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Deseret Industries (/ ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ) [1] (known locally as DI) is a non-profit organization and a division of the welfare services provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). DI thrift stores are similar to the well-known Goodwill Industries. They are generally located in areas where LDS Church ...
Mormon foodways encompass the traditional food and drink surrounding the religious and social practices of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other churches in the Latter Day Saint movement, colloquially referred to as Mormons. The Word of Wisdom prohibits Mormons from consuming alcohol, coffee, and tea ...
Granary building at the LDS Church's Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.Welfare Square began in 1938 as a bishop's storehouse. [1]A bishop's storehouse in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) usually refers to a commodity resource center that is used by bishops (lay leaders of local congregations analogous to pastors or parish priests in other Christian ...
In 1993, he used resources from Arizona's defunct Latter-day Sentinel publication [2] to create a branch of the Beehive Newspaper referred to as the Arizona Beehive. [1] The Nevada Beehive was still widely available for free at convenience and grocery stores, or by paid mail subscriptions, and expanded distribution throughout Utah in 1993. [2]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ohio refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Ohio. The official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.52% in 2014. [ 3 ]
Believing the Latter Day Saints to be an insurrection, the Missouri governor ordered that they be "exterminated or driven from the State". [l] In 1839, the Latter Day Saints converted a swampland on the banks of the Mississippi River into Nauvoo, Illinois, which became the church's new headquarters. [24]: 383–384
Welfare Square was created in 1938, [2] under the direction of the Church's General Welfare Committee, which itself had been formed just two years earlier. [3] Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States was experiencing the Great Depression Welfare Square became the flagship of the Church's Welfare Program.
Mormons are encouraged to keep a year's supplies, including food and financial reserves. [117] Mormons also oppose behaviors such as viewing pornography and gambling. [105] The concept of a united family that lives and progresses forever is at the core of Latter-day Saint doctrine, and Mormons place a high importance on family life. [118]