An Atheist Asks the Internet How to Make Missionaries Go Away Without Being Rude: Amazing Answers from Latter-day Saints

On a forum posted on the Atheist Republic, one woman asked a simple question: “How do you make missionaries go away without being rude?”

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$5,000 reward offered for information about LDS Church arson

$5,000 is being offered as a reward for information about a fire at a church building in St. George that is now believed to have been caused by arson.

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Elizabeth Smart reacts to Utah rabbi’s sex abuse testimony: ‘He’s a hero’

Utah Rabbi Avrohom (“Avremi”) Zippel testified in a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning that his former nanny sexually abused him for 10 years, drawing support from others who have faced significant trauma in their lives.

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Bear River Massacre site recognition began with local women in Franklin County

The Bear River Massacre commemoration was not always the production it is today. Allen Swainston believes his mother, Genial, was one of the first to recognize the significance of the event.

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LDS leader Ulisses Soares urges BYU students to remember God to avoid pride cycle

Ulisses Soares, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, urged Brigham Young University students Tuesday to constantly remember God and Jesus Christ in order to avoid the pride cycle repeated in the church’s scriptures.

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Herbert, Reyes hire emeritus Latter-day Saint authority Larry Echo Hawk as special counsel on Indian affairs

Gov. Gary Herbert on Monday introduced the newest member of his administration, Larry Echo Hawk, whom he recently hired as special counsel for Indian affairs.

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2-Time Super Bowl Champ and Latter-day Saint Kyle Van Noy Testifies of God and Prayer on Game Day

“I was blessed with a second chance when I was younger! It’s moments like these that make me so grateful to be where I am today,” second-time Super Bowl champion Kyle Van Noy posted on game day. “Don’t give up on your dreams and remember the man upstairs is always with, even when its the darkest times.”

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LDS temple video director, Sundance co-founder admits to child molestation, claims website

“Sundance Institute always stands in solidarity with those whose brave truth-telling shines light on abusive behavior. Recent reports in the press have made us aware of an admission of sexual abuse by Sterling Van Wagenen, who played a role in founding both the Festival and the Institute. He has no current connection to either entity, and hasn’t since he left our Utah Advisory Board in 1993. We categorically denounce his behavior as described in recent reports.”

An Atheist Asks the Internet How to Make Missionaries Go Away Without Being Rude: Amazing Answers from Latter-day Saints On a forum posted on the Atheist Republic, one woman asked a simple question: “How do you make missionaries go away...

Jane Clayson Johnson is an award-winning journalist widely known for her work at CBS News, ABC News, and the nationally syndicated NPR program On Point. Over more than two decades, she traveled the world covering stories from international news to presidential campaigns and interviewing the biggest newsmakers of the day. Jane is the best-selling author of I Am a Mother. She has served in regional, stake, and ward public affairs, as a Gospel doctrine teacher, and in many Relief Society and Primary callings. Jane and her husband, Mark, live in Boston. They are the parents of five children and grandparents of three.

Jane Clayson Johnson is an award-winning journalist widely known for her work at CBS News, ABC News, and the nationally syndicated NPR program On Point. Over more than two decades, she traveled the world covering stories from international news to presidential campaigns...

LDS church fire not yet ruled arson, criminal investigation continues

A fire that torched a church building in St. George, Utah, is under investigation but is not yet confirmed to be arson.

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‘Abducted in Plain Sight’: Doc Is Stranger-Than-Fiction Tale of 1970s Kidnapping

The true crime documentary, Abducted in Plain Sight, which recently appeared on Netflix, initially seems to be a nightmarish but otherwise unremarkable suburban kidnapping story. Set in the 1970s, Robert and Mary Ann Broberg and their three young daughters, Jan, Karen and Susan, are a nice Mormon family from Pocatello, Idaho, who quickly become close pals with their new neighbor, Robert Berchtold, and his wife and kids. So close that the Broberg girls come to view Berchtold, known as “B,” like a second father, especially middle daughter Jan. Somewhat predictably, the documentary soon reveals that in 1974, two years after befriending the Brobergs, Berchtold picked up 12-year-old Jan from school and disappeared with her for five weeks. Not so predictable is the eventual revelation that, in 1976, Berchtold abducted Jan for a second time. This stranger-than-fiction true story only gets more outrageous, dumbfounding and utterly unpredictable from there.

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Asia Temple Will Close for Renovation

The temple will be closed for extensive renovation. While the temple is being renovated, members are encouraged to attend other temples as their circumstances allow.

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New Planning Tool Available for Prospective Missionaries

Prospective missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now have a new tool available to assist them in planning for their missions.

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Latter-day Saints Charities donates water tanks

Fusi Anoama’a villagers have received three 10,000 litre tanks from the Latter-day Saints Charities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Boutique of Blessings offers clothes, housewares to Camp Fire victims

Kelsey McCallister brought the Boutique of Blessings to Chico at the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints to help those affected by the Camp Fire on Friday and Saturday.

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LDS missionary from Brazil dies while serving in Portugal

A young missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Brazil died after collapsing during a soccer game Monday in Portugal.

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Exodus commemoration, symposium planned in Nauvoo

Descendants of early pioneers will gather Saturday morning to commemorate the initial wave and subsequent flood of migrants who left Nauvoo for Utah beginning in February 1846.

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The Mormon Disney Star Who Quietly Came Out

Mollee Gray, the multi-talented star recognized for her role in Disney’s Teen Beach and Teen Beach 2 and becoming a finalist on season six of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, was in the final stages of planning her September 2017 wedding when she remembered one small but critical detail: she needed to come out.

LDS church fire not yet ruled arson, criminal investigation continues A fire that torched a church building in St. George, Utah, is under investigation but is not yet confirmed to be arson. Read Story ‘Abducted in Plain Sight’: Doc Is...

“Stripling” is an inspirational LDS documentary featuring national body-building champion and returned missionary Mike Symkoviak. From mission to body-building, Mike (with youth mentor Craig Anderson) discusses what it takes to become physically and “spiritually” ripped.

“Stripling” is an inspirational LDS documentary featuring national body-building champion and returned missionary Mike Symkoviak. From mission to body-building, Mike (with youth mentor Craig Anderson) discusses what it takes to become physically and “spiritually” ripped.

Larry H. Miller Group to begin search for a new CEO The Larry H. Miller Group is starting the process of searching for a new CEO. Gail Miller, chairman and owner of the group, announced Tuesday that Clark Whitworth is...

Larry H. Miller Group to begin search for a new CEO

The Larry H. Miller Group is starting the process of searching for a new CEO. Gail Miller, chairman and owner of the group, announced Tuesday that Clark Whitworth is stepping down after 31 years with the organization, the last four of which he served as CEO, to serve as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Two rare LDS books still missing after man pleads guilty to stealing from BYU library

A self-proclaimed Latter-day Saint antiquities dealer pleaded guilty last week to stealing eight books and a historic picture from the Brigham Young University library.

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Elder Corbridge addresses students on avoiding personal deception

Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, began his Jan. 22 devotional by saying he had wanted to give a different talk to the students but the Spirit repeatedly directed him to give a revised message.

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Family of Murdered Latter-day Saint Realtor Testifies of Eternal Families and the Power of Prayer

“We know we will see him again someday and that families are forever,” the Stokoe family said in a statement after David Stokoe’s body was found hidden in an apartment he owned.

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Knights of the Crystal Blade: Cultists used social media to spread doomsday revelations

Eugene Richardson is a Mormon fundamentalist who lives on a very lonely patch of desert about 45 minutes west of Cedar City. He lives in a small trailer on 80 acres of sand and sagebrush surrounded by miles more of the same. It’s a quiet and beautiful stretch of solitude, bordered on the north by the Wah Wah Mountains, with flat vistas to the west where one is likely to see more dust devils than cars moving along the horizon.

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Legacy of the LDS Church at the U

In the fall semester of 2018, the Institute of Religion at the University of Utah, (which is referred to as the institute for the remainder of this article), had an enrollment of 4,000 students from the U. The institute, a program headed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) is the is the primary center of Mormon culture on campus.

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