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How portraying Jesus on ‘The Chosen’ was an answer to prayer
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October 11, 2023 07:00 AM MDT
Faith was important to Jonathan Roumie before he was cast as Jesus in “The Chosen,” but he learned he would play the role just hours after a “desperate” prayer for help.
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Fortune.com ‘shocked’ by Cotopaxi co-founder’s decision to accept mission president assignment
By  Deseret News
August 28, 2023 06:00 AM MDT
A Fortune.com editor wrote of Davis Smith, “Of all the founders I’ve interviewed, not one had ever even brought up their faith, let alone cited religion as a factor in any kind of decision-making.”
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When will ‘The Chosen’ season 4 be available?
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August 10, 2023 07:00 AM MDT
Watch a new scene from “The Chosen” season 4 and find out when the season will be available in theaters and for streaming.
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Young people have responded to Pres. Nelson’s call to serve missions. See the inspiring statistics
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June 29, 2023 01:50 PM MDT
The number of missionaries representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has increased over the past year. Here are the inspiring numbers behind the shift.
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Memorial to dead women and children at the Mountain Meadows Massacre site near Central Utah on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Read: Latter-day Saint writer-historians tell the full story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
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June 02, 2023 07:00 AM MDT
Latter-day Saint writer-historians Richard Turley and Barbara Jones Brown spent 14 years researching everything they could about the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
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Why does the Salt Lake Temple completion date keep getting pushed back?
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April 20, 2023 07:25 AM MDT
The directors of the staggering seismic upgrade and renovation of the iconic Salt Lake Temple fully expected the unexpected when they started to excavate the pioneer landmark’s foundation.
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The Salt Lake Temple renovation project just hit its halfway mark
By  Deseret News
April 14, 2023 12:00 PM MDT
The 12-hour pour includes more than 150 ready-mix concrete trucks providing the new footings for the historic temple’s west tower.
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What Oliver Cowdery said about the Salem witch trials
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October 12, 2022 12:59 PM MDT
Joseph Smith and others once visited Salem, Massachusetts, and took interest in the Salem witch trials. Here’s what they had to say about it.
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Church leaders join in signing letter calling for LGBTQ protection in Florida
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September 14, 2022 10:58 AM MDT
Church leaders have joined with others to call for legal protection of the rights of LGBTQ individuals in Florida.
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‘Reject racism’—BYU athletic director responds to BYU vs. Duke volleyball match
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September 02, 2022 02:56 PM MDT
“Let me be clear where BYU stands on this issue: racism is disgusting and unacceptable.”
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The delicious, cheesy history of funeral potatoes and Latter-day Saints
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August 31, 2022 07:00 AM MDT
Cheese. Potatoes. Cornflakes. Or potato chips? It depends. Either way, when Latter-day Saints think about cheesy potato goodness, they are thinking about funeral potatoes.
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What’s next for the supposed Joseph Smith photograph?
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July 28, 2022 12:40 PM MDT
Lachlan Mackay was anticipating a variety of responses when he and his uncle, Daniel Larsen, released a new daguerreotype last week that they believe is Joseph Smith after keeping it a secret for two years.
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Why Elder Renlund’s pitch at the Orioles game was important to his whole family
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July 27, 2022 01:44 PM MDT
“I don’t think there’s a day that goes by that we don’t think about our experience in Baltimore.”
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Joseph Smith’s descendant believes he’s found the first photograph of the Prophet
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July 22, 2022 01:47 PM MDT
Joseph Smith’s great-great grandson recently found a daguerreotype inside an old family locket—and he believes it’s a photo the Prophet himself.
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4 Black pioneers honored in new Salt Lake monument
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July 22, 2022 06:00 AM MDT
A new monument honoring early Black pioneers will be dedicated on Friday, July 22, corresponding with the 175th anniversary of the first wagon company’s 1847 arrival in the Salt Lake Valley.
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Elder Uchtdorf surprises youth at FSY
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July 18, 2022 10:01 AM MDT
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf visited with young women and men, listening to their experiences and sharing some words of encouragement.
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Latter-day Saint of ‘Rudy’ film talks about faith, angels, and miracles
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July 12, 2022 11:20 AM MDT
“Rudy” Ruettiger, the Notre Dame football walk-on whose story became a feature film, spoke to an online audience about his story and faith.
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Meet the Latter-day Saint running for president in Mali
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July 11, 2022 12:15 PM MDT
Yeah Samaké—the father of three, BYU grad, and convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—announced his candidacy last month.
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New, ethnically diverse temple artwork reflects global Church membership
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May 03, 2022 11:17 AM MDT
The Church is seeking to reflect the Church’s diverse global membership in the artwork that hangs inside temples.
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How FamilySearch saved ‘Saints,’ vol. 3
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April 21, 2022 11:07 AM MDT
FamilySearch records have helped piece together incredible stories of early Latter-day Saint pioneers internationally.
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10 major achievements in Relief Society’s history you might not know about
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March 01, 2022 07:00 AM MST
This month marks the 180th anniversary of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here are 10 fun facts about the Relief Society and all it has accomplished.
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President Nelson Facilitates Donation to China to Aid with Coronavirus Outbreak
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January 29, 2020 02:10 PM MST
President Russell M. Nelson’s 40-year professional relationships in China are facilitating a donation of supplies from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that will help Chinese health workers in their effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
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Clayton Christensen (1952–2020), Latter-day Saint Innovator, Remembered for Bridging Spiritual and Secular Dialogues
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January 24, 2020 04:43 PM MST
Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation made him a key influence on Silicon Valley powerhouses like Netflix and Intel and twice earned him the title of the world’s most influential living management thinker, passed away Jan. 23 at age 67, as reported by Deseret News.
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How a Latter-day Saint from ‘the slums’ found the gospel and became this university’s first female president
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April 03, 2019 06:11 PM MDT
More than 7,000 miles and the world’s largest ocean separate Astrid S. Tuminez’s birthplace in the Philippines from her adopted home of Orem, Utah. But mere geography can’t aptly describe the massive distance this Latter-day Saint convert has traveled.
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