Church Plans to Decrease Missions, Utilize Tech Savviness to Locate Religious-Minded People
Posted: 21 October 2017The Church announced plans Friday to trim its number of missions, to replace the use of tablets in missions with smartphones, and to increase the use of technology to help find people interested in religion. Full Story
Church Releases Standard Missionary Interview Questions
Posted: 20 October 2017The First Presidency has released a set of standard questions for bishops and stake presidents to use while interviewing prospective missionaries, and to help young people better prepare for missionary service. Full Story
Posted: 23 October 2017
Open House Begins for Cedar City Utah TempleThe Cedar City Utah Temple—the Church's 159th temple and the 17th in Utah—pays historical and spiritual tribute to the region's rich pioneer heritage. Full Story
Posted: 22 October 2017
Viewpoint: Not All Missionaries Wear Black BadgesThe Lord’s sacred charge to “Feed my sheep” is extended to all who belong to His Church. Full Story
Posted: 22 October 2017
Members Urged to Fear Not as They Regroup after California Fires“I understand the pillar of fire now. It was here,” said Jack Reisner, who was among more than 150 Latter-day Saint families to lose homes as 16 fires raged through northern California for nearly two weeks. No members died or suffered serious injury. Full Story
Learning How to Minister: Relief Society Leaders Explain Changes to Visiting Teaching
Posted: 19 October 2017Beginning January 2018, changes to the monthly visiting teaching message will help sisters “minister” to each other in a more personal way. Rather than providing a specific message, each month a “Visiting Teaching Principle” will provide ideas to help sisters minister more effectively to each other. Full Story
Walking in the Prophet’s Shoes
Posted: 18 October 2017Gerry Avant, longtime Church News editor, who retired in May of 2017, shares the first experience in a series of recollections of behind-the-scenes events she witnessed during her time chronicling events of the Church, the time she saw a man walking in the prophet’s shoes. Full Story
Dedication of Provo MTC Marks New Era of Missionary Work, President Eyring Says
Posted: 18 October 2017The completion and dedication of the Provo Utah Missionary Training Center expansion “marks a new era in the work that will accelerate,” said President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency. Full Story
All Can “Live Happily Ever After,” Brother Brough Tells BYU–Idaho Students
Posted: 18 October 2017“Life is not a fairy tale, but I believe that as we end this life, everyone can experience the words ‘and they lived happily ever after,’” said Brother M. Joseph Brough, Second Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency, during a campus devotional at Brigham Young University–Idaho on October 17. Full Story
See Inside the New Meridian Idaho Temple Open House
Posted: 17 October 2017The free public open house for the newly completed Meridian Idaho Temple will begin on Saturday, October 21, 2017. Full Story
