by Charlotte Wilson | Jan 27, 2014 | Mormon News
In January 2014, Allen Oyler, a local lay leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often inadvertently referred to as the Mormon Church), received an award from the city of Beaverton, Oregon, for his message of love and compassion regarding same-sex...
by Charlotte Wilson | Nov 21, 2013 | Mormon Culture
Brick-and-mortar churches are emptying in many communities. People–especially millennials–just aren’t attending church the way their counterparts did fifty years ago. But one church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often inadvertently...
by Charlotte Wilson | Nov 21, 2013 | Christ's Church ("Mormons"), Joseph Smith
The Church of Jesus Christ was restored as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830, with only six baptized members (though several others were present at the organizational meeting). By the end of 1830, 280 were members of The Church of Jesus Christ,...
by Keith L. Brown | Jun 17, 2012 | Mormon News
By Rebecca An exciting event occurred far away from where I live that shows the Mormons’ global mission outreach. Although Mormon congregations have been organized worldwide since 1830, it was only 10 years ago when the first meetinghouse was built in India and...
by nora | Apr 26, 2012 | Mormon Beliefs
The Mormon Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland spoke on March 20, 2012 to students of the Harvard University Law School as part of the school’s annual “Mormonism 101” series. Elder Holland (Mormon leaders are traditionally addressed by the title,...
