Promised temple is coming, visiting apostle Dieter Uchtdorf tells Russia’s Mormons, but the process ‘will be slow’
When LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson declared April 1that the Utah-based faith planned to build a temple at a yet-to-be-determined location in Russia, thousands of Mormons gathered in the massive Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City collectively gasped. Was it delight or astonishment?
LDS Church issues changes based on survey of missionary safety
Last June, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would be sending a safety survey to missionaries around the world. On Friday, the church released changes as a result of that survey.
Gladys Knight, Alex Boyé, other black voices to headline LDS Church gala celebrating end to Mormon priesthood ban
Black Mormon choirs and speakers will raise their voices June 1 at the Conference Center in a grand commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the end to the LDS Church’s long-standing ban on black men and boys being ordained to its all-male priesthood and on females entering its temples.
At the White House, Sister Bingham of LDS Church prays for a ‘land of Good Samaritans’
A Mormon leader asked God to help America become a land of Good Samaritans as she prayed in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday as part of the National Day of Prayer.
Man charged for giving woman marijuana laced candy before she attended LDS general conference
A man is facing charges, accused of giving a woman marijuana laced candy without informing her of the ingredients.
Utah-based James the Mormon’s first full-length album debuts in iTunes’ top-10
Utah-based hip-hop artist James Curran’s national success took him by surprise. In many ways, he never planned to release his first album, which dropped in full on Wednesday.
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