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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 14:41, 4 May 2009: 179 × 71 (30 KB): AEMoreira042281 == Summary == {{Information |Description=Logo of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination.Founded during the Second Great Awakening, the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:12, 16 June 2010: 1,024 × 550 (60 KB): Kes47 {{Information |Description={{en|1=Logo de "La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días" en español.}} {{es|1=Logo of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" in Spanish.}} |Source={{own}} |Author=KES47 |Date=2010-
In 1995, the church announced a new logo design that emphasized the words "Jesus Christ" in large capital letters, and de-emphasized the words "The Church of" and "of Latter-day Saints". Subsequently, and along the same vein, in 2001, the church issued a press release encouraging reporters to use the full name of the church at the beginning of ...
Around 2010, a number of Swedish members of the LDS Church, including former area seventy Hans Mattsson, began to doubt the veracity of the church. [9] Marlin K. Jensen, a church general authority, and historian Richard E. Turley Jr. soon after conducted a fireside, an informal church meeting, at the Västerhaninge Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 28, 2010.
The name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is derived from an 1838 revelation church founder Joseph Smith said he received. Church leaders have long emphasized the church's full name (though more especially since 2018), [1] [2] and have resisted the application of informal or shortened names, especially those which omit "Jesus Christ".
Unsuccessful attempts were made to resume proselytizing, but legal permission was not granted to do so. Members of the church finally returned to Italy during World War II as foreign servicemen: nearly 2,000 LDS military personnel were in the region during the mid-1940s, and there remains a LDS military presence in Italy ever since.
A federal lawsuit alleges the investment arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints misused hundreds of thousands of dollars.