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The Hill Cumorah in Manchester, New York, will undergo long-term rehabilitation to preserve the site and share its story.

| Updated: May 9, 2021, 11:06 p.m. Mormonism’s Heavenly Mother has gone mainstream. She is the topic of a number of books on sale at Deseret Book, which is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has spawned essays (including an official one from the faith), poetry, a one-woman play, hymns, art shows, even academic debates. She has been embraced as part of the church’s Young Women theme, which was updated in 2019 to say: “I am a beloved daughter of Heav...

Joseph Smith was born to poor tenant farmers in Vermont. At age 38, he was shot by a mob, in a jail, in a small town in Illinois. In between, he faced so much adversity that his story is almost the stuff of myth. Around age 7, Joseph endured a painful leg surgery that required him to use crutches for several years. At 14, he was rejected and ridiculed when he reported on his First Vision to a minister. When Joseph was 17, his older brother Alvin died—one of four brothers who predeceased him. ...

Editors note: Our bi-weekly Friday column, “ ,” explores some of the footnotes from remarks given by General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In general conference there are the big moments: the announcement of temples, the calling of new General Authorities and General Officers, and the landmark addresses that change the Church and, sometimes our lives, forever. But one of my favorite things to keep an eye out for in general conference ar...

Now for a bit of background, I listen to a lot of podcasts, but the First Vision podcast is the only podcast I’ve ever listened to more than once. When the host, Spencer McBride, came to the office for an interview for our podcast , I felt like I was meeting a celebrity who completely changed my understanding of a transformative event in Church history. So when I got a notification of a new podcast mini-series coming from the Joseph Smith Papers, to say I was excited would be an understatem...

Each session of the conference again will be broadcast from the Conference Center Theater. The theater seats 850 people, but only the six to eight speakers and their spouses will attend a session with the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and their spouses. The main hall of the Conference Center holds 20,000 and traditionally is close to full for each of the five sessions of a general conference. Music for the conference will be recordings from previous general conferences. Pre...

This week in Mormon Land: The Capitol gang, ‘First Vision’ poems, youth theme songs David Noyce © Rick Bowmer (Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks during a news conference on Oct. 15, 2020. Romney is the most prominent Latter-day Saint in the 117th Congress. The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or ...

| Updated: Jan. 1, 2021, 9:13 p.m. Nearing his 90th birthday, Richard Lyman Bushman is the godfather, or, should we say, the patriarch of Mormon history. As an emeritus history professor at Columbia University, with a chair of Mormon studies named in his honor at the University of Virginia, and the author of “Rough Stone Rolling,” the much-heralded biography of church founder Joseph Smith, Bushman is revered as a gentle, thoughtful scholar, who explores the past and present of The Church o...

In a year dominated by news and announcements related to COVID-19, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints not only made announcements and adjustments related to the current pandemic but also announcements and adjustments related to other aspects of worship, administration, and policy. The year 2020 marked the 200th anniversary of the First Vision, and throughout the past 12 months, Latter-day Saints continued to see the importance of a living prophet as well as continuing revelation. H...

2020 Review Given Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints In The Greater Chattanooga Area Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - by Phil Smartt Throughout 2020, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined with those in the greater Chattanooga area to just serve.     The year began with a focus on young missionaries, both male and female, who left their families and put their education on hold to declare the divine mission of Jesus Christ. “Jesus C...