Returning Missionaries Are Preapproved for BYU-Pathway
All young returning missionaries are now preapproved for BYU–Pathway Worldwide, which is a low-cost, Church-sponsored higher education program. Through BYU–Pathway Worldwide, many returned missionaries who otherwise would not be able to gain higher education will be...
Social Media Can Create a Narrative Fallacy
By Larry Richman On April 30, I listened to Chamath Palihapitiya on CNBC’s Halftime Report. Chamath was an early senior executive at Facebook and is now a venture capitalist billionaire. He had some interesting cautions about social media. He doesn’t allow his...
Church’s Children and Youth Initiative to Begin January 2020
The Church is moving forward on its new global initiative for children and youth that will become available to millions of Latter-day Saint children and youth beginning in January 2020. It will replace the current scouting, Personal Progress, Duty to God, and Faith in...
General Conference Ensign & Liahona May 2019 Now Online
The text and PDF of the May issues of the Ensign and Liahona magazines are now online and in the Gospel Library app. This issue contains the addresses from the April 2019 general conference. The magazine is currently being printed and will soon be mailed to...
Artist Insights into the 50 foot Mural for the Rome Italy Temple
Brilliant artist, Joseph Brickey, was commissioned to paint a 27-foot tall x 50-foot wide mural for the temple visitor center in Rome, Italy. The mural is the backdrop to the 13 full-size marble replica statues of the Christus and the twelve apostles, originally...
Download General Authority Chart Updated April 2019
An updated chart of General Authorities and General Officers is now available to download. The chart reflects leadership changes announced during the April 2019 general conference. The chart will appear in the May 2019 issues of the Ensign and Liahona magazines...
Being Wise in Managing Finances
The Church has prepared a resource, “Being Wise in Managing Our Finances,” that teaches principles of sound financial management, including making wise investment decisions. Bishops in the United States and Canada were instructed to plan a fifth-Sunday lesson in March...
2019 BYU Women’s Conference Sessions Streamed Online
On Friday, May 3, 2019, two general sessions of the BYU Women’s Conference will be streamed live in English, Spanish, and Portuguese on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the Mormon Channel, the Church’s YouTube channel, the Church’s Facebook page, and on the...
Large-Print Come, Follow Me Manual Now Available
The Church has now made available the New Testament 2019 Come Follow Me—For Individuals and Families in a large-print format. To order a copy, go to the manual at store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and select “English, Large Print” in the Language drop-down...
Text of April 2019 General Conference Now Online
The official English text for all the general conference talks is now available at conference.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and will soon be in the Gospel Library app. Text in many languages will be posted over the next several days. At conference.ChurchofJesusChrist.org,...
Discover Your Ancestors With Memories Book App
With just one click, you can generate a memories book with photos, stories, and details about the lives of your ancestors. Create a PDF book that you can email to others or send to be printed. Family history is all about photos and stories. But sometimes it is...
Learn More About Latter-day Saint Temples Online
The Church has published resources that explain more about Latter-day Saint temples at temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. In addition to the videos embedded below, the site contains the following pages: Sacred Temple Clothing explains temple garments. Prepare for the...
Hashtags for General Conference
Many social media sites let you categorize your posts by using hashtags. Hashtags consist of a pound sign (#) followed by a key word(s). These subject tags can be searched on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Flickr, and...
Children’s Activities for General Conference
The Church provides General Conference activities for children at ConferenceGames.ChurchofJesusChrist.org in English, Portuguese and Spanish to help them enjoy and learn more from watching or listening to general conference. A downloadable General Conference Notebook...Follow on social media