The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints News

A church acted within the law when dealing with a former member found guilty of child abuse, despite criticism levelled at it by a district court judge, a church spokeswoman said.

In a column about the child custody case involving the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints , I noted: [Texas Child Protective Services] claimed 31 underage girls at the ranch were ...

President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday lauded the contributions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to Taiwan, saying their missionaries helped spread positive values and spirit.

New LDS missionaries from North America will not be serving in Russia any time soon.

After two years of construction, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Twin Falls area now have a new temple to attend.

What a joy and privilege it is to be part of this worldwide Church and be taught and uplifted by prophets, seers, and revelators! We members of this Church speak many languages, and we come from many cultures, but we share the same blessings of the gospel.

The National Symphony Orchestra will present five concerts and more than 150 special appearances in Arkansas during its 2009 residency between March 24 and March 31, 2009, it was announced Wednesday.

I have a fundamental problem with churches working to influence civil matters. Churches have a right to determine the rules for their members based upon their view of what God wants.

Lester Leavitt has made a request of his relatives: oppose their church's opposition to gay marriage.

LDS Church officials are urging California Mormons to "do all you can" to support a state constitutional amendment to recognize only marriages between a man and a woman.

Over 130 missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are saying thank-you to the people of Quincy, Illinois, by filling sandbags to protect the city that once protected Mormon pioneers.

Discovering chiasmus in the Book of Mormon 41 years ago changed John W. Welch's life. It also changed the way many people look at the scripture sacred to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Though they may not fully understand the reasons for the LDS Church's one-time ban on priesthood for black males, three black leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called for a spirit of unity amid the growing diversity within the church on Sunday as they joined thousands in celebration at the Tabernacle.

Editor's note: The 30th anniversary of the revelation that extended the priesthood to all worthy males in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be commemorated with a celebration on Sunday, June 8, 2008, in Salt Lake City .

From around the mid 1800s to 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints generally banned black male members from holding the priesthood and from serving missions and participating in temple work.

Elder M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told Bloomberg Television's Mike Schneider recently that "there should be a wonderful relationship with all people of all religious persuasions.”

It's a point I have made many times: "God is not a Republican or a Democrat," and that is a good thing. There should be no religious litmus tests for politics - committed Christians will, and should be, on both sides of the political aisle. Indeed, people of faith should never be in any party's or candidate's political pocket and should, ideally, be the ultimate swing vote because of their moral independence from partisan politics.

President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced today that the Church plans to build a new temple in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the United Parcel Service, and Atlanta-based CARE International shipped 142,000 pounds of medical and other supplies to Myanmar yesterday, to aid those affected ...

H. Wallace Goddard writes for Meridian Magazine the virtues of being Christian or not Christian transcend to how one drives.