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General Conference is a gathering of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), held biannually 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.
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 ...
Beginning in October 2018, the sessions consist of four general sessions, a women's session (in October each year) and a priesthood session (in April each year). The talks are translated into over 80 languages and are later made available on ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in printed church publications such as the Ensign and Liahona .
A fifth temple, the Tacoma Washington Temple, was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in his concluding talk of the Sunday afternoon session of the October 2022 General Conference on Sunday, October 2, 2022, to be built in Tacoma, Washington. [14] A sixth temple, the
Lance Bradley Wickman (born November 11, 1940) is an American lawyer and former religious leader who served as general counsel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from January 1996 until October 2023. [1] [2] Wickman has been an LDS Church general authority since 1994 and was given emeritus status in 2010.
The Helena Montana Temple is the 179th temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is located in Helena, Montana, United States.The intent to build the temple was announced on April 4, 2021, by church president Russell M. Nelson, during general conference. [5]
In October 2015, he gave a significant address on the LDS Church in Africa at the University of Utah's "black, white and Mormon" conference. [10] [11] Sitati spoke at the Sunday afternoon session of general conference on October 4, 2009, where he stated the LDS Church is a "global faith."