you are laden with fr
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• Finishers Wanted
  ...e in that universal delight called window shopping. On occasion I, too, am a participant. ...the beautiful chandelier positioned overhead. Rather, my eyes rested upon a small sign that had been placed at the bottom right-hand corner of the wind
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• Elijah Abel
  ...ir lives, '''“Who was Elijah Abel?”''', it is a great probability that a majority of people would have no idea as to who he was or the significant r ...of Latter-day Saints in September 1832 by Ezekiel Roberts. He also became a personal friend of the Prophet [[Joseph Smith]].
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• James E. Talmage
  ...62]] &ndash; July 27 [[1933]]) born in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, was a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ...Saints at age 10 on June 15, [[1873]]. In August of 1873 he was ordained a deacon.<ref>Andrew Jenson. ''LDS Biographical Encyclopedia'', Vol. 3, p. 7
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• Temple endowment
  ...d [[Exaltation|exaltation]]—a sacred ordinance. Endowments take place in a dedicated House of the Lord, or [[Temple|temple]]. Temples were centers of ...h an endowment in the temple of God. An endowment is a gift of knowledge—a series of instructions and covenants—that enable participants to leave th
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• Missionary Work 2: Malaysia, Russia, Middle East
  ==A Pearl in the Orient &mdash; Penang, Malaysia== Matthew 13 includes a one-sentence parable ─
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• Inside Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ
  ...s] now dot the globe, so many people in the world have seen the outside of a Latter-day Saint temple. Temples are designed and dedicated by the power of ==A Place Set Apart from the World==
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• Alma the Elder
  ...g of [[Abinadi]], led a secret branch of righteous families out from among a wicked people, and became high priest over the [[Nephites|people of Nephi]] ...y [[Zarahemla]] in hopes of living in the land of their first inheritance, a place called, "the land of Nephi." Here they found the [[Lamanites]] livin
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• Mormon Boys
  [[Image:Mormon-youth.jpg|left|200px|alt=Mormon Youth]]'''Mormon boys''' lead a full life of constructive activities, work, service, family interaction, ed ...ught in the home to children so that they might know right from wrong from a young age. The same principles are taught throughout childhood, the teenage
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• Founding Fathers
  .... Nephi had prophesied hundreds of years before that “this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the lan ...of the United States of America as inspired men raised up by the Lord for a special purpose.
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• Mormon Rites
  A rite is a ceremony or ritual—usually associated with religious practice. Rites vary ...the restored gospel of Christ. Mormonism, as it was later called, was not a Protestant church. Instead, it was the inspired restoration of Christ's anc
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• A Mormon Discusses Indulgences
  ...hurch tradition related to the forgiveness of sins that roughly amounts to a “get out of Purgatory free” card. ...ng in Rio either physically or virtually must truly be contrite and have a moment of deepening faith. . . .
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• Marwenna Diame
  '''Marwenna Diame''', a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], was born Gwe ...nverted and became a Christian, she also wanted a new name when she became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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• N. Eldon Tanner
  ...rents' first home was a dugout—a one-room shelter cut out of the side of a hill and reinforced with logs—six miles south of Cardston. However, Eldon ...tion to the job at hand. <ref>Hugh B. Brown, “President N. Eldon Tanner: A Man of Integrity,” ''Ensign'', Nov 1972, 13.</ref>
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• Contemporary Developments
  ...ries and also made it is easier for missionaries from poor areas to afford a mission. In 1991, the Church ordained its 500,000th missionary since 1830 a ...great building expansion. [[Temples]] were begun in Spain, Hong Kong, and a second temple in England. The Church also began using general [[Tithing|ti
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• Kaskade: Mormon DJ
  ...Nature Tour was “the only successful national stadium tour undertaken by a solo electronic music artist.”[https://www.kaskademusic.com/about/] ...Chart, as well as amassing over 50 million streams on Spotify in less than a year’s time. Rolling Stone asserts that “Kaskade represents an intensel
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• Gordon B. Hinckley
  ...rch 12, [[1995]] until January 27, [[2008]] when he died. He had served in a full-time capacity for the Church since [[1958]]. During his tenure as pres ...at Britain. When he returned from his mission, Gordon B. Hinckley accepted a job with the Church's public relations department. In [[1937]], he married
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• Sunday School
  ...ted for approximately one hour, during which a lesson on the scriptures or a gospel topic was presented. ...hat happens at home. We need an adjustment to this pattern. It is time for a home-centered Church, supported by what takes place inside our branch, [[Wa
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• Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
  ...hrist of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that a new temple would be constructed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil has a population of nearly 200 million people, including more than 1.4 million me
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• St. George Utah Temple
  ...rophet|prophet]] and president of the Church at the time, personally chose a six-acre plot as the site for the temple. The afternoon of the groundbreaki ...ints rigged a pulley system and used the cannon as a pile driver to create a good foundation. Today, the old cannon is displayed on the temple grounds.
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• Missionary Work: Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, India, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Southwest Asia, Guam, and Missions of the Church
  Elder Holland dedicated the country of Cameroon on August 21, 2009, on a green hillside overlooking Cameroon's capital city of Yaounde in the compan ...s and other supplies for learning. Elder Holland's travels wound down with a district conference Aug. 29-30 for the Mutare Zimbabwe District. Elder Hol
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• Law of Moses
  ...an, are the typifying of him (2 Nephi 11:4). If one pictures the gospel as a temple, the Law of Moses is the floor, the foundation. The overriding aspec ...law delivered on Sinai had a religious and moral basis, but also provided a legal system for the protection of civil rights. The Law of Moses, which is
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• Adam
  ...who holds the priesthood keys of all dispensations, his prophetic role as a testator of Christ from the beginning of the world, and his role again in t ...on went forth to all the world. Following his death, which occurred almost a millennium after he entered mortality, Adam’s watch-care over his posteri
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• Love Her Mother
  ...n he looked at me with an expression that seemed to say, “How do I raise a girl?” ...ll teach your daughter to value womanhood. You are showing her that she is a daughter of our Heavenly Father, who loves her.
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• Abortion
  ...arning that sexual activity outside of marriage has resulted in pregnancy, a young woman has four choices: marrying, not marrying but keeping the child, ...cannot be undone. The choice was made to act, and the consequence involves a minimum of three lives. In or out of marriage, abortion therefore, is not a
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• Stability and Growth
  ==A Period of Peace and Growth== From the late 1800s, when [[Utah]] became a state, to World War II, the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and the [http:/
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• Jason Chaffetz: Mormon Politician
  ...visiting the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School as a fall fellow. He is a member of [http://www.comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latt
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• Truman G. Madsen
  ...[Ann Madsen|Ann Nicholls Madsen]] in 1953, and they had three children and a Navajo foster son. He was emeritus professor of Philosophy at [[Brigham You [[Image:TrumanGMadsen_bio160x205.jpg |thumb|alt=Truman G. Madsen was a leading scholar in the Church of Jesus Christ.]]
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• Warren Jeffs
  ...fs admitted his position of prophet in the FLDS Church was a usurpation in a conversation to his brother, and declared that "Brother William E. Jessop h ...rporation charter does not require the church president to be its prophet. A 2012 CNN documentary insisted that Jeffs still leads the church from prison
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• Mormons and Race
  ...] through secular eyes, it is likely to see only hints of deeper doctrine. A lack of understanding then causes the world to misdefine and misjudge the d ...ys had for their Black brothers and sisters. In fact, there has never been a segregated congregation in the history of the Church. The doctrine is clear
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• Wilford Woodruff
  ...and helped his father run his sawmill. At age 14, he learned the trade of a miller. ...y life. I, therefore, ascribe my preservation on earth to the watchcare of a merciful Providence, whose hand has been stretched out to rescue me from de
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• Ensign College
  ...educate your minds and your hearts and your hands (Gordon B. Hinckley, “A Prophet’s Counsel and Prayer for Youth,” ''New Era'', Jan. 2001, 4). ...Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] places on education, the Church offers a number of educational opportunities, both religious and secular, through th
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• Bogota Colombia Temple
  ...uperb. I have never seen any (stonework) finer, anywhere. It is beautiful, a fitting monument to the good people of Colombia," stated President [[Gordon ...fact, just the opposite occurred. When a particular difficulty was faced, a special focus of fasting and [[prayer]] by members produced miracles. [2]
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• Mesa Arizona Temple
  ...er] shares the meticulously manicured grounds of the temple, which feature a cactus garden and large reflection pools. ...a while. The Mesa Arizona Temple was finally announced on 3 October 1919. A 20-acre site was selected and purchased in 1921, and the site was dedicated
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• Clayton Christensen
  '''Clayton Christensen''' was a U.S. business guru and professor at the Harvard School of Business. ...]. At Harvard Christensen taught a course called "Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise." The concluding lessons deal with successful living
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• Good, Better, Best
  ...by recognizing the reality that just because something is ''good'' is not a sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exc ...that some choices are good but others are better. I lived for two years on a farm. We rarely went to town. Our Christmas shopping was done in the Sears,
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• Greed, Selfishness, and Overindulgence
  ...am going to get out of bed, and from then on, I am probably going to need a lot more help.” ...mes to overcoming being greedy, selfish, and overly indulgent, we all need a lot more help. In his candid manner, President Brigham Young said: “The w
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• Shay Carl
  ...Tube celebrities and started [http://www.makerstudios.com/ Maker Studios], a YouTube production company. Through Maker Studios, Shay and other YouTube c ...007. Shortly after starting the channel, he took a job as a disc jockey at a local radio station, Z103.
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• Brandon Sanderson: Mormon Author
  ...complex magic systems; and his plots, which twist and weave and leave you a little breathless."[https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/bran ...sy, and he wrote seven novels during this period. He claims to have quite a collection of rejection slips from publishers.
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• Karl G. Maeser
  ...sity]] (BYU), where he is seen as the true founder of the institution.<ref>A search of the BYU website for "Karl Maeser" generates 658 references, such A Native of Saxony, Maeser served as a missionary for the church in four nations and held many leadership position
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• Willie and Martin Handcart Companies
  The tragedy of the '''Willie and Martin handcart companies''' was caused by a series of missteps that cumulatively resulted in the suffering and death of Handcarts were a low-cost, quicker way for the early Saints to travel across the plains to t
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• Eliza R. Snow
  ..., insecurity, and heavy responsibilities. As a young woman Eliza worked as a seamstress, secretary, and schoolteacher. She is described in the ''Juvenil ...ligence, often illumined with poetic fire. They were indeed the windows of a noble soul. Her conversation was charming, every word being distinctly arti
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• Neiafu Tonga Temple
  ...rist of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a new temple will be built in Tonga. The '''Neiafu Tonga Temple''' will be th ...f any country in the world and is the home to some 175 congregations. With a population of approximately 108,000 people, there are more than 68,000 Latt
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• What do Mormons believe
  ==Latter-day Saints Believe in a Heavenly Father== ...ful God who loves Mankind (His children) and wants them to succeed. He has a plan for them to one day return to live with Him. (See the [[Plan of Salvat
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• Jordan River Utah Temple
  ...les in the state of Utah. Located in South Jordan, Utah, it was built with a modern single-spire design. It is one of five temples featuring an [[Angel ...wer appears to be of the same material, it actually contains fiberglass in a product called cemlite in order to reduce weight.
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• Manti Utah Temple
  ...anti Temple was announced. The site for the temple was Manti Stone Quarry, a large hill in the area. It had been prophesied numerous times since the beg The temple was completed in 1888 and a private dedication was held on May 17, 1888, with the dedicatory prayer giv
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• Orem Utah Temple
  ...rist of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a temple would be built in Orem, Utah. At the time of the announcement, Utah ...On 11 December 2019, the location of the Orem Utah Temple was announced as a 16-acre site on the east end of the site next to FrontRunner at approximate
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• Meetings for Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...hrist of Latter-day Saints] (sometimes casually called Mormons) consist of a two-hour block of time divided into two segments. Until January 2019, the m ...hat happens at home. We need an adjustment to this pattern. It is time for a home-centered Church, supported by what takes place inside our branch, [[Wa
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• Mormon Fasting and Fast Offerings
  ...to as fast Sunday. To fast is to voluntarily go without food and drink for a certain period of time. ...the Church, of [http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org Joseph Smith's] role as a prophet, and of the [http://www.bookofmormononline.com Book of Mormon] as b
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• Paradise
  ...ighteous spirits who have departed this life await the resurrection. It is a state of peace and happiness.[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scr ...churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/atone-atonement?lang=eng] When a person dies, his or her spirit and body separate—the spirit moves on to t
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• Satan
  ...any references to a life before this one, and a few references to Satan as a "son": ...in the conflict in heaven, which culminated in the [[War in Heaven]], also a biblical doctrine. Lucifer, in his pride, determined to usurp the position
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• The Healing Power of Forgiveness
  ...e beautiful hills of Pennsylvania, a devout group of Christian people live a simple life without automobiles, electricity, or modern machinery. They wor A 32-year-old milk truck driver lived with his family in their Nickel Mines c
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• Come What May, and Love It
  ...t all of them are pleasant. I remember one day after my football team lost a tough game, I came home feeling discouraged. My mother was there. She liste ...of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser, and happier as a result.
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• Mormonism and the Christian Creeds
  ...adical Reformation of the 16th century—believe they don’t need to have a creed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed] [http://comeuntochrist.org The ...not seek to offend anyone of another faith. Elder [[Dallin H. Oaks]], then a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]—with the [[First Presiden
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• The Purpose-driven Life in Mormonism
  When a person is active in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ o [[Julie B. Beck]], a former general officer of the Church of Jesus Christ who was president of i
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• Deseret Gym
  ...sted sports exhibitions and brought in world-famous teams and athletes. In a celebration marking the 85th anniversary of the Deseret Gym, Elder [[Marion ...ths were required of all swimmers. . . . Bowing to the demands of modesty, a unique floor plan isolated the pool and the two female locker rooms from th
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• Mormons and American Government
  ...much as 40 percent of the American citizenry claims it would not vote for a Latter-day Saint, or sometimes called Mormon, president. The Constitution o There are two kinds of people most opposed to a Latter-day Saint candidate for the American presidency. One comes from the
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• Ziggy Ansah: Mormon Athlete
  ...etimes mistakenly called the [http://www.mormon.org Mormon Church.]. He is a native of Accra, Ghana. He is 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds. ...erican football. Huge enough to be on the front defensive line, he wasn't a starter until midway through his first season at BYU. "By the time BYU play
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• Mormon Beliefs: Worldliness
  ...on't, thereby becoming prideful. They shut themselves off from the Lord to a lesser or greater degree. It is by shedding the love of the things of the w ...e which makes us take our standards from the society round us."<ref>Ronald A. Knox, ''Stimuli,'' 1951; in''The Treasury of Religious and Spiritual Quot
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• Jesus' Baptism
  *Like a dove ...ized Jesus, John the Baptist was taught that the sign of the dove would be a witness to him that Jesus was the Messiah."[https://www.churchofjesuschrist
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• Men with Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage Jail
  ...seph]] and [[Hyrum Smith]] were not alone on the day they were murdered by a mob of 200 men at [[Carthage Jail]]. The presence of [[John Taylor]] and [[ A few other men accused of riot for the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor p
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• Yigo Guam Temple
  ...ing saturated the carpets and some furniture inside the Yigo temple and at a nearby meetinghouse. The typhoon also damaged trees and other landscaping o ...hen the storm moved in,” said Sister Cyndi Burtenshaw, who is serving as a Church communication missionary in the Micronesia Guam Asia North Area with
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• Gold Plates
  ...through the whole. The volume was something near six inches in thickness, a part of which was sealed. The characters on the unsealed part were small, ...t they were composed of. (The term ''[[Golden Bible]]'' is also used with a negative connotation.) Criticism is aimed at Joseph Smith's claims because
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• Pago Pago American Samoa Temple
  ...christ.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] announced that a regional temple would be constructed in American Samoa to serve the 50,000 ...,000 in American Samoa where the $1.5 million temple would be constructed. A groundbreaking ceremony was anticipated to take place in late 1978 with com
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• Andy Reid
  ...the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League, a post he has held since 2013. He had been head coach previously of the Phila ...ad coach for the Eagles in 1999, and the hiring caused a stir. He had made a huge impression in the league with his coaching talents while he worked at
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• Nauvoo
  ''The focus of this article is on the city of Nauvoo. For a history of the Nauvoo period of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...due to the city's orientation on the river, but the area turned out to be a mosquito-infested, malarial swamp. The Saints bought property on both sides
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• Russell M. Nelson
  ...d in a [[Solemn Assembly]] on March 31, 2018. President Nelson presided at a unprecedented meeting broadcast from the [[Salt Lake Temple]] on January 16 ...t perhaps he was too careful of his hands, since he was destined to become a heart surgeon.
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• First Vision
  ...mith.org/joseph_smith_timeline/1805-1830/joseph_smith_vision Joseph Smith] a new understanding of the nature of God and Jesus Christ. Whatever concept o ...re than seeing Him and even talking to Him, but to know His true nature is a necessary step to be able to develop the faith in Him that is necessary to
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• Red Cliffs Utah Temple
  ...f Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. President [[Russell M. Nelson]] that a second temple would be constructed in Washington County, Utah. The other te ...on and reopened in 2023. The [[Manti Utah Temple|Manti Temple]] closed for a major renovation in October 2021 and reopened in April 2024.
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• Black Mormon
  ...his especially increased when [[William W. Phelps|W. W. Phelps]] published a plan to bring free Blacks into Missouri. In fact, Missourians wrote the fol :“In a late number of the Star, published in Independence by the leaders of the se
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• Danny Ainge
  ...mormon]]'''Daniel Ray Ainge''' (born March 17, 1959 in Eugene, Oregon) is a former Latter-day Saint professional basketball and baseball player who pla ...ics, who had to buy out Ainge's contract from the Blue Jays after enduring a legal battle over the rights to it.
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• Anti-Christ
  ...e prophets are gone out into the world” (1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:1). It is a warning that echoes what the Savior Himself had said: “There shall arise Anti-Christ is a scriptural term for anyone or anything that counterfeits the true gospel pl
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• Land of miracles
  ...hen I taught. With the students gone, I was suddenly without employment in a foreign land. ...igh school, but this ended when the teacher returned from the army. We had a bit of money in the bank in Salt Lake City and I had taken the precaution o
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• Mormons and the Boy Scouts of America
  ...fective on December 31, 2019, the Church will conclude its relationship as a chartered organization with all Scouting programs around the world." ...n so doing, it will be necessary for the Church to discontinue its role as a chartered partner with BSA. . . .
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• Gordon B. Hinckley Stories
  '''This page is a collection of stories from the life of [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], former presi ...new Conference Center pulpit. Later [[Don H. Staheli]] retold the story in a picture book, ''The Story of the Walnut Tree,'' illustrated by [[Robert Bar
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• Mormon Callings
  ...erving in the Church is voluntary. A position of service is referred to as a ''calling'', because they are called or appointed to that position through ...idea is that it is the Lord that has called, or asked, a person to perform a specific duty in the Church. This doctrine can be found in the fifth [[Arti
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• Keys
  ...keys in the world; keys to houses, cars, buildings, diaries—just to name a few. In [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...he keys allow access to and use of the vehicle. Both are required to drive a car. The same is true for the priesthood and priesthood keys. The priesthoo
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• Porter Rockwell
  ..., a mail carrier, a peace officer, a US Marshal, a hotelier, a brewer, and a high priest. ...h the Latter-day Saints after the [[martyrdom of Joseph Smith]] and became a lawman in [[Utah]] Territory. He was nicknamed "Porter," "Old Port," and "t
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• Kyiv Ukraine Temple
  ...e Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine is now a democratic nation and is enjoying a resurgence of culture and language. ...referrals and were accompanied by President [[Dennis B. Neuenschwander]]. A month later, Valeriy Stravichenko became the first person to be baptized in
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• Celestial marriage
  ...is a heavenly marriage. The marriage does not take place in heaven but is a type of marriage that is heavenly in nature—it is divine in its origin an Latter-day Saints believe that for a celestial marriage to occur, several very specific things must take place.
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• Minerva Teichert
  ...ble for her art depicting Western and Latter-day Saint subjects, including a collection of murals depicting scenes from the [[Book of Mormon]]. ...o as the second of nine children. Her father, Frederick John Kohlhepp, was a cultured gentleman who gave up the prosperity of his Boston family to go we
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• Sheri L. Dew
  ...from [[Brigham Young University]] and attended BYU Graduate School. She is a former [[Relief Society]] general board member, [[Stake]] [[Relief Society] ...ing 23 points and 17 rebounds a game. She had a hook shot, a post-up move, a jump shot, and she could move under the basket to get free for shots."[http
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• Sapporo Japan Temple
  The construction of a temple of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...members in the Sapporo Branch back then said to me, 'Someday we will build a temple in Sapporo.' I am happy that this day has come."
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• Tokyo Japan Temple
  ...kyo, Japan. [[Spencer W. Kimball]], then President of the Church, said at a conference in Tokyo: ...an, for all of Asia.<ref>Spencer W. Kimball, "We Propose That We Establish a Temple," ''Tambuli'', Oct. 1980, 2</ref>
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• Mormon Church
  ...]], translated by [[Joseph Smith]] in [[1829]]. The Church was established a year later, in [[1830]]. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wa ...President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that Church leaders had launched a major effort to use the full name of the Church instead of nicknames or abb
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• Moses Lake Washington Temple
  ...e-story building of approximately 20,000 square feet with a central spire. A meetinghouse of approximately 17,000 square feet has been constructed next ...ty-utah-temples-and-moses-lake-washington-temple-180691 He said], "We have a legacy of Saints in the area. They came in the 1950s to settle the area wit
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• Priesthood
  Our Heavenly Father shares His priesthood power in a limited way with worthy male members of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Chur ...a gift of God’s priesthood power by virtue of their covenant, along with a gift of knowledge to know how to draw upon that power. The heavens are just
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• Ward
  ...boundaries are determined geographically. Typically, several wards compose a [[Stake]]. ...artered in Nauvoo, Illinois, that the term ''ward'' became associated with a local unit of the Church.
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• Prophecy
  ...ecies Mormon]]'''Prophecy''' is inspired words from [[God]], given through a [[Mormon prophet|prophet]] that tells of some future event. [[The Church of :And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the workings of the S
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• Young Women2
  ...of Israel to get a living testimony of the truth. We are about to organize a retrenchment Association, which I want you all to join, and I want you to v ...hepard Taylor as the first general president. Today, there continues to be a general [[Young Women]] presidency, which oversees all the Young Women in t
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• Samuel the Lamanite
  ...ite Wall Mormon|Samuel Lamanite Wall Mormon]]'''Samuel the Lamanite''' was a [[prophet]] in the [[Book of Mormon]] sent by [[Jesus Christ | Lord]] aroun ==A Prophecy==
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• Same Sex Marriage
  ...862384d20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0 The Family: A Proclamation to the World, 788943600000]</ref> President [[Russell M. Nelson]] stated the Church's position supporting a constitutional amendment in the following statement on June 5, 2006, in Was
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• Masons and Mormon Temple Rites
  ''Mel Borup Chandler is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormon"). He cu Anciently the Masons were a group of highly skilled craftsmen who belonged to a workers guild that cut, quarried and carved stone to construct sacred edifi
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• Mormon Beliefs: Serving in the Kingdom
  ...organizations. The congregational leadership, and then leaders of stakes (a collection of congregations) and areas of stakes are all positions filled b ...est for his ability to speak Chinese, a skill developed while he served as a full-time missionary. [https://www.thechurchnews.com/archives/2011-12-15/wa
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• The Latter-day Saint View of Jesus Christ
  ...of the resurrection and guaranteed the resurrection of all living things; a free gift to us. ...e same substance and God being incorporeal&mdash;is necessary to be called a Christian.
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• Does Mormon Doctrine Change?
  ...that gentiles sought him, and not to refuse. Peter would not have entered a gentile household at all, had he not received this revelation. The gentiles ...to take the gospel to the gentiles. This was not a change in doctrine, but a change in policy.
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• F.A.R.M.S.
  ...more-weeks.html?pg=all “Hamblin & Peterson: The Holy Land is in Utah for a Few More Weeks,”] The Deseret News, Feb. 8, 2014.</ref> ...s Christ and, at the time, an attorney specializing in federal tax law for a Los Angeles firm—organized the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon
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• Torleif Knaphus: Mormon Artist
  ...rist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], of which he was a member. ...s age 14. At the age of 17, he went to sea on a Norwegian fishing boat for a year, but the beauty of the ocean pulled him back to art:
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• Warren Parrish
  ...rn on January 10, 1803, in New York. He married Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten, a sister to [[David W. Patten]] sometime in 1822. He was baptized by [[Brigha ...they were found guilty and were released on the stipulation that they pay a fine and leave the area within ten days (''Millennial Star'' 26:439).
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• Same-sex attraction
  ...rest may include desires for their attention, friendship, intimacy, and/or a fascination with their bodies and other gender traits. It may also include ...atric misunderstandings that may come by using the term ''homosexuality''. A person who experiences same-sex attraction or same-gender attraction may ex
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• Ryan Hamilton
  '''Ryan Hamilton''' is a comedian and semifinalist on NBC’s ''Last Comic Standing'' (2010). He beg ...19, he appeared on ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.'' He received a standing ovation for his stand-up routine that included his mention of guar
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• Temple Square
  ...euntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], selected a 10-acre plot of ground that was designated for the [[Salt Lake Temple]]. Th ...e]], sharing with the world the finest musical programs. It was built with a seating capacity of 6,000. In subsequent years other buildings have been bu
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• Bentonville Arkansas Temple
  Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 25,000 square feet with a center spire, two [[Ordinance|ordinance]] rooms (stationary) and two [[Seal On Saturday, 7 November 2020, a small group of Church leaders gathered to participate in the groundbreaking
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• D. Todd Christofferson
  '''David Todd Christofferson''' is a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [http://comeuntochrist.o ...e apostolic calling, which overcame him through the Spirit as he sustained a newly called apostle earlier in his service in the [[Presidency of the Seve
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• Vaiangina Sikahema
  '''Vaiangina Sikahema''' was sustained as a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church In a BYU devotional address in November 2015, Presiding Bishopric first counselo
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• Spiritual Death
  ...ally separated from God himself or being alienated from God's ways through a sinful lifestyle (to "die as to things pertaining unto righteousness"; Alma ...al separation," and being cut off from the Holy Ghost's presence is called a "spiritual separation." The temporal separation (from Heavenly Father) is s
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• Death
  ...r bodies at the end of their lives (physical death) and they are born into a world that is outside the presence of Heavenly Father (the first kind of sp :But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death i
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• Born Again
  ...s a Pharisee and a ruler among the Jews. Although Nicodemus must have had a thorough knowledge of [[Law of Moses|Mosaic Law]], he seemed to have little :There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
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• Law of Chastity
  ..., by definition, is a legal union between a [[Same-sex attraction|male and a female]]: ...hildren and for the expression of love within a marriage: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and th
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• L. Tom Perry
  '''L. Tom Perry''' was a member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [http://comeuntochrist.o ...own callings. Elder Perry said that in his family it was hard not to have a [[Testimonies|testimony]] because of the example of his parents.
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• Ephraim Hanks
  ...andcart]] Company during the Western Migration. [[T. C. Christensen]] made a film about him in 2013, entitled ''Ephraim’s Rescue.'' ...56, after the Martin and Willie Handcart companies were delayed because of a lack of handcarts and extreme winter weather conditions, word was brought t
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• Samuel Brannan
  ...a fortune but later lost it and died poor and obscure. For a time, he was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...taught them about the gospel. Brannan’s brother in law Alexander bought a copy of the [[Book of Mormon]] from them. The three were later baptized in
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• Brian Banks
  ...the World Series where they won over the New York Yankees. He also played a season with the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in Japan. Banks shared a pivotal moment of his career with the ''Deseret News'':
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