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• Missionary Work: Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, India, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Southwest Asia, Guam, and Missions of the Church
  As '''Missionary Work''' of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] progresses, this page will record up ...rlooking Cameroon's capital city of Yaounde in the company of local church leaders. Later in the day, approximately 600 people gathered to hear Elder Holland
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• Responses to Proposition 8
  ...This article reports a few of the favorable reactions and support that the Church of Jesus Christ received. ...it on the doorstep of a Mormon temple, presumably as a statement about the church's support of Proposition 8 in California, an initiative that amended the st
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• Mormon history
  ...rters in the American Midwest and finally Utah, to become an international church with most of its members living outside the United States. The history of ...ssionaries|Missionaries]] go out and convert many. Persecution follows the Church.
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• Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ
  ...Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes erroneously called the Mormon Church) apart from the rest of the contemporary Christian world. ...people. In that same address, President Monson also said 85 percent of the Church lives within 200 miles of a temple.
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• LDS Newsroom
  ...room.lds.org/] Newsroom has statistical and background articles about the Church, news and news archives, and videos and photographs for use by the press. I ...les. Statistical information is available for all the countries where the Church has a presence, and all the states of the U.S.A.
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• Mormons and Race
  [[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
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• Temple Square
  ...ang=eng&_r=1 '''Temple Square''']. It also became the headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...years other buildings have been built to house important interests of the Church.
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• General Authorities
  ...an style="color:#0000FF">General Authorities and General Officers of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].</span></div>]] '''General Authorities''' are the leaders of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].
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• Does Mormon Doctrine Change?
  ...church, and the Church of Jesus Christ is the restoration of that original church. ...ophet, and all of the apostles were prophets, receiving revelation for the church. Prophets don't know everything, and they are not shown all things by God.
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• First Presidency
  .... Nelson]], and [[Henry B. Eyring]], the current first presidency of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] © Intellectual Reserve</span></cent ...Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church). It is composed of the [[President of the Church]] and his counselors. The First Presidency currently consists of [[Russell
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• Community of Christ
  ...esus Christ of Latter-day Saints], sometimes erroneously called the Mormon Church, its doctrines have moved toward those of mainstream Protestant religions. ...ies, spirituality and wholeness, youth ministries and outreach ministries. Church teachings emphasize that 'all are called' as 'persons of worth' to 'share t
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• Edmunds-Tucker Act
  ...s Christ of Latter-day Saints]—sometimes inadvertently called the Mormon Church.<ref>Gustive O. Larsen, “Federal Government Efforts to “Americanize” ...day Saints, and any members found in violation are subject to losing their Church membership.
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• Single Adults
  ...wed and may have children, or are single parents, serve and worship in the Church alongside other members of their [[Ward|wards]] and [[Branch|branches]]. ...to ''Newsroom'', in recent decades, the demographic characteristics of the Church have shifted such that members who are single now constitute more than half
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• Rome Italy Temple
  ...]], [[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
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• Mormon cult
  ...org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] (nicknamed the Mormon Church) sometimes refer to it as a [[Mormonism cult|"cult."]] The term is meant to ...h.jpg|450px|right|alt=Mormon Church Members, part of a Mormon Cult?|Mormon Church Members]]The [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?cult Merriam-Webster di
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• Same-sex attraction
  ...al standards of the Church, then they are subject to the discipline of the Church, just as others are. ...a woman is ordained of God. No other form of marriage is recognized by the Church. Marriage between a man and a woman is a central tenet of the restored gosp
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• James J. Strang
  ...n body of The Church of Jesus Christ. He founded his own sect—called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)— settling first in Wisco ...h (no known relation to the Prophet Joseph Smith), who was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ. In 1843, James Strang moved his family to Burlington, Wisc
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• Thomas B. Marsh
  ...s Christ of Latter-day Saints] in July 16, 1857, but never again served in church leadership positions. During his work at the type foundry, he joined the Methodist Church. However, dissatisfied because Methodism did not correspond to the Bible in
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• Gordon B. Hinckley
  [[Category: Church Leaders: Past]][[Category: Church Presidents]][[Category:First Presidency]][[Category:Famous Mormons]] ...ases-stories/beloved-church-president-gordon-b-hinckley-dies-at-97 Beloved Church President Gordon B. Hinckley dies at 97].
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• Mormon Women
  ...a member and former leader of the [[Relief Society]] (the 6 million strong Church organization for women) stated, "He made us enough alike to love each other Elder Neal A Maxwell, a prominent Church leader from 1974 up to his death in 2004, added this view concerning husban
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan
  [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] began in Michigan in the 1830s. It At the end of 2010 there were 42,319 church members in the state, and the [[Detroit Michigan Temple]], which was dedica
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• Spencer W. Kimball
  [[Category: Church Presidents]][[Category: Church Leaders: Past]][[Category:Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] ...all is remembered for his contributions in organizing the structure of the Church and for the revelation he received permitting all worthy men to be ordained
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• Priesthood
  ...n a limited way with worthy male members of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. The priesthood enables them to act i ...were lifted and worthy men of any tribe could receive this priesthood. The Church of Jesus Christ continues to operate in this manner, allowing any worthy ma
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• Brigham Young
  [[Image:Brigham Young.jpg|200px|thumb|Brigham Young, second prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, &#169; 2002 Brigham Young University. ...ch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], sometimes known as the [[Mormon Church]], ranks among the most influential and important historical figures not ju
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• Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
  ...the opening session of the 181st Semiannual [[General Conference]] of the Church. Kinshasa, the country’s capital and largest city, houses the first Latte ...ratic Republic of the Congo Temple is a tremendous blessing to over 23,000 Church members spread throughout the vast region of Central Africa.
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• Mormon Church and Gay Rights
  "In 1995, [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] published “The Family: A [[Proclama ...he [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|Council of the Twelve Apostles]] of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage betwe
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• Wilford Woodruff
  ...ents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]][[Category:Apostles]][[Category:Church Historian]] ...that officially prohibited [[Plural Marriage|plural marriage]] within the Church. [[Image:Woodruff.jpg|200px|right|alt=Wilford Woodruff, 1807-1898, the four
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• Black Mormon
  ...Latter-day Saint congregations have never been segregated (even though the Church was founded in 1830), and the early Latter-day Saints were anti-slavery. Th :“In a late number of the Star, published in Independence by the leaders of the sect, there is an article inviting free Negroes and mulattoes from o
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• Proclamations and Statements
  ''' ''Church News'' ''' ...and proclamations meant to "warn and forewarn," to clarify and to reaffirm Church policy and doctrine.
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• Anti-Mormon
  ...is that those in the anti-Mormon camp undertake to assault and vilify the Church of Jesus Christ and its members through books, pamphlets, videos, protests, ...of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ or even of prominent members of the Church is an attack on the faith and the community. The ideal of unity means that
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• Restoration of All Things
  ...longer on the earth. There were parts of doctrines and some truth, but the Church of Jesus Christ was no longer in “mint” condition, so to speak. ...es, laws, ordinances, covenants, teachings, and offices of Christ’s true Church were restored.
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• Meetings for Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...Sacrament Meeting]][[Sabbath|Sunday]] services for members of [http://The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] (sometimes casually called Mormons) c ...ome. We need an adjustment to this pattern. It is time for a home-centered Church, supported by what takes place inside our branch, [[Ward|ward]], and [[Stak
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• Church Welfare Program
  [[Image:LDS-Church-Welfare-Program-2020.jpg|600px|thumb|<center><span style="color:#0000FF">A ...taught, "Welfare is not a program of the Church; it is the essence of the Church" (quoted by [[Vaughn J. Featherstone]], [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.or
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• Quotes from the Prophets
  ...n [[revelation]] and modern [[Mormon prophet| prophets]]. At present, the Church of Jesus Christ has had seventeen prophets. While [[Latter-day Saints]] lo *“Surely I have contemplated the things of God.” (''History of the Church'' 5:554 )
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• Signs of the True Christian Church
  [[image: Mormon-church.jpg|400px|right|alt=Mormon Church|Mormon Church]]Each of us is a son or daughter of a loving Father in Heaven, and whose gr ...rg Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], (Mormons) is the one true Church which points the way to eternal life through the teachings of the Savior Je
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• The Church of Jesus Christ — Office of Church Patriarch
  ...term “patriarch” is used in reference to: fathers of families, prophet leaders of ancient times, and an ordained office in the Melchizedek Priesthood.''' ...50px|thumb|alt=Eldred Smith Mormon Patriarch|frame|Eldred G. Smith, former Church Patriarch|left]]
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• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
  ...Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the Church's intention to build a temple in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. ...Domingo Dominican Republic Temple]], requiring nearly a day's journey. The Church is growing steadily in this island nation where stakes were recently organi
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• Paris France Temple
  ...ris France Temple''' is the first temple of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] to be completed in France. In the pas ...s were still pending. Church President, [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the Church's intention of building a temple on the outskirts of Paris in July 2011 and
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• Second Manifesto
  ...Woodruff]] said that he would “use my influence with the members of the Church over which I preside to have them do likewise.”[https://www.churchofjesus ...ng] The beginning and end of the practice were directed by revelation. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operates on revelation from God.
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• Kirtland Temple
  ...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
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• What do Mormons believe
  ...t Mormon]]If you prefer to learn more about [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] from the source, visit [http://www.co Members of the Church of Jesus Christ, sometimes referred to erroneously as Mormons, "believe in
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• Karl G. Maeser
  ...e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] (sometimes known as the LDS Church). He is most famous for having served 16 years as principal of Brigham Youn ...leadership positions in the church, including serving as the head of the [[Church Educational System]] and in the central leadership of the Sunday school.
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• Lorenzo Snow
  [[Category: Church Presidents]][[Category: Church Leaders: Past]][[Category:Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] ...t Lorenzo Snow|Lorenzo Snow, 1814–1901, was prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ, 1898–1901]]
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• Hyrum Smith
  ...Jr.]], and a leader in the early history of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Hyrum was born in Tunbridge, Vermont ...brother of Joseph Smith, was an unwavering support to Joseph and the early Church of Jesus Christ. He was martyred with Joseph in 1844. © Intellectual Reser
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• Oliver Cowdery
  ...ph Smith, Jr.|Joseph Smith]] and had a good deal of authority in the early Church. [[Image:Oliver_Cowdery.jpg|frame|alt=Oliver Cowdery served as scribe for t ...ds, he is often considered as the first Church Historian. He was appointed Church Recorder in 1835.
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• John Willard Young
  ...ints]. He is one of the few individuals to have been an [[apostle]] of the church and a member of the [[First Presidency]] without ever having been a member ...the [[Deseret Museum]].<ref> Andrew Jenson, ''Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News
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• Latter-day Saints and Medicine
  ...tain upon our individual births. Members of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] are taught to care for their bodies a ...d.”[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/38-church-policies-and-guidelines?lang=eng#title_number126]
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• Keys
  ...Jesus Christ from all of the other churches on the earth today—only His Church will have His priesthood keys. ...welve Apostles]] (with the [[First Presidency]], the governing body of the Church of Jesus Christ), explained:
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• Church Organization
  ...t of Latter-day Saints has a lay, untrained clergy. Most positions in the Church are temporary, and members are called to serve in those positions part-time ...org/leadership-and-organization here] to learn about the leadership of the Church.)
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• Missionary Work 2: Malaysia, Russia, Middle East
  ...kirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. There were few members of the Church in the country, and most were American or Australian “expats.” The fir ...ans of faiths other than Islam. There are over ten thousand members of the Church in Malaysia in twenty-seven congregations.[https://newsroom.churchofjesusch
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