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Brigham Young Biography Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 — August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism), and is, after church founder Joseph Smith, Jr. In 1840 and 1841, he went to England and converted many people to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After Smith was murdered in 1844, there were several claimants to his role as prophet and leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. www.biographybase.com /biography/Young_Brigham.html   (602 words)

LAPAHIE.com 3.2  \  George Patrick Lee (1943 - ) Lee’s achievements culminated in his October 3, 1975 appointment, at the age of 32, as a full-time member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, a General Authority, by President Spencer W. Kimball of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The first American Indian to become a General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints (the Mormons). According to Lee, the action stemmed from his disagreement with the other church leaders over the role of American Indians in the religion and from other charges he had presented in a 23-page letter to Ezra Taft Benson, the 90 year old Church President, and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. www.lapahie.com /George_Patrick_Lee.cfm   (923 words)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The head of the Church is the President, whom the members sustain and revere as the Prophet, seer, and revelator, and is entitled to receive revelation from God, and to guide the Church and the world as His mouthpiece on the earth. Church members — known as Latter-day Saints — believe their faith to be the divinely appointed restoration of the Church established by Jesus Christ as depicted in the New Testament. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is widely known as the " LDS Church " or the " Mormon Church ". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints   (923 words)

Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of on Encyclopedia.com American Red Cross Recognizes Church for Humanitarian Support of the Lifesaving Measles Initiative in Africa; American Red Cross President and CEO to Present Circle of Humanitarians Award to The Church of Jesus Christ... A couple posing for wedding photographs stands with their photographer with the backdrop of the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Wednesday February 6, 2002. The Mormon Moment.(growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LattrdaC1h.asp   (923 words)

Conference Center Salt Lake City, Utah In one sweeping auditorium of unprecedented size, 21,000 faithful can sit comfortably and clearly hear the words and see the face of LDS president Gordon B. Hinkley. A tabernacle was used for years in Salt Lake City for the Conferences of the Church Of Jesus Christ And Latter Day Saints. These pictures and photos are for your enjoyment and may be freely used for clean, wholesome, noncommercial, purposes that are supportive of the LDS Church. www.delange.org /ConCenterSL/ConCenterSL.htm   (923 words)

Utah Statehood Materials: Appendix John Henry Smith, a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was involved in the business and political affairs of Salt Lake City and the State of Utah. In 1896 he was the president of the LDS Church. Kesler was a mill builder for the LDS Church, an associate of the General Authorities of the church, bishop of the 16th Ward in Salt Lake City (1856­1899), and active in civic affairs. www.archives.state.ut.us /exhibits/Statehood/appendix.htm   (2031 words)

The Sikh Times - News and Analysis - B.C. Polygamists Pose Legal Quandary Photo: Warren Jeffs, who in 2002 succeeded his father, Rulon Jeffs, as president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints split from mainstream Mormonism after the broader church renounced polygamy more than a century ago. Or that disturbing allegations of child abuse, forcible marriage, sexual exploitation and cross-border trafficking of females dog the community, part of a breakaway group of Mormons known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. www.sikhtimes.com /news_042405a.html   (672 words)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints every Thursday evening and hear Sean Donnelly and Adriaan Groenewald, both members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, co-host a business-focused radio talk show. Donnelly, a convert to the Church, currently serves as Director of the Key City initiative in Africa. www.lds.co.za /Artview.asp?ObjectID=522   (395 words)

Polygyny and the LDS church during the 19th century I, Joseph F. Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, hereby affirm and declare that no such marriages have been solemnized with the sanction, consent or knowledge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) is the largest of these. D.M. Quinn, "LDS Church authority and new plural marriages, 1890 - 1904," at: http://www.lds-mormon.com/ www.religioustolerance.org /lds_poly.htm   (2057 words)

deseretnews.com Historic chapel given to LDS ELDERFIELD, England — During a visit to England on Wednesday, LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley received the deed to the Gadfield Elm Chapel, a building in Worcestershire that was of great significance in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the British Isles. Built of native stone and standing in the countryside of Worcestershire, the chapel is the last surviving memorial to the United Brethren, a religious group that joined the LDS Church en masse. Built in 1836 by a Christian group — the United Brethren — the chapel was given to the church in 1840 by John Benbow and Thomas Kington, converts to the LDS faith. deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595066022,00.html   (347 words)

Re: Where did Nephi land in the New World? He was so sure that he could prove the truthfulness of the BOM within ten years by locating sites and dates in Mesoamerica that he convinced President Mckay of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to sponsor his search to the tune $250,000. Unfortunately, the present –day controversies stemmed from John Taylor who was editor of the Times and seasons newspaper in September 1842 and had made several suggestions about the geography of the BOM that has caused a great deal of controversy. That revelation came into the hands of the Church Historian twenty years after Joseph Smith was martyred and caused the initial controversy. www.nephiproject.com /_disc3/000000dc.htm   (446 words)

Church History Volume 4, Chapter 27 At the April session of conference of 1885, during the consideration of the sustaining of the officers of the church made the special order for the 11th, when David H. Smith, second counselor to the president, was presented, the question was asked whether any communication had been received in regard to it. With regard to members of the Reorganized Church, it must be distinctly understood that its columns will not be used to ventilate private notions, or doctrines adverse to the well-established and generally accepted doctrines of said church. It has been judicially decided by the courts of Ohio, that the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, is the true and lawful continuation of, and successor to the church organized by Joseph Smith and others, on April 6, 1830. www.centerplace.org /history/ch/v4ch27.htm   (5349 words)

Latter-Day Saints Family The polygamists are living outside the laws of both the Latter-day Saints Church and the United States, and most have retreated into the desert and mountainous regions to escape legal and social pressure. The Latter-day Saints Church claims this meeting never occurred and was a later fiction of Lorin Woolley. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith. www.jmahoney.com /latter.htm   (1614 words)

Books - Mormonism - Mormon Memorabilia The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Book of Mormon, Deseret News., SLC, UT. 1906 pulpit edition. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Book of Mormon, Deseret News., SLC, UT. 1907. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ka Buke A Mormamona ( The Book of Mormon- Hawaiian version), Deseret News, SLC, UT, 1905 pulpit edition size, Flake # 730. www.mormonmemorabilia.com /PrintedMatter/Books/Books.htm   (1614 words)

MORMON CENTRAL - JOSEPH SMITH - LDS TEMPLES - BOOK OF MORMON - MORMONISM Fifth: The corporate seal shall contain the words, "Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," and an impression thereof is hereto affixed. Sixth: The corporate seal shall contain the words, "Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," and an impression thereof is hereto affixed. GRANT, who is known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such President. www.xmission.com /~research/central/chorg3.htm   (475 words)

The Reorganized LDS Church The two major denominations tracing their origins to Joseph Smith are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with over 11 million members, and the much smaller Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, with 250,000 members. The search for identity first occurred in terms of what might be called the 'Mormon boundary'--that is, the RLDS Church tended to identify itself in terms of what it was not, by contrasting itself with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... Both have a First Presidency composed of a church president and two counselors, a Council of Twelve Apostles which helps administer church programs and organizational units such as Seventies, Quorums and stakes. www.utlm.org /onlineresources/reorganizedldschurch.htm   (475 words)

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS (MORMONS) Another group within the church created the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now known as the Community of Christ. Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a.k.a. They received a revelation from God that a reluctant Brigham Young (1801-1877) should be the second president of the church. www.religioustolerance.org /lds_hist.htm   (2045 words)

Gospel Chic: Presidents Day LDS Style President Gordon Bitner Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born on 23 June 1910 in Salt Lake City to Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner Hinckley. Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901) was the fifth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from 1898 to 1901. Spencer Woolley Kimball (1895-1985), twelfth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1973-1985), came to the Presidency at the age of seventy-eight. www.mormonchic.com /gospel/pres_day.asp   (1606 words)

Polygyny and the LDS church during the 19th century I, Joseph F. Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, hereby affirm and declare that no such marriages have been solemnized with the sanction, consent or knowledge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These sealings unite living members of the church to deceased members in a 'spiritual' polygyny that the church teaches will become actual in the next life. When the Mormons were centered in Nauvoo, IL (previously called Commerce, IL.) during 1844, a group led by the First Presidency counselor, William Law, split from the teachings of Joseph Smith. www.religioustolerance.org /lds_poly.htm   (2057 words)

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Gordon Hinckley: Distinguished Religious Leader of the Mormons Gordon B. Hinckley is president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons. We're with the distinguished Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The president of the church, the man who occupied the position which I occupy today, went before the people, said he had, oh, prayed about it, worked on it, and had received from the Lord a revelation that it was time to stop, to discontinue it then. www.lds-mormon.com /lkl_00.shtml   (6201 words)

deseretnews.com LDS, Mexico presidents talk about education During the meeting, President Hinckley talked about efforts by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to do just that through its Perpetual Education Fund. Also in attendance were Jeffrey Davidow, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Javier Moctezuma Baragan, Mexican Minister of Religious Affairs, Jeffry Jones, member of the Mexican Senate and Latter-day Saints from Dublan, Mexico; Clark Hinckley, son of President Hinckley and Don H. Staheli, President Hinckley's personal secretary. President Hinckley was accompanied during the Monday meeting by Elder Henry B. Eyring of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Elder Richard Winkel and Elder Benjamin DeHoyos of the Mexico South Area Presidency. deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,395007093,00.html   (6201 words)

David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism Ordained as an apostle in 1906, David O. McKay served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Based on a wide array of sources heretofore unavailable to scholars, it is a remarkable combination of biographical narrative and historical analysis that is destined to function as a scaffolding on which to hang the still virtually untold story of the Latter-day Saints in the middle of the twentieth century. He is president and CEO of Virion Systems, Inc. and he is a board member of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought and The Journal of Mormon History. www.uofupress.com /store/product259.html   (463 words)

FAQ - General Questions About Mormonism LDS Apostle Boyd K. Packer explained, "In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints there is no paid ministry, no professional clergy, as is common in other churches." It was originally named the Church of Christ, and then in 1834 the name was changed to the Church of the Latter Day Saints. The LDS Church claims to have the only true priesthood that is required to act in the name of God. www.utlm.org /faqs/faqgeneral.htm   (463 words)

Gospel Chic: Presidents Day LDS Style President Gordon Bitner Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born on 23 June 1910 in Salt Lake City to Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner Hinckley. Heber J. Grant (1856-1945), seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was a business leader and a devoted follower of the gospel of Jesus Christ who used his talents in the service of his Church. As President of the Church, he repeatedly bore witness that the Book of Mormon is the major instrument to bring the members of the Church and the world to Christ, and he admonished the Saints to strengthen their families and to preserve their God-given freedoms. www.mormonchic.com /gospel/pres_day.asp   (463 words)

LDS Church Presidents - Part I I want to say that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accepts all that is true in the world from whatever source it may come, with the knowledge that it originated with the greatest of all scientists, our Father in Heaven. In no other place in the world can you get the training you can get here, and I would like to emphasize again that all the world has in the way of refinement, culture and education, a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may enjoy without losing faith. We want to look after the education of our children and see that they are placed under proper teachers and receive proper training, and not be placed in the hands of the enemies of the Church and kingdom of God. www.byu.edu /fc/ee/q_ldsp1.htm   (463 words)

Utah History Encyclopedia The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is commonly known as the Mormon Church or the LDS Church. Other general church officers include the presidency of the Relief Society (a women's organization founded by Joseph Smith), the presidency of the young women's association, the presidency of the young men's association, the presidency of the Sunday School, and the presidency of the Primary (a churchwide organization for children). At the head of the church stands the president of the church, who is considered God's living prophet. www.media.utah.edu /UHE/c/CHURCHJESUSLATTER.html   (3617 words)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 29725 Bradley Road,... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Topic: LDS Church president discharged Please understand that my statement here is not in the spirit of argument, but rather clarification and explanation. www.topix.net /religion/latter-day-saints   (677 words)

Religious Movements Homepage: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Smith thus became founder, president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church). This is the homepage for the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, formally organized in 1991 in response to the liberal direction of the main RLDS Church body. In fact, currently in the RLDS Church there is a strong movement to change the church's name to the Community of Christ, which would further separate them from the more succesful Mormon Church and give them their own identity as a Christian group. religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/rlds.html   (998 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mormonism President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Saints. It is of importance to bear in mind that the opposition to the Mormons in the localities where they settled is, from the contradictory and divergent statements made by the Latter-Day Saints and the neighbours not of their belief, difficult of explanation. Joseph Smith, the founder and first president of the sect, was the son of a Vermont farmer, and was born in Sharon township, Windsor County, in that state, on 23 December, 1805. www.newadvent.org /cathen/10570c.htm   (3981 words)

Utah History Encyclopedia The Beehive and Lion houses were constructed in 1854 and 1856, respectively, as homes for Brigham Young, territorial governor and second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While the Beehive House became the official residence for LDS Church presidents, the Lion House became a home economics center for the Latter-day Saint University, which was located on the same block. The Beehive House served as the executive mansion of the Territory of Utah from 1852 to 1855 and was Brigham Young's official residence where he entertained important guests. www.media.utah.edu /UHE/b/BEEHIVE&LIONHOUSE.html   (3981 words)

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