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The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences with his family as he served as a mission president in Tonga.
On May 25, 2014, more than 1,200 members packed into two stake centers as the Asia Area presidency organized the first two LDS stakes in Cambodia. On that historic occasion, Eng Bun Houch was called to be president of the Cambodia Phnom Penh North Stake, and Ouk Sophal was called as president of the Cambodia Phnom Penh South Stake.
Heavenly Father through the priesthood offers His eternal promises to each of His children.
Lani Hilton is the author of Celebrate Sunday: 52 Ideas to Help Your Family Delight in the Sabbath. She has also published articles in the Liahona and LDS Living magazines. She is a speaker at Education Week and For the Strength of Youth Conferences. Lani and her husband, John, have six children. She loves to live Jesus, learn Jesus, preach Jesus, travel, hike, bike and ski (in that order).
In December of 2007, presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave what many called “the Mormon speech.” The 20-minute address by the former Massachusetts governor aimed at answering questions about his faith once and for all, allowing the campaign to move on to other topics. And, to some extant, it succeeded in tamping down the issue.
Mitt Romney's run for president has drawn new attention to Mormonism, but if you really want to learn about the church and its roots in Utah, the Romney you may want to talk to is the candidate’s distant cousin Clive.Clive Romney (he and the Republican nominee share a great-grandfather, Miles Park Romney) is a passionate promoter of Mormon and Utah pioneer history. As the executive director of Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts, Clive Romney writes and produces songs and stories about Utah history and the Mormon faith and helps lead tours that show how early Mormons shaped the state.
The nomination of Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential candidate may have brought the Mormon faith into the mainstream, but Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch believes the religion still has a long way to go. "People don't think Mormons are Christian," he tells Whispers. "That's totally wrong. [As a Mormon] you can hardly move without hearing the name of Jesus Christ. We're fervent believers in Jesus Christ."
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints celebrated the 35th anniversary since the announcement of the revelation allowing black men in the faith to receive the priesthood. The announcement was breaking news on June 9th, 1978, and many members of the LDS Church said it was one of those moments they will never forget how they felt.
Famed pastor Joel Osteen reiterated his position that Mitt Romney is a Christian on Tuesday, saying as long as the likely GOP presidential nominee believes that Jesus is the Son of God then he subscribes to the Christian faith. "When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God–that he's the Christ, raised from the dead, that he's his Savior–that's good enough for me," Osteen said in an interview to air on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
Not quite 200 years old, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a relative newcomer to the ranks of organized religion -- a mere infant when compared with many other Christian denominations or with other religions like Judaism, Islam, Buddhism or Hinduism.