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Sponsored: Discover Your Roots with the Sons of Utah Pioneers Magazine

Pioneer magazine—the official publication of the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers—is one of the oldest continually-published periodicals in the state of Utah. Now in its eighty-sixth year of publication, Pioneer was inaugurated in June 1936 as the self-published newsmagazine and “official organ of the Sons of Utah Pioneers.”

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Latter-day Saint Life

‘We want [to] make a statement’: BYU women’s basketball player on representing the Church in March Madness

By Haley Lundberg

After a stellar regular season, the BYU women’s basketball team has big dreams for the “big dance.”

Sponsored: Live Firm Foundation Expo coming in October!

By Book of Mormon Evidence, Advertiser

Our live FIRM Foundation Expo featuring the 30th International Book of Mormon Evidence Conference is coming in October. We will have over 75 inspirational Speakers and over 125 presentations. You will hear from Kate Dalley, Joel Skousen, Rod Meldrum, Hannah Stoddard, Dean Sessions Betty Red Ant LaFontaine, Kay Godfrey, Greg Hughes, and Morgan Philpot. We may also hear from Tim Ballard, Alan Osmond, and Sheriff Mack as we have previously.

From the Church

See the first interior photos of the Moses Lake Washington Temple

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Public tours of the Moses Lake Washington Temple begin tomorrow, August 4, 2023.

From the Church

Funeral services planned for President Jeffrey R. Holland

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The funeral will be open to the public, ages 8 and older.

The Black Woman Who Served an Unprecedented Church Mission to Help Reduce Segregation, Prejudice in the Church

By Margaret Blair Young

Martha Ann Jane Stevens Perkins Howell stood with dignity and determination as an African-American member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between the slave years and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Through her example of seeking education, demonstrating a firm commitment to morality, and readily offering her friendship, she raised her family to be Latter-day Saints even under race-based disadvantages, and she herself rose to some prominence when she accompanied her second husband on an unprecedented mission for the Church. Although most of her posterity left the faith, all were affected for good by Martha Ann’s strength in her beliefs.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Mormons to Watch for at the 2016 Rio Olympics

By Danielle B. Wagner

Athletes from around the globe are getting ready to compete in the dream of a lifetime this Olympics, and among them are many Latter-day Saints.

Latter-day Saint Life

When Joseph Smith Found the Remains of a Lamanite Named Zelph

By Book of Mormon Central

Who Was Zelph? | Book of Mormon Central “And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the land northward.” —Helaman 6:6

Famous Latter-day Saints

8 Famous People Who Defended Latter-day Saints

By LDS Living Staff

With the Book of Mormon musical, prominent Church figures in the spotlight, and frequent mentions on TV shows and in pop culture, Latter-day Saints are used to their religion being the butt-end of a joke or the subject of heated public debates.

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A List of the 140+ Returned Missionaries Playing FBS College Football This Year

By Trent Toone

The players mentioned present a small sampling of more than 140 returned Latter-day Saint missionaries on Football Bowl Subdivision rosters for the 2018 season.