Joseph Smith’s 220th Birthday, December 23, 2025
In commemoration of Joseph Smith’s 220th birthday, I asked AI to create photorealistic versions of several popular paintings of Joseph Smith. If the paintings below represent what Joseph looked like, then these photorealistic versions may give you a better idea...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in California: Mormon Battalion Historic Site at San Diego
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. The Church...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in Utah
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. Several...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in Wyoming
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. Several...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in Iowa and Nebraska
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. Several...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in Illinois
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. Several...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in Missouri
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. Several...
Watch “Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon” Free This Month
Just in time for your Come, Follow Me discussion of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon, you can watch the film Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon for free from February 2 through March 1, 2025. Were the eleven official witnesses—twelve if you include Joseph...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in Ohio
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. Several...
A Visitor’s Guide to Church History Sites in Vermont: Joseph Smith Birthplace
As you study the Doctrine and Covenants in Come, Follow Me this year, you can deepen your understanding by exploring the stories and viewing photos of places where sacred events occurred. This is one in a series of articles about key Church history sites. The Joseph...
Ways to Celebrate Pioneer Day, July 24
July 24th is Pioneer Day—a day when members of the Church remember the ancestors who sacrificed to make a better life for their descendants. Here’s something you could do to celebrate: visit the Pioneers in Every Land website! Here’s a taste of what you’ll find:...
5 Tools to Help You Evaluate Information about the Church
In a recent Church News podcast, Keith Erekson discussed the tools he uses to determine if information is accurate and true. He talked about accuracy, authenticity, reliability, fairness, and comprehensive search. There are many reasons to study Church history. It...
Church History Research Guides
Librarians at the Church History Library have created guides to resources available on various subjects. See the Research Guides page for a list of the guides available: General Church History. Resources and materials about the history of the Church in different eras...
“Saints” Podcast on the Mormon Channel
The Mormon Channel has a new podcast series that focuses on the new narrative history of the Church titled Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. Editor’s note (January 2, 2025): The Mormon Channel has been renamed Saints Channel....Follow on social media