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In 2014, the Church began a 25-year renovation project in Historic Nauvoo, and this week, the first phase of the project was recognized and awarded for bringing greater awareness to Illinois’ diverse history.

President M. Russell Ballard, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, and Elder Quentin L. Cook have all returned to what could be called their old “stomping grounds”—the British Isles.

Earlier this year, the Church announced that the Salt Lake Temple will no longer have a live endowment presentation and that a second baptistry will be added. Here are a few other frequently asked questions and answers about the renovation project.

Within one month of being called to the Quorum of the Twelve, Elder Ballard was sent to Bolivia to begin a significant period of focused ministerial service filled with love and concern for the Saints in South America.

Even though we might miss family members who have died, Latter-day Saints understand that we can see our loved ones again, and taking time to remember them doesn’t need to be a sad or mournful experience.

Latter-day Saints stand out in how they view and connect with their communities, according to a new report.

In October 1971, Elders Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, and Boyd K. Packer, under the direction of the First Presidency, established an official congregation of Latter-day Saints unlike any other the Church had ever seen or has seen since.

The Bednars may have been in a new place with a new culture, but their testimonies of finding hope through Jesus Christ serve as an important and powerful message for every country on earth.

Israel is a small country with a land area about the size of the US state of Massachusetts, containing a population of about nine million people who are mostly Jewish. The geographic features of Israel have been known since biblical times, including the 9000-foot highest elevation at Mt. Hermon to the lowest point on earth at the Dead Sea some 1400 feet below sea level. But people don’t just travel to Israel to see its land features. Many go because Israel is a sacred country to the more than three billion people on earth who consider themselves to be monotheists. People travel to Israel to experience the Holy Land; the place of Abraham, Moses, Samuel, King David, Elijah, Isaiah, and, most importantly, Jesus of Nazareth.