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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.
Ronald Eugene Poelman (May 10, 1928 – November 19, 2011) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1978 until his death. In 1984, he delivered a controversial sermon in the LDS Church's general conference which he asked to redo to clarify some points. The church retaped and spliced this ...
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).
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.
His highly alliterative talks have always presented a great challenge to translators. During one LDS general conference, the translators had categorized each of the talks to be given into five levels of difficulty. All of the talks were assigned to levels one to four, except Maxwell's. His talk was alone at level five. [5]
Richard Gordon Scott (November 7, 1928 – September 22, 2015) was an American scientist and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Scott was born in Idaho in 1928 and grew up in Washington, D.C.
Beck has served in other positions in the LDS Church, including bishop, stake president and president of the Brazil Rio de Janeiro North Mission. On April 4, 2009, [1] at the LDS Church's 179th annual general conference, Beck was accepted by the membership as president of the Young Men organization.
The LDS Church has published several general conference talks mentioning evolution. In the October 1984 conference, apostle Boyd K. Packer stated that "no one with reverence for God could believe that His children evolved from slime or from reptiles" as well as affirming that "those who accept the theory of evolution don't show much enthusiasm ...