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• Birmingham England Temple
  ...ple-rendering.jpg|400px|thumb|frame|<span style="color:#0D8ED3">Birmingham England Temple rendering|right]] ...(dedicated in 1958), followed by the [[Preston England Temple]] (dedicated in 1998).
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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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• Deseret Museum
  ...adobe home west of the [[Lion House]]—one of the first homes constructed in the Salt Lake Valley—it was known as the Home Museum. Some of the early d ...]] and Guglielmo Giosue Rosetti Sangiovanni conceived the idea of a museum in the fall of 1867. They believed that a display of some sort would enable vi
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• Sydney Australia Temple
  ...il 2, 1980. Before the building of the Sydney temple members of the Church in Australia had to travel to [[Hamilton New Zealand Temple|New Zealand]] to a ...William Barratt eventually married and lived out the remainder of his life in Australia.
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• M. Russell Ballard: Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ
  ...called as a counselor in the [[First Presidency]], President Ballard acted in his place. ...ed to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976 and the Quorum of the Twelve in 1985.[https://www.deseret.com/2023/11/13/23958812/president-m-russell-balla
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• Church History Library
  ...ed the last historical item on the shelf in the new Church History Library in front of local media. ...McKay and his traveling companion, Hugh J. Cannon, both sitting on camels in front of the famous Sphinx. The scrapbook was the last item but certainly n
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• Joseph Fielding Smith
  ...oseph Smith, Hyrum, and his father, Joseph F. Smith. He was an avid reader in his youth and loved to learn about the gospel. By the time he was ten, he h ...tragically died in March of [[1908]], leaving behind two young daughters. In November, Joseph Fielding Smith married [[Ethel Reynolds Smith|Ethel Georgi
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• Orson F. Whitney
  '''Orson Ferguson Whitney''' (1 July [[1855]] – 16 May [[1931]]) born in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]] Territory, was a member o ...Jesus Christ, in May 1843, when she was 14 years old. After Smith's death in 1844, Helen Kimball "married for time" to Horace Whitney with Whitney servi
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• Brisbane Australia Temple
  ...ble number in such a short time reflects how quickly the Church is growing in Australia. ...uickly and soon became the site of the first Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in Australia.
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• Bruce R. McConkie
  ...t first reluctant to republish it in any form. New editions were released in 1966 (with a more moderate tone) and 1978 (after the [[Priesthood]] was giv ...ote the words to the hymn "I Believe in Christ" (#134), which was included in the 1985 [[Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 b
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• Jorge Cocco Santangelo: Mormon Artist
  ...also is skilled in washi zokey, art created with handmade paper. He paints in a new artistic style he calls "Sacrocubism," which he says portrays sacred ...North and South America as well as Europe and Asia and has shown his work in fifty group shows worldwide.
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• Jared Garrett: Mormon Author
  ...e is also the author of ''Beyond the Cabin'', ''The Seer'' (which appeared in a multiauthor series titled The Thirty-Six), and The Guide and the Sword se ...the world to burn. Jared was born into the Chicago community of this sect in 1974.
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• Patrick Kearon
  ...to serve in the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]] at [[General Conference]] in April 2010. ...ng assistant ward [[Clerk|clerk]], ward [[Young Men]] president, counselor in a bishopric, branch president, stake president, and [[Area Seventy]].
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• Kay Whitmore: Mormon Businessman
  ...on a fellowship for one year and earned a master’s degree in management in 1975. ...n and chief executive officer in June 1990. He came under intense pressure in April 1993 when Christopher Steffen, hired months earlier from outside the
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• Richard L. Bushman
  ...y a historian of the intelectual and cultural history of the United States in the Colonial and Early-Republican period, with Joseph Smith living at the v ...= |coauthors= |title=Richard L. Bushman named as Hunter Visiting Professor in Mormon Studies at Claremont |url=http://www.meridianmagazine.com/churchupd
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• Mormon Population
  ...a temple there), the Middle-East, and Cuba. The Church is growing fastest in Africa, Latin America, and east Asia. ...1.5 million members. In Idaho, fourteen percent of the population are LDS; in Nevada, nine percent; Arizona, six percent; Oregon, four percent; and the r
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• J.W. "Billy" Johnson
  '''Joseph William “Billy” Johnson''' prepared a large number of people in Ghana for baptism into [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chris ...phet [[Joseph Smith]]. Mensah had received Church literature when visiting England.
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• Perpetual Education Fund
  ...pg|right|frame|alt=Mormon PEF Recepient|Silvia O. H. Parra earned a degree in business administration with help from a PEF loan.]] ...(PEF). The purpose of the fund was to provide money for Latter-day Saints in poor countries so they can obtain an education. At this occasion, President
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• Emmanuel Abu Kissi
  ...and manager of a hospital he renamed [[Deseret]] Hospital. He is a leader in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] ...in London, he converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in February 1979, a few months after the Church lifted the restriction of prie
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• Lorus Pratt: Mormon Artist
  ...als in the temples and provide any other art services the Church may need. In June 1890, President [[George Q. Cannon]] told them their proposal had been ...artists who gained new techniques and greater sophistication and accuracy in perspective and proportions. They were influenced by French Impressionism a
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• Shay Carl
  ...se YouTube channel, [https://www.youtube.com/user/TheStation The Station]. In addition to The Station, the studio manages many of the top YouTube channel ...fe, including owning a custom granite countertop company called Rock Tops. In his free time, Shay became enthralled with watching videos. He said that th
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• Harold B. Lee
  ...9]], in Clifton, Idaho. He was baptized into the Church at eight years old in a pond near his home. As a child he developed a love for music and learned ...e. Families in need were put to work on projects to build up the community in return for items from the storehouse.
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• Lucy Jane "Jennie" Brimhall
  ...had previously served missions; however, none of these sisters was called in a strictly proselyting capacity, and none is listed on the official mission ...e missionary field.’[https://www.lds.org/ensign/1980/07/the-first-sister-missionaries?lang=eng]
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• Charles A. Callis
  ...they moved to Centerville. At some point Brother Callis moved to Coalville in Summit County. ...upon themselves to supervise the sharing of the gospel with God's children in Wyoming, and so Elder Callis's call and service were under the direction of
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• Amanda Inez Knight
  ...me, more than 200 women had served, but they were either married or served in other capacities, such as genealogical or mission school teachers. ...night served as a delegate to the 1899 International Council of Women held in London.
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• Robert Elliott
  ...y spiritual dimensions boded well for Mormon drama during a pivotal period in its history as a movement.”[https://books.google.com/books?id=9qGCAwAAQBA ...of the missionaries in a negative light. In a letter to the editor, Eugene England defended the play and categorized the review as “misinformed,” “flipp
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• Seymour B. Young
  ...Winter Quarters until they had money to immigrate to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850. ..., from 1870 to 1871, where they served as missionaries. They also preached in Ohio and New York.
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• Joseph Angell Young
  ...hrist of Latter-day Saints]. Young is one of the few [[Latter-day Saints]] in history to have been ordained to the office of [[apostle]] without ever bec ...|baptized]] into the Church in Kirtland by his father at the age of eight. In 1847, Young traveled with his family and a group of [[Pioneers|Mormon pione
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• Henry Herriman
  ...ned an elder in June 1833. In 1834, he moved to Kirtland, Ohio, and joined in [[Zion's Camp]]. ...1891. For nine years he was the most senior of the presidency. He is named in Doctrine and Covenants 124:138.
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• Quentin L. Cook
  ...had served In the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]]. He was called to serve in the Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 6, 1996. Prior to that he was an ...aging partner at Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson and Horn, a law firm in the San Francisco area. He then went on to serve as CEO of a California hea
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• Louisa Barnes Pratt
  ...n Warwick, Massachusetts. She attended school as a young girl and excelled in her studies. At the age of five, she was sent to a neighbor’s home on an ...ized a member of the Episcopal Church. She then went to live with a sister-in-law who taught her tailoring.
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• Nicholas G. Smith
  ...[[John Henry Smith]] and Josephine Groesbeck. At age three he had gone to England with his parents, where his father was serving as a church [[mission presid .../ref> From 1902 to 1905 Smith served as a [[Missionary|Church missionary]] in the Netherlands. During part of the time he was on his mission he was presi
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• Tsune Ishida Nachie
  ...rom a Buddhist priest. She married Sataro Nachie at the age of 23; he died in 1888, less than ten years after their marriage. They did not have children, ...n invited her women friends to stay with her for days and arranged for the missionaries to teach them while they were with her.
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• Annie Henrie
  ...an LDS [[Mormon Missionaries|mission]] in England as a guide for her work in the realm of religious art. ...res, Bronze Coast Gallery in Cannon Beach, Oregon, and Authentique Gallery in St. George, Utah.
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• Addictions and Recovery
  ...ency, they corrupt the mind and body until the [[Holy Ghost]] cannot abide in the unholy tabernacle. Therefore, the addicted person finds himself withou ...nd follow the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]] will eventually return to live in the presence of God. Although the Mormon Church teaches that addiction to h
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• Milo Andrus
  ...Milo Andrus''' (March 6, [[1814]] - June 19, [[1893]]) was an early leader in [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. Andrus was born in Wilmington, New York to Ruluf Andress and Azuba Smith.
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• George D. Watt
  ...meuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] baptized in the British Isles. ...who wanted to be the first to enter the waters of baptism and was baptized in the [[Ribble Valley|River Ribble]] by Heber C. Kimball on July 30, 1837.
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• Boston Massachusetts Temple
  President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] had announced the building of small temples in the April 1998 [[General Conference|general conference]] and then stated th ...teady increase in the number of members. Now there are over 28,000 members in Massachusetts.
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• Ed J. Pinegar
  ...red dentist who also spent much of his life teaching, writing, and leading in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] ...vo. After one year, he was asked to put his practice to serve as a captain in the United States Army from 1962 to 1964.
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• William Willes
  ...a, and one to England. His family emigrated to America and settled in Utah in approximately 1851. In 1839, he married Ann Kibbey and they had five children. His other wives wer
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• Visitors' Centers
  ...s, audiovisual presentations and interactive kiosks. There are also Church missionaries available at each center to answer questions. Visitors can spend as much or ...lifornia Temple|Los Angeles, California]]; [[London England Temple|London, England]]; [[Mexico City Mexico Temple|Mexico City, Mexico]]; [[Washington DC Templ
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• Jane Johnston Black
  ...http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] in 1839. ...nd [[Hyrum Smith]], John Taylor needed surgery for the wounds he sustained in the Carthage Jail. He asked that Jane be there for the surgery, and she hel
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• Travis Tuttle
  ...is Tuttle''' and [[Andrew Propst]] while serving as full-time missionaries in Russia. Both were twenty years old at the time. ...ttps://www.deseretnews.com/article/865560833/Mormon-missionaries-kidnapped-in-Russia-15-years-ago-reunite-to-tell-faith-filled-story.html]
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• David S. Baxter
  ...of Latter-day Saints] since 2006. A native of Scotland, and a resident of England at the time of his call, he is only the third [[General Authority]] who was ...ere Baxter first met his future wife. He and his wife, Dianne Lewars, were in the same [[Ward|ward]] and were two of only five Latter-day Saints at their
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• Steven Wheelwright
  ...hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and served as president of the England London Mission from 2000 to 2003. ...etired from Harvard in 2006 and served with his wife, Margaret, as service missionaries at [[Brigham Young University-Idaho]].
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• Alan Joseph Waller: Mormon businessman
  ...which creates board and card games. Out of the Box Publishing is a leader in the American game industry. ...was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools. He began to have doubts in his religion as a youth when the priests could not answer his questions.
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• Andrew Propst
  ...'' and [[Travis Tuttle]] while they were serving as full-time missionaries in Russia. Both were twenty years old at the time. ...ttps://www.deseretnews.com/article/865560833/Mormon-missionaries-kidnapped-in-Russia-15-years-ago-reunite-to-tell-faith-filled-story.html]
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• Brigham Cecil Gates
  ...awaii, while his parents [[Susa Young Gates]] and Jacob F. Gates served as missionaries for [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai ...Eastern States Mission, he studied at the Scharwenka Conservatory of Music in Berlin and graduated with high honors.
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• Bert Eastmond: Mormon Artist
  ...hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and earned a bachelor's degree in computers and an MFA degree from [[Brigham Young University]]. ...his wife, Bonnie, had five children. They served as full-time missionaries in the Eugene Oregon mission from 2001 to 2003. He fully lost his vision three
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