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What In the World Do People Think About Mormons? Research Reveals

LDS Filmmakers Daryn Tufts and Jed Knudsen once travelled the country to find out about the typical perception of Mormonism from an outsider. Their findings, documented in a hilarious DVD called "American Mormon," varied greatly.

Sponsored: BYU presents its world-famous touring ensembles at the Conference Center Theater in Salt Lake City

By BYU Winterfest

Winterfest is Brigham Young University’s winter performance series in Salt Lake City. From January 22 to March 12, 2022, performing groups from Brigham Young University will entertain audiences at the Conference Center Theater.

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Ann Romney Shares Her Battle with MS During 2002 Winter Olympics

By Ann Romney

In 1998, at age 39, Ann Romney was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She had had been feeling symptoms for months, and her once active lifestyle was put on hold as she struggled to adapt to the new conditions her disease presented. She tried many different methods of medication, both pharmaceutical and holistic. Through trial and error, she figured out which methods worked best for her and was able to regain a degree of the strength she previously enjoyed. Although she still suffers from effects of the disease today, she has let her faith in God dictate the trajectory of her life. Read below an excerpt from her new book In This Together: My Story about her personal experience struggling with MS during the 2002 Winter Olympics:

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David Archuleta's Newest Album Features the Late Annie Schmidt (+ the Touching Story Behind the Song)

By LDS Living

"I wanted to have a project where I could just be who I am,” David Archuleta said on Idol Chatterabout his recent music. “This time, instead of being so caught up in trying to be the big shot, the hit master, the most popular artist out there, it’s about being myself.”

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5 righteous women called ‘prophetess’ in the Bible

Many women, including Rebekah, Hannah, Elisabeth, and Mary all prophesied, there are only a few who are actually designated as “prophetess” in the Bible.

Jennie Taylor: God, Family and Country

It was his love for God and country that originally made Jennie Taylor fall in love with her husband, Brent. It was also that love and loyalty that took him from her as Maj. Brent Taylor was killed in Afghanistan in 2018. On this episode, Jennie shares the faith that has helped her through the loss of her husband and has given her hope that she will see him again.

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Human Sacrifice + 4 More Evidences of the Ancient Authenticity of the Pearl of Great Price

By Pearl of Great Price Central

The Book of Abraham is believed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be “an inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri. The translation was published serially in the Times and Seasons beginning March 1, 1842, at Nauvoo, Illinois” (Pearl of Great Price Introduction).

Teaching Mormonism in Germany as a Non-Mormon

Last spring, I taught a course called The Book of Mormon and American Culture at the TU Dortmund University in Dortmund, Germany. It was an elective class and meant for undergraduate students. The first thing my students asked me last spring was whether I was Mormon.

The "Mormon Moment" Yields . . . Not So Much

Even after Mitt Romney lost, Mormon media observers felt that his campaign must have yielded a net positive for public understanding of the Mormon faith. But new data released by the Pew Forum suggests otherwise.

Change lowers LDS Church growth rate

If you suspected the newly released U.S. Religion Census overstated the LDS Church’s growth rate, you were right. That’s because, this time around, the Utah-based faith changed the way it reported its membership to the researchers. The once-a-decade study was assembled by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, which included self-reported data on adherents for 153 participating bodies.