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The General Conference is a biannual gathering of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), held every April and October at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. During each conference, church members gather in a series of two-hour sessions to listen to the faith's leaders.
The Salt Lake Tabernacle, where LDS Church general conferences were held from 1867 until 2000.. In the Latter Day Saint movement, a general conference is a meeting for all members of the church for conducting general church business and instruction.
Cover of the 1980 pamphlet, which printed the sermon. "To Young Men Only" (also known as "Message to Young Men") [1] is a sermon delivered by Latter-day Saint apostle Boyd K. Packer on October 2, 1976, at the priesthood session of the 146th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
[3]: 20 Below is a timeline of notable speeches, publications, and policies in the LDS church on the topic of homosexuality. This highly influential publication was the first general-authority-authored book to explicitly contain church stances on homosexuality.
In 2000, the LDS Church dedicated a new 21,000-seat Conference Center, which became the home of general conference. Conference satellite broadcasts may be watched live in thousands of chapels worldwide.
Ezra Taft Benson, who succeeded Kimball as church president, urged all church members "to read and reread President Spencer W. Kimball's book." [5] More recently, in the November 2004 General Conference, LDS Church apostle Richard G. Scott called it a "masterly work" [6] and, prior to that, "a superb guide to forgiveness through repentance."
The LDS Church has characterized the proclamation as a reaffirmation of standards "repeatedly stated throughout its history." [1] Apostle Boyd K. Packer also stated in general conference that it "qualifies according to the definition as a revelation and it would do well that members of the Church read and follow it."
1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the ...