Joseph Smith Papers Project Celebrates 10 Years

Joseph Smith Papers Project Celebrates 10 Years

The Joseph Smith Papers project (JosephSmithPapers.org) is 10 years old! This research project analyzes, documents, and publishes virtually everything ever written about Joseph Smith. The world now has greater access to original sources for Joseph Smith’s life...
2017 Schedule for LDS Church Pageants

2017 Schedule for LDS Church Pageants

The 2017 schedule of Church-sponsored pageants has been posted at pageants.lds.org. Below is a list of the more popular pageants. For more details and maps, click the headings below: Mesa Easter Pageant April 5-7, April 11-15 in English Experience the story of Jesus...
New LDS First Vision Video Now Online

New LDS First Vision Video Now Online

The Church has published online a new film Ask of God—Joseph Smith’s First Vision, a stunning portrayal of Joseph Smith’s First Vision. The film was originally released in the Church History Museum in October 2015, where it is shown in a 240-degree surround...
175th Anniversary of LDS Articles of Faith

175th Anniversary of LDS Articles of Faith

175 years ago today (March 1, 1842), the Articles of Faith were published for the first time in the Times and Seasons in Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote the articles in response to a request from John Wentworth of the Chicago Democrat. In this letter, Joseph...
175th Anniversary of LDS Relief Society

175th Anniversary of LDS Relief Society

175 years ago this year, Joseph Smith organized the Relief Society for female church members in Nauvoo in 1842. His wife, Emma Smith, was named as president. The society’s mission was to look after the poor. This article highlights Church resources you may wish to...
LDS Face to Face Event with President Eyring and Elder Holland

LDS Face to Face Event with President Eyring and Elder Holland

On March 4, 2017, President Henry B. Eyring and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland will answer questions from youth around the world during a live Face to Face event. Since the first Face to Face event in 2014, youth have interacted with Apostles, Church leaders, and musicians...
LDS Study Doctrine & Covenants and Church History in 2017

LDS Study Doctrine & Covenants and Church History in 2017

In Sunday School in 2017, Latter-day Saints will be studying the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. This article reviews the extensive resources that have been created by the Church to help in your study. Doctrine and Covenants and Church History: Gospel...
LDS Church Publishes Minutes from Council of Fifty

LDS Church Publishes Minutes from Council of Fifty

Minutes from the Nauvoo Council of Fifty have just been published as the latest volume in the Joseph Smith Papers project. These documents offer a candid view on how early Mormon leaders handled the temporal affairs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision

Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision

Latter-day Saints are very familiar with Joseph Smith’s account of the First Vision as published in Joseph Smith—History in the Pearl of Great Price. But fewer members have studies the other accounts of the First Vision, which can give us a greater understanding...
Priesthood Restoration Site Interactive Map

Priesthood Restoration Site Interactive Map

The Priesthood Restoration historical site near Harmony, Pennsylvania, was rededicated on September 19, 2015. This is where Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery baptized each other in the Susquehanna River on May 15, 1829 under the direction of John the Baptist. In...
Seer Stone Used by Joseph Smith to Translate the Book of Mormon

Seer Stone Used by Joseph Smith to Translate the Book of Mormon

When the Church announced the release of the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon, they also released a never-before-seen photo of a stone that has long been acknowledged as a seer stone likely used by Joseph Smith. An article about the history of the Book...

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