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...s, which follow guidelines the Lord has set. Because of the success of the Church, some try to find worldly excuses for its financial soundness, but it is po ==History of the Finances of the Church of Jesus Christ==

...incerely hope the following articles will be helpful in learning about the Church of Jesus Christ. [[Great and Abominable Church]] ·

...hey were made readily available to members, as well as non-members, of the Church of Jesus Christ, both online and in printed form. ...olumes are published, under the Church History Department’s imprint, the Church Historian’s Press.

The religious history of the earth has been recorded by prophets and historians, theologians, and biblical scholars, and yet, the complete history will not ==Christ Organizes His Church on the Earth==

[[Image:African_LDS.jpg|alt=Black Mormons|left|frame|Haitian members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] ...r been truer than when those outside the Latter-day Saint faith accuse the Church of Jesus Christ of “racism.” Since Blacks were not allowed to hold the

...]], [[Thomas S. Monson]], then President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], announced the building of a temple i ...lonnades 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 th

...the first place of temple worship built by [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...emple until six months after the commandment was given. The members of the Church were also instructed on how to build the temple (see Doctrine and Covenants

...versy as Mormons and historians struggle to understand this event, and the Church's detractors seek to exploit it for polemical purposes. ...eers entered the Salt Lake Valley. These Saints were the first vanguard of Church members who had been driven from [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, by angry mobs. At th

...ings, membership information, priesthood ordinations, and kept a narrative church history. ...Records Management Committee, and may act as an authoritative voice of the church in historical matters.

...t of Latter-day Saints] have seen his likeness in artwork, lesson manuals, Church magazines, scholarly publications, and on the shelves of their meetinghouse ...eotype-and-joseph-smith-jr.html] However, this entry in the History of the Church concludes that possible documentation of his activities at that time is una

...on remained an active and devoted member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] throughout his life. In 1982, his wif ...ni & Friends, 1984)</ref> He was made a Fellow of the Society of American Historians in 1986. In 2002 he was posthumously awarded the first annual Lifetime Achi

...'''Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square''' of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] is not only one of the oldest and lar ...the world to bring peace and healing. More than half the membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lives outside the United States. This

...and obscure. For a time, he was a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ==Brannan’s Journey to Membership in the Church==

...e aboard as the Sea Trek 2001 sails into New York Harbor. Photo courtesy ''Church News''/John L. Hart.]] ...iversary of the journey of many converts to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] to America. Some 85,000 Latter-day Sa

...The period includes many significant and formative events not only for the Church, but also in [http://www.josephsmith.net/portal/site Joseph Smith's] life. ===Translating the Book of Mormon and Establishing the Church===

...eorge Utah Temple''' was the first [[Mormon temple|temple]] built by [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] after the death of [[Joseph Smith, J ...ay. [[Brigham Young]], the [[Mormon prophet|prophet]] and president of the Church at the time, personally chose a six-acre plot as the site for the temple. T

...nts as less than perfect people and reject claims about the history of the Church that are based purely on rumor and speculation. ...working-class section of [[Ogden, Utah]]. He served a [[Mission]] for the Church in [[Germany]] and earned his A. A. at Weber State University, his B.A. and

...[Franklin D. Richards]] from 1897 to 1899. From 1899 to 1900 he was acting Church Historian and Recorder. He then served as an assistant to [[Anthon H. Lund] ...rish, Hjorring, Denmark. He was four years old when his parents joined the Church. He was baptized on February 2, 1859. He left Denmark in 1866 via the ship

...and the remains of Joseph and Hyrum in the October 1845 conference of the Church. “We are determined also to use every means in our power to do all that J ...considered the possible location for the Tomb of Joseph, archeologists and historians have been unable to definitively discover the whereabouts.

==Church Leadership== ...City of Mexico, enquiring about the principles of the gospel, some of the Church publications were sent him as early as the autumn of 1878, and through thes

...Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] (sometimes called the Mormon Church) from April 9, [[1906]] until his death. ...n was married in secret to [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]], the first prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ, in May 1843, when she was 14 years old. After Smith's deat

...mong you” (Doctrine and Covenants 21:1), intended for the “good of the church” and “the rising generations” (Doctrine and Covenants 69:8). ...s for the use of the extended family group. The Church also has appointed historians at all times to keep a record for future generations.

...e masters themselves and their fakes were not easily discerned by dealers, historians, scholars, and experts. ...r his forgeries of documents of interest to [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].

...nd make available the papers of [[Brigham Young]], second president of the Church of Jesus Christ. ...23/9/12/23854390/brigham-young-papers-project-and-first-volume-of-journals-historians-introduce]

...r to every challenge, because the Church is still the only true and living church on the face of the earth, and is, indeed, personally led by [[Jesus Christ] ..."shaken faith syndrome," because you have received "information" regarding Church history you were unaware of, there are resources available online for you t

...[Joseph Smith]] Jr., the first president of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...n, Emma was asked to put together a [[Emma Smith's Hymnal|hymnal]] for the Church. She fulfilled the Lord's admonition, and the hymnal was printed five years

...or "adoration." By this definition, almost all religions, including [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], exhibit at least some characteristi ...embers of the Church of Jesus Christ would embrace the term. Certainly the Church is a community of religious worship and ritual, and clearly it formally exp

...mon Hancock. After his call to serve in the [[Presiding Bishopric]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served a mission to Missouri. He w ...y Saints (Commonly Called Mormons),” he explained why he was leaving the Church. He was excommunicated on March 17, 1839.

...atter-day Saints]]. It was created and directed towards the members of the Church in the British Isles who, especially in its earlier years, were separated b [[Parley P. Pratt]], an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was the original founder and editor.

...of [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] He is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...istory, formerly located at [[Brigham Young University]]. He served in the Church Historical Department and was president and vice president of the Mormon Hi

Anderson was born in Bileberga, [[Sweden]]. His family joined [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] when he was young, and they came to ...Jane Ballantyne, a daughter of [[Richard Ballantyne]], the founder of the Church's [[Sunday School]] movement.

...at [[Brigham Young University]]. He is a member of [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...“A Systematic Program for Teaching the Gospel” was implemented by the Church in 1952.

...f Latter-day Saints]. Nibley was notable both for vigorously defending the church and for frankly discussing what he saw as the shortcomings of the Latter-da Nibley served as a missionary for the Church in Germany. He served as a master sergeant working in military intelligence

...the people believed him to be Quetzalcoatl or someone sent by him. Not all historians agree Cortés was telling the truth about this. Whatever the reason for the ...s history, because there was a great blending of both. Some members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including a few leaders, have specula

..., the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize, the Society for Historians of the Early Republic Book Prize, the William Henry Welch Medal of the Amer ...women. Although she is an active member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], she is sometimes viewed as a disside

...l with Islamic education, Muslim immigration in Europe, History of the LDS Church in Italy, and LDS missiology in the Ottoman Empire. ...; and provided academic expertise and counsel on several committees of the Church of Jesus Christ involved with policy formation and outreach to Muslim commu

...e grove where the visitation of [[John the Baptist]] occurred. In 1960 the Church placed a monument on the site commemorating the restoration of the Aaronic ...at the Priesthood Restoration Site is the location where Latter-day Saint historians believe the resurrected personage John the Baptist conferred the Aaronic Pr

...982 when she moved to the newly formed Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History at [[Brigham Young University]]. In 1986, she became an associate p Prior to her association work with [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], Madsen served as an associate instru

...w.imdb.com/name/nm0415591/bio] He had consulted President Grant and Church historians in preparation for his role. ...Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], sometimes casually called the [[Mormon Church]], in 1972, having studied its doctrines since his role as Brigham Young in

...lationship between Cowley and Melvin Purvis was complex and is debated by historians. Fans of Purvis tend to downplay Cowley, and the official FBI records tend ...nts]. His half-brother [[Matthew Cowley]] also served as an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ.

...in the New England mission. Brother Bushman has held many callings in the Church, including being a [[Seminary]] teacher, [[bishop]], [[stake]] president, a ...realignment of that Institute and the shifting of much of its staff to the Church History Department, where they are working on [[The Joseph Smith Papers]] P

...us Christ of Latter-day Saints], sometimes inadvertently called the Mormon Church), said: ...st saw the signs and fled to Pella. The scriptures do not record this, but historians do.<ref> George A. Horton, [http://www.lds.org/ensign/1989/06/be-ye-also-re

...i. But opposition was far from over. By the summer of 1838, leaders of the Church witnessed the rise of similar threats to their communities in Missouri. Som ...rganization is unclear."[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/topic/danites] "Historians generally concur that Joseph Smith approved of the Danites but that he prob

...his family foundation and upbringing was in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], Fisher could not be categorized as a ...on of Fisher as a “Mormon writer,” that she wrote a letter to then LDS-church president [[Spencer W. Kimball]] demanding that he direct the scholars to r

...ronicled her life and bore her testimony of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Her first entry read: “I am now fi ...hree of the eight children born to them lived to adulthood. She joined the Church in 1834 and gathered with the Saints to Far West, Missouri, then Nauvoo, Il

...f The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)|Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. ...grant wagon train that became known as the [[Mountain Meadows massacre]]. Historians attribute the massacre “to a combination of factors, including war hyster

...y and Women’s Studies. She is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...s, including the Mormon History Association, the Organization of American Historians, the American History Association, the ''Western Historical Quarterly'', an

...rist of Latter-day Saints], which commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Church’s lift of the priesthood ban. ...wung the door wide open for me to want to learn more. I began meeting with historians. Reading turned into writing.” In the short summer months, he became a sc