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The public is invited to tour the newly completed Concepción Chile Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is the faith’s second temple in Chile, the first having been completed in Santiago in 1983. The First Presidency of the Church has announced that the open house will be held from Saturday, September 15, to Saturday, October 13, 2018, …

An artist rendering of the Pocatello Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was released today, Thursday, September 6, 2018. The rendering features a three-story temple with a center spire. The temple will be located east of Satterfield Drive and Butte Street in Pocatello in a new subdivision known as Crestview Estates – Division 2. This will …

On September 3, 2018, a woman suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints disrupted a fast and testimony meeting to confront the former MTC president she claims sexually attacked her thirty years ago. McKenna Denson visited the ward of Joseph Bishop, who served as the president of the Mission Training Center in 1984 while Denson was serving as …

An anti-Latter-day Saint reference has been removed from the latest issue of the Amazing Spider-Man comic book. Ryan Ottley, an artist for Marvel Entertainment, originally included a visual reference to the CES Letter, an online document by former member Jeremy Runnells that criticizes the faith.     Marvel investigated and decided to remove the reference. They released the following statement to The Hollywood Reporter: …

LDS member Ethan Hardy, a Florida resident, compiled a video of beautiful drone footage of the Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple. Watch the video below! Aleah IngramAleah is a graduate of Southern Virginia University, where she studied English, Creative Writing, and Dance. She now works full time as a marketing and product manager, writer, and editor. Aleah served a mission in …

The question of which of your possessions you would save at a moment’s notice is a hypothetical that frequently arises in social settings. But for the members of the Church in the Redding California Stake this past week, the question became all too real as a wildfire, dubbed the “Carr Fire” tore through their community destroying at least 20 homes …

Mormonism. Just the word often evokes strong emotions. But often, it also carries a lot of misconceptions. As a Mormon who lived in the “Buckle” of the Bible Belt, I had a lot of people admit: “I don’t know anything about Mormons.” So here are 10 things most Americans don’t know about Mormons! 1st. There Is No Such Thing As …

Elder Ronald A. Rasband, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Los Angeles Angels major league baseball game Friday night, July 27, 2018. Elder Rasband and his wife, Melanie, gathered with three generations of family beneath the “Angels Wall of Fame” …

An emotional video LDS birth mom Hannah Mongie shot in 2016 is going viral again.   The video is a nine-minute message to her son, Taggart, made in the last hour she spent with him before she officially gave him to his new adoptive parents, Brad and Emily Marsh. “This is for you Tagg,” Mongie says through tears. “I made …

Update: LDSBookstore.com now offers custom LDS scriptures. Hand-bound, Italian leather scriptures in over 30 beautiful colors! In 2013, a new edition of the standard works (Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price) was released by the Church. The new editions featured: Improved font and typeface for clearer reading Corrections in the study aids Formatting standardization …