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First Presidency Announces New Relief Society General Presidency, Learn More About Them

Today during the Saturday afternoon session of general conference, a new Relief Society General Presidency and a new member of the Primary General Presidency were called and sustained. Learn more about them below!

Mormons bid farewell to Sister Frances J. Monson, who left a 'legacy of love'

The life and legacy of Frances J. Monson — "a legacy of humility, service, faithfulness and love," according to her daughter, Ann M. Dibb — was celebrated during funeral services Thursday in the Salt Lake Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sister Monson's husband, LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, was seated with his family on red chairs that formed the Tabernacle's front row, just a few feet from his beloved wife's flower-bedecked casket and close to Dibb, her brothers Thomas and Clark and their respective spouses.

LDS guest-service missionaries keep crowds moving

Glenn and Carol Baugh have been directing Mormons to their seats in the giant Conference Center every six months since the massive building opened in the spring of 2000.

LDS general conference sure to have impact

If members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints learned anything during last October's general conference, it is the way conference can change their lives. Granted, there is rarely the kind of far-reaching social and cultural impact Latter-day Saints have experienced during the six months that have elapsed since church President Thomas S. Monson sent shock waves through Mormonism with his Saturday morning announcement lowering the minimum age for full-time missionary service for both young men and young women. Still, as LDS faithful gather this weekend at the church's downtown Conference Center and in front of television sets, radios and computer screens all around the world, they do so fully anticipating to be impacted again individually and collectively by the 183rd Annual General Conference of the church.

East Coast Mormon Helping Hands work to stop hunger

Some people made homemade apple butter or casseroles, others cleared public trails and parks, but the majority of the effort was focused on the battle against hunger in the states of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and in the District of Columbia. Prompted by local leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but joined by the three states’ governors and the mayor of the district, a regional effort to combat the challenges of hunger, particularly in the lives of children, took place Saturday, 29 September 2012, as a “Day to Serve.” Numerous other faith-based groups, community service organizations and university students collaborated in a singular focus to stock the shelves of local food banks.

From the Church

President Monson Gives 5 Ways Youth Leaders Can Make a Difference in the Lives of Those They Teach

By Excerpted from "Be Your Best Self" by President Thomas S. Monson

In a time and age when the youth of the Church are tempted like never before, President Monson shares five simple but profound ways the leaders of the LDS youth can make a difference. The following is an excerpt from President Monson's book, Be Your Best Self.

Poll: Americans want religious presidents, but are vague on details

Americans want their presidents to be religious, but many have trouble identifying the faiths of President Barack Obama and leading GOP contenders Mitt Romney and Rep. Michele Bachmann, according to a poll released his week. A majority of Americans (56 percent) say it’s important for a candidate to have strong beliefs, even if those beliefs differ from their own, according to the poll conducted by Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service.

Time Out for Women Inspires to Stand Up, Speak Out

“I believe the challenge to oppose this evil is one from which members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as citizens, cannot shrink.” She said that we must catch a glimpse of who we really are and the power that we have.

'Anti-Mormon slime machine' kicks into gear

"Brace yourself for the anti-Mormon slime machine!" That's the warning from Kyle-Anne Shiver, a frequent contributor to the American Thinker blog, who speculates that "Mitt Romney's religious faith is likely to be mocked, sensationalized, disparaged and dragged through the media gutters" in the event of an election race between Romney and President Barack Obama.

Mormonism 101? Hatch plans book to explain his LDS religion

Orrin Hatch apparently is poised to pen a “tell-all” book — all, that is, about the Mormonism he knows and loves. Hatch — Utah's senior U.S. senator who faces a Republican primary rival next month and, if he prevails then, a Democratic foe in the fall in his bid for a seventh term — plans to take up the challenge of explaining his faith to outsiders in the new volume, An Insider's Guide to Mormon Beliefs.