Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson announced plans Sunday for a record-setting 20 locations for new temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 11 of them outside the United States crowning an unforgettably international end to the faith’s 191st Annual General Conference.
A day after leaders called for the church to become the inclusive inn of Jesus Christ, a unique Easter morning session featured another first nine speakers from nine different countries. In all, talks, prayers and music provided for the session came from a total of 13 countries Australia, Brazil, Fiji, Hong Kong (China), Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, the United States, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson opened the 191st Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday morning by calling the church “a great global family.”
He closed the three Saturday sessions 10 hours later by saying, “We need each other.”
Church leaders filled the day with poignant references to the hope of Easter morning, declaring that Jesus Christ’s suffering and resurrection are a remedy and healing balm powerful enough to conquer all of the challenges in a world they described as divided by pandemic, genocide, racism, loneliness, abortion, contention, death and more.
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The Church Office Building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is pictured in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Eight new general authorities were called during the Saturday afternoon session of general conference on Saturday, April 3, 2021.
Steve Griffin, Deseret News
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the calling of eight new General Authority Seventies during the Saturday afternoon session of the 191st Annual General Conference, originating from church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. A former BYU and NFL player and the president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide were among those called.