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In the LDS Church today, temples serve two main purposes: (1) temples are locations in which Latter-day Saints holding a temple recommend can perform ordinances on behalf of themselves and their deceased ancestors, and (2) temples are considered to be a house of holiness where members can go to commune with God and receive personal revelation. [16]
Solemn assemblies have been held in the LDS Church on other occasions to emphasize instruction and counsel to church members, to commemorate special occasions, and to introduce new scripture. [11] A solemn assembly was held on July 2, 1898, in the Salt Lake Temple where Lorenzo Snow , the church's 5th president, re-emphasized the need for ...
The Church News is the official newspaper of the LDS Church, [4] publishing the church's "Authorized News." [5] This is not to be confused with the "Mormon Times" branded coverage within the religion section of the Deseret News, which contains unofficial social and cultural LDS news coverage, [6] though both are now distributed together to Church News subscribers. [7]
At the April 1995 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. [1] In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy.
This article lists the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer, and revelator of the LDS Church.
The individual selected as voice offers the prayer on behalf of all present, and others in the group say "amen" at the conclusion of the prayer, which signifies "That is my prayer too." Families typically offer prayers together before family meals, in the morning, at night, and to start or end family events, such as family home evenings.
In 1908, nine LDS Church mission presidents collaborated to produce a more simple hymnal with music and text. At the time, there were several songbooks and hymnbooks in use in Utah, including the Latter-day Saints' Psalmody, the Manchester Hymnal, the Deseret Sunday School Union Songbooks, Primary hymnbooks for children, etc.
In April 2010, Worthen became an area seventy in the LDS Church. [21] Worthen served previously in the church as a bishop and as president of the Provo Utah Sharon East Stake from 2007 to 2010. [22] He was released as an area seventy in August 2021, but retained his assignment as president of BYU [23] until May 2023. [24]