How to Help Those with Disabilities to Participate and Serve
We often think of people with disabilities as people we can serve. But everyone, despite any limitations they may have, can also serve others and participate in the Church See these disability resources provided by the Church and find a way to help someone else find...
FamilySearch Accounts Now Separate from Church Accounts
FamilySearch.org accounts are now separate from ChurchofJesusChrist.org accounts. Previously, any account created on FamilySearch.org created a matching account on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Similarly, any account created on ChurchofJesusChrist.org created a matching...
Help a Friend Connect With Missionaries
A feature on the Member Tools app and ChurchofJesusChrist.org lets you refer a friend to the missionaries and collaborate with them as they contact and teach your friend. How It Works When your friend agrees to meet with missionaries, you simply fill out a referral...
Membership Records for Children of Divorced Parents
Children with divorced parents often attend Church meetings in both parents’ wards or branches. While only one unit may keep and update a child’s official membership record, an out-of-unit member record may be created in the secondary ward or branch he or she attends....
16 Things You Can Do to Be a Humanitarian
At the October 2021 general conference, Sister Sharon Eubank reported on the many ways the Church is responding to the divine mandate to care for the needy. As the first counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency and director of Latter-day Saint Charities,...
How Are Tithing Donations Used?
The Lord tells us to give 10 percent of our income to the Church for tithing (see Doctrine and Covenants 119). But what happens when we give money to a member of the bishopric or pay it online to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? The Church's Council on...
The Church Helps Refugees and You Can, Too
Many families are fleeing to other countries, and some have nothing but the clothes on their backs. It is a scriptural commandment to love one another and to bear one another's burdens. Church leaders have encouraged us to help refugees. See the conference talk...
Day of the Dead Messages of Faith and Hope
Day of the Dead is a cultural holiday celebrated in Mexico and parts of Latin America November 1-2. The Church provides resources to share messages of faith in Jesus Christ and the hope of being with deceased loved ones someday through family history and temple work....
Ideas for Tithing Settlement 2021
From October 15 until December 31, bishops and branch presidents are asked to meet with members of the Church for tithing settlement. This is a chance to meet with the bishop once each year, settle their tithing, and report that what they have paid in contributions...
Analysis of Text of October 2021 General Conference Talks
Since the official English text for the general conference talks was posted yesterday at conference.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in the Gospel Library app, I have spent time analyzing some of the amazing themes and topics that were covered. Word Cloud Above is a word...
Text of October 2021 General Conference Now Available
The official English text for the general conference talks is now available at conference.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and on the Gospel Library app. Text in many languages will be posted over the next several days. On the Gospel Library App If the text doesn't appear,...
New Terminology in Church General Handbook
In February 2020, the Church began updating chapters of the General Handbook. These updates include simplifications in Church structure and meetings, adjustments to some policies, and changes in some Church terminology to better describe the intent. For example, the...
