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Podcast explores the real life of an LDS missionary
The life and faith of an LDS sister missionary is explored in great detail this week on the Research on Religion podcast. The podcast, which is sponsored by the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and hosted by Anthony Gill, a senior fellow at the institute, features Deseret News editorial writer Allison Pond, who served as an LDS missionary in Russia from 1997-98.
Mormons unite Muslims, Jews at BYU’s Jerusalem Center
On Thanksgiving eve, a common table was set for members of two often-at-odds religious groups (Muslims and Jews) in a place riddled with conflict (Jerusalem) staged at a site sponsored by a third faith (Mormons). The diners — all workers at Brigham Young University’s Jerusalem Center — came together to commemorate the center’s 25th anniversary.
Planting the seeds of self-reliance
Many Church members live in apartments or small homes with no yard space for a garden plot. Others live in dry regions where the soil is barren. Some feel that they do not have the time or financial means to grow their own food. Yet with faith, diligence, patience, and a little creativity, anyone can succeed in gardening.
Opinion: LDS legislators bend to tough master
The hardcore right wing of the Republican Party in Utah has walked a delicate tightrope throughout the immigration reform debate since most of its members are adherents to the Mormon faith. They believe in following the advice of church leaders but also are tethered to the sometimes contrary counsel of conservative fundamentalist Phyllis Schlafly.
Early deaf Saints is topic of church history lecture
Anne Leahy will present stories of early deaf Mormons in "God Made Me Deaf: Accounts from Deaf Latter-day Saints, 1836-1916," a Men and Women of Faith lecture hosted by the Church History Library on Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Church Office Building main auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, and American Sign Language translation will be available.
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The 175th Anniversary of Latter-day Saints in Scotland (Video)
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.
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New Documentary on Defending the Family
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Arizona Governor Visits Gilbert Temple Open House
Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer described The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Gilbert Arizona Temple as "a beacon of hope, faith and love to all those who come to this sacred building and its beautiful grounds. It is a special place ... a place of spiritual refuge in this troubled world.
Italy grants Mormon church new status
All that remains is the signature of Italy's president, and the LDS Church will be recognized officially as a “partner of the state.” This week the Italian Senate approved the Utah-based faith's push for an “Intesa con lo Stato,” the culmination of a decades-long effort to successfully establish relations with the Italian government.