First Presidency Releases New Guidelines for Interviewing Youth

Help Doubting Students Choose to “Be Believing,” Elder Renlund Tells Seminary and Institute Teachers

Teachers must help their students “be believing” as they address questions of faith and doubt in their classrooms, Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught during a broadcast for seminary and institute instructors.  Full Story

Recent Projects Helping Church History Come “Out of Obscurity,” Says Elder Cook

Church members can “plant faith by studying more about Church history,” said Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles during a BYU–Idaho devotional on Tuesday, June 12.  Full Story

Couple Helping Institute Students in Florence, Italy, Flourish

Accepting a call to serve as institute teacher in Florence, Italy, was an easy choice for longtime Church member Anna Perongini Ferrini, but she never imagined the blessings that choice would bring her family.  Full Story

How a 1978 Revelation and a Temple Changed Everything in Brazil

Two events in 1978 served as a catalyst for Church growth in Brazil—the June 9 announcement of the revelation affording the priesthood to be given to all worthy male members and the October 30 dedication of the São Paulo Temple.  Full Story

Living Our Faith Helps Preserve Religious Liberty, President Ballard Says

Religious voices are being pushed out of the public square so there is no voice calling attention to the Lord’s commandments of decency, family duty, moral obligations, personal responsibility, and integrity, said President M. Russell Ballard.  Full Story

1978 Revelation Dramatically Changed Lives of Black Members in Brazil

Life for Helvécio Martins and his son Marcus changed dramatically as Brazilian Church members with black African ancestry when the June 1978 revelation allowed all male members 12 years and older to receive the priesthood, no matter race or color.  Full Story

From the Archives: Church News Reports on 1978 Priesthood Revelation

In its first reporting of the 1978 revelation on priesthood, the Church News cited the extensive media attention given and a telegram sent by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. But the report’s most powerful words were the responses from black members.  Full Story

Elder Soares Shares How 1978 Revelation Changed His Mission

Elder Ulisses Soares was serving in Brazil as a full-time missionary when the 1978 revelation was announced. He was part of the changes in missionary work when the blessings of the priesthood became available to all people.  Full Story