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• Mountain Meadows massacre
  ...when approximately 120 men, women and children, traveling through Utah to California were massacred by a force consisting of Mormon militia members and Southern ...can-American War in early 1848. (The treaty ceded all of what would become California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of modern-day Texas, Colorado, Arizona,
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• Responses to Proposition 8
  ...ned the campaign, and although a huge majority of Blacks and Latinos voted in favor, the Church of Jesus Christ took the brunt of the wrath of the gay co ...ate constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. In a move that may make gay-rights supporters' heads spin, the incident is bei
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• International Growth
  ...cuses on the adaptations that accompanied growth and internationalization. In surveying recent developments, it provides an introduction to the contempor ...od and clothing. The Church's Welfare Services became a significant factor in the recovery of many Church members and also those of other faiths (Ludlow,
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• Brigham Young
  ...al and important historical figures not just in Latter-day Saint, but also in American history. He is called the "American Moses" because of his leadersh ...as a revolutionary war veteran. After marrying Abigail, John Young settled in Massachusetts. The family moved to Vermont shortly before Brigham Young was
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan
  ...s]] began in Michigan in the 1830s. It did not have an organized presence in the state from the late 1850s into the 1870s. However missionary work was ...ers in the state, and the [[Detroit Michigan Temple]], which was dedicated in 1999.
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• Rome Italy Temple
  ...of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], announced the building of a temple in Rome, Italy. ...the temple’s design was inspired by San Carlino, a Roman Catholic church in Rome. He said, "The curved ceilings, the curved walls, the expression of th
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• Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ
  ...ere they are needed for the convenience of the people." The work performed in holy temples, a work restored to the earth by ministering angels under the ...land”—referencing Europe during several conferences with members there in the early 1900s. At the April 2000 general conference, Elder [[Russell M. N
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• MormonWiki Articles
  ...ed and modified. We sincerely hope the following articles will be helpful in learning about the Church of Jesus Christ. [[Life in Mortality]] ·
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• Mormons and Memorial Day
  ...hey love their country and many devote several years of their life serving in the different branches of the Armed Forces protecting and preserving that w ...to clean off Civil War-era headstones at The Union Burial Society Cemetery in Frankfort, Illinois.
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• Oakland California Temple
  [[Image:Oakland-California-Temple-2019.jpg|500px|thumb|frame|<span style="color:#0D8ED3"> Oakland California Temple</span>|right]]
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• Online Mormon Missionaries
  ...ssionaries.jpg|alt=Mormon missionaries online|right|frame|Latter-day Saint missionaries online, photo by Ravell Call, Deseret News]] ...work]] online.[https://www.deseret.com/2011/3/23/20180661/select-group-of-missionaries-serving-online]
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• Orson Hyde
  ...piece of property Wheeler had purchased. While employed as a retail clerk in [[Kirtland]], Hyde became involved with the Reformed Baptist Society, also ...ited States, and Jackson County, Missouri. He marched with [[Zion's Camp]] in 1834.
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• Parley P. Pratt
  ...in these last days. He served as an apostle from 1835 until he was killed in 1857. Parley Parker Pratt was born on April 12, 1807, in Burlington, New York, to Jared and Charity Pratt. The Pratt family, like th
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• Tijuana México Temple
  ...n Tijuana with a backdrop of the beautiful Cerro Colorado, a landmark hill in eastern Tijuana, near Macroplaza on Boulevard Insurgentes, which bears whit ...to 10-hour drive to the [[Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple]] to participate in temple ordinances.
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• Mormon Should Mean "More Good"
  ...the world, as well as in your homes. It is a beautiful autumn morning here in the valley of the mountains where almost a century and a half ago, after mu We meet in the name of the Lord [[Jesus Christ]], the [[Savior]] and Redeemer of manki
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• Keith Lionel Brown
  ...he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], is a budding songwriter. In April 2019, at the age of 60, he introduced his song writing talents to the ...k to the hearts of people worldwide regardless of their beliefs or station in life.
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• Mormon history
  ...s. The history of so broad a movement cannot be adequately condensed, but in the pages that follow is an outline of Latter-day Saint history from 1820 t ...[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. [[Mormon missionaries|Missionaries]] go out and convert many. Persecution follows the Church.
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• Karl G. Maeser
  ...ch, including serving as the head of the [[Church Educational System]] and in the central leadership of the Sunday school. ...Salt Lake City: Covenant Communications, 2007) p. 62</ref> Maeser arrived in [[Utah]] Territory on September 1, 1860.
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• Rey L. Pratt
  ...lped establish the church in Mexico and among Spanish-speaking populations in the United States and Argentina. He also translated Church materials into S ...in Mexico|Mormon colony]] in the northern state of Chihuahua. Rey grew up in Mexico, learning to appreciate its history and people.
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• John A. Widtsoe
  ...the Norwegian mainland city of Namsos. His father, also named John, died in February 1878. This left his mother Anna as a widow with two young sons to ...ed States with his mother and brother. They made it to [[Utah]] Territory in mid-November.<ref>Parrish. ''Widtsoe''. p. 28</ref> Widtsoe was baptized a
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• Conner Mantz
  ...egiate champions and Utah natives—qualified for the 2024 Olympics hosted in Paris, France. ...-2, respectively, in the nationally televised U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Orlando, Florida. Mantz finished the fourth marathon of his life with a tim
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• Francis M. Lyman
  ...tochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] was settling in [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, and its surrounding townships. ...drove a yoke of cattle on that trek until they reached [[Salt Lake City]] in October of 1848.
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• London England Temple
  ...ick masonry walls faced with cut Portland limestone. The spire is sheathed in copper. ...e [[Book of Mormon]] [[Prophets|prophet]] to the temple’s 189-foot spire in 2008 as part of a Jubilee of Thanksgiving celebration to commemorate the te
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• Famous Mormons
  * [[Tom Holdman]]: Creator of stained glass, which appears in temples and buildings throughout the world. *[[Glenn Beck]]: New York Times Best seller in fiction, nonfiction, self-help, and children's.
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• Missionary Training Center
  ...g a foreign language) to eight weeks in training before departing to serve in one of the Church’s 411 [[Mission|missions]] (number of missions as of Ju Missionaries generally arrive at an MTC with a basic, foundational knowledge of religion
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• Stake
  ...multiple congregations, or [[wards]]. A stake may be compared to a diocese in the Roman Catholic Church. The name "stake" derives from the metaphor emplo ...d abandoned later that year due to the events of the so-called Mormon War. In 1839, the Church's central stake was established at [[Nauvoo and the Martyr
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• Eric Weddle
  ...also be undergoing surgery for a ruptured pectoral muscle sustained early in the Super Bowl game. ...played baseball, basketball, and football, lettering in all three sports. In high school, he was already showing his versatility on the football field.
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• Hamilton New Zealand Temple
  .... With its completion in 1958, it was the first temple built by the Church in the Southern Hemisphere. Located in Temple View, a suburb outside of Hamilton, New Zealand, the Hamilton temple
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• Post-Civil War Persecution
  ...They campaigned for women’s rights and established the first hospitals in Utah. ...plural marriage. Mormons often referred to polygamy as "The Principle." In 1862, the Morrill anti-bigamy bill was passed, which made it illegal to hav
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• Ezra Taft Benson
  ...welve Apostles]]. When he was a youth, his father was called on a [[Mormon missionaries|mission]]. The family worked hard to keep up the farm while he was gone, bu ...raduated with honors. He and his brother Orval also bought the family farm in Whitney and alternated running it.
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• Richard Holzapfel
  ...s at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Dr. Holzapfel taught classes in ancient and modern scripture—including the New Testament and the [[Doctri ...ssionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two years in Italy and Switzerland.
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• Don Lind: Mormon Astronaut
  ...n the Naval Reserve. He logged more than 4,500 hours as a pilot, primarily in high-performance jet aircraft. ...ity for graduate studies and earned his PhD in high-energy nuclear physics in 1964. He later did postdoctoral study at the Geophysical Institute of the U
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• Elizabeth Claridge McCune
  ...other to nine children, and she cared for her family in the McCune Mansion in Salt Lake City. But her influence was felt beyond her home life. ...n Nephi, Utah, and Elizabeth found many ways to serve in the community and in the Church.
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• Richard Lloyd Anderson
  ...Anderson. He grew up in Salt Lake, Provo, and Ogden, [[Utah]], and briefly in Pocatello, Idaho. He remembered being bossy to his two sisters and brother. ...hing unless we can get to a meeting on time.” Later I became a counselor in a stake presidency, but he became a stake president and a regional represen
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• McAllen Texas Temple
  ...rown in and around McAllen, as well as Spanish colonial architecture found in the area. Among the patterns featured are citrus blossoms, barbed quatrefoi ...arly as the 1920s. In 1990, there were more than 154,000 Latter-day Saints in the state. Today, Texas is home to over 385,000 members of the Church.
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• Rob Gardner: Mormon Composer
  ...instrument from fifth grade through high school. He played the trumpet and in eighth grade, started singing. His seven-member a capella group, Two Five N ..., he translated it into English and performed it numerous times at BYU and in Provo with volunteer orchestras and choirs. From this effort, he and others
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• Newport Beach California Temple
  ...e:newport_beach_california_temple2.jpg|450px|thumb|right|alt=Newport Beach California Mormon Temple|frame|<span style="color:#0D8ED3"> Newport Beach California Temple]]
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• David A. Bednar
  ...home, his father called on a Wednesday to ask if Elder Bednar could be in California by Saturday to baptize him. Elder Bednar baptized, confirmed, and ordained ...ity of Arkansas. He was also Associate Dean at the University of Arkansas. In 1997 accepted a job as the president of [[Ricks College]] where he served u
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• Levi W. Hancock
  ...of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. His brother, Alvah, told him about missionaries who had brought a book with them that was a record of the people from the a ...I gathered faith and … [i]t seemed like a wash of something warm took me in the face and ran over my body which gave me a feeling I cannot describe. Th
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• Anti-Mormon Acts
  ...their rights, imprisoned their fathers and husbands, and even sent an army in an effort to destroy the Church. Prophet Wilford Woodruff [http://modernpr ...t or slander could never be said about Jews or Moslems or any racial group in these modern times.
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• Daniel W. Jones
  ...d at [[Devil's Gate]] during the rescue of the stranded handcart companies in 1856. ...r something. When a sheepherding expedition bound for California departed in 1850, he left with them.
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• Susan Easton Black: Mormon Scholar
  ...s were affluent and she lived a debutante’s life. She also modeled while in college at BYU. When she was 19, she went to Hollywood to model shoes. She ...te at home, so she obtained her EdD in educational psychology with a minor in Church history from BYU. Before she finished this degree, BYU hired her for
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• Los Angeles California Temple
  ...les California Mormon Temple|frame|<span style="color:#0D8ED3">Los Angeles California Temple]] The '''Los Angeles California Temple''' is the 10th operating temple of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Ch
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• BYU-Idaho
  ...became a full-fledged university, allied with [[Brigham Young University]] in Provo under the [[Church Educational System]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org ...sponsible members of the school. Students are expected to behave and dress in a way that will honorably represent the school (and the Church, for members
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• LeGrand Richards
  ...[[George F. Richards]], would become a member of the Quorum of the Twelve in 1906. ...ards married Ina Jane Ashton. He was employed in various business ventures in Salt Lake City. From 1914 to 1916 Richards served as president of the Nethe
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• Henry D. Moyle
  Raised in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] ...pensation/henry-dinwoodey-moyle] The Church originally bought 54,000 acres in 1950, and the ranch grew to over 312,000 acres. The ranch was known as Dese
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• Deuce Lutui
  ...ith the NFL. He is a cousin of Vai Sikahema, the first Tongan ever to play in the NFL. ...mother became the bread-winner in the family, and all the children pitched in to provide basic support. Lutui was six years old when the accident occurr
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• John H. Groberg
  Groberg was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1934 and was reared there after the Great Depression. After a year at [[Bri ...es, Samoa, and Fiji while waiting to get to Tonga. When he finally arrived in Tonga, his first assignment was on a remote isolated island called Niuatopu
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• Bearing a Testimony
  ...of the gospel, as it has been restored through [[Mormon prophet|prophets]] in these last days. ...by the bearing of testimonies, sometimes in Church meetings, and sometimes in more intimate settings, that people come to be touched by the spirit.
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• Joe J. Christensen
  ...aho|Ricks College]] from 1985 to 1989 and was president of the [[San Diego California Temple]] from 1999 to 2002. ...bride, Barbara Kohler, who was also serving as a missionary. They married in 1952 and had six children.
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