The MNR team of Jenny, John and Brandt discuss this week's Come Follow Me lesson of 2 Nephi 6 - 10.

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Today on the show, we get into some updates on the Church's plans for missionaries in light of the Coronavirus, the Brazil MTC has a visitor, and we're starting to see how Mormons will vote in the 2020 election. But the big story this week - Mitt Romney made history, and his Mormonism played a part. We get into all that plus more on the Report!

Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* Utah wades into polygamy again with bill that would reduce penalties for consenting polygamists (SL Trib)

* Police shoot and kill intruder with a knife at an LDS Missionary Training Center in Brazil (SL Trib)

* Coronavirus Impacting Missionary Service In Hong Kong (Church Newsroom)

* Church Adjusts Missionary Numbers in Liberia (Church Newsroom)

* Donald Trump's Mormon problem continues, new study shows (Jana Riess, Religion News Service)

* For the first time, a majority of Utah voters approve of President Donald Trump (KJZZ)

* Got chocolate milk? Sen. Mitt Romney has more thanks to women’s group (Deseret News)

* Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith motivated him to vote for Trump’s removal from office (Washington Post)

* Romney’s Vote To Remove Trump From Office Sparked Rumors About The “White Horse Prophecy" (Buzzfed News)

* How Mitt Romney Decided Trump Is Guilty (The Atlantic)

* Why Trump attacks Romney, Pelosi and any person of faith who disagrees with him (Washington Post)

* Fox News Host Goes After Mitt Romney for Invoking Faith During Defense of Trump Impeachment Vote (Newsweek)

* Top Pence aide: Mitt Romney ungrateful, ‘who’s not giving forgiveness?’ (Washington Examiner)

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The MNR team of Jenny and Brandt discuss this week's Come Follow Me lesson of 2 Nephi 1 - 5.

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Today on the show, you want polls? YOU GOT THEM! Do members of the church want financial transparency? What about mandatory reporting? Plus, we look at the implications of both Church Handbook 1 and 2 now being consolidated and available to all members. All that plus more on the Report!

Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* Latter-day Saints urge church to spread the word about manual’s mistake on race (Salt Lake Tribune)

* Jana Riess: Second thoughts about the Book of Mormon curriculum (Religion News Service)

* Where do Utahns stand on removing President Donald Trump from office? (Deseret News)

* Chiefs’ Andy Reid, 49ers’ Fred Warner: BYU alums linked by leadership at Super Bowl (KSL)

* Church Announces Name Change for Official Twitter Handle (Church Newsroom)

* Except for devout Latter-day Saints, Utahns want to require churches to disclose their finances, poll shows (Salt Lake Tribune)

* Missionary Precautions Regarding Coronavirus (Church Newsroom)

* Poll: Most Utahns, LDS or otherwise, support a clergy confession bill (Salt Lake Tribune)

* New General Handbook for Church Leaders and Members to Be Published in February (Church Newsroom)

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The MNR team of John Dye, Jenny, and Brandt discuss this week's Come Follow Me lesson of 1 Nephi 16-22.

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Today on the show, an error of epic proportions shows up in an official LDS Church manual (with the absolute worst timing), a few good news stories about Mormons doing good, updates on temples, and Brandt discusses the impact of Clayton Christensen on him as a business student. All that, plus we discuss Come Follow Me on today's show!

Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* Error in printed LDS Church manual could revive racial criticisms (Salt Lake Tribune)

* Temple Square demolition begins a 4-year renovation project (KSL)

* Crews start demolition of section of St. George Temple building (The Spectrum of St. George)

* Groundbreaking for LDS Church’s Layton Temple is set for May 30 (The Salt Lake Tribune)

* Construction on first Virginia Mormon temple set for spring (WTKR Virginia)

* New leaders take helm at Salvation Army (The Brunswick News, Georgia)

* Aid for Friends shelter closer to meeting fundraising goal after LDS Church donates $50,000 (KPVI Pocatello)

* Sundance doc ‘Church and the Fourth Estate’ takes Boy Scouts, LDS Church to task over child sex abuse (Park Record, Park City UT)

* Mormon school to allow same-sex partners in ballroom event (Associated Press, Washington Post)

* Clayton Christensen, creator of ‘disruptive innovation’ theory and prominent LDS leader, dies at 67 (Salt Lake Tribune)

COME FOLLOW ME

* January 27 - February 2 (1 Nephi 16-22)

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It's Deathstorm 2020 in Michigan, but the Mormon News Report rolls on! Today on the show, lots of updates to stories you've heard in the past, including more detail on 19th century garment practices, an interesting survey from the Church, feminism addressed in the New Era, and an update to LDS temple ceremonial clothing. All that plus more on the Report!

Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* First Presidency Announces Adjustments in Temple Ceremonial Clothing (Church Newsroom)

* Church Announces Location of Bengaluru India Temple (Church Newsroom)

* Female LDS missionaries don’t always see their own leadership, according to study (Salt Lake Tribune)

* BYU VP Overseeing Athletics Called As Latter-day Saint Mission President (KSL)

* LDS Church generates $6.3 million with help of Christmas Giving Machines (Daily Herald)

* McKenna Denson may drop her lawsuit against LDS Church over sexual misconduct by a former MTC president (Salt Lake Tribune)

* The person who disrupted LDS General Conference by shouting ‘stop protecting sexual predators’ goes on trial (Fox13)

* 3 'glass-half-full' news items about Mormon growth (Jana Riess, Religion News Service)

* LDS Church issues new statement on feminism (Salt Lake Tribune)

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Back from the holidays, it's the Mormon News Report podcast! Today on the show, an historic temple goes down for renovations, the final tallies of the Giving Machines, holiday parties in Modesto can get a bit crazy, and finally, are Mormon women caught between work/education and religion? All that plus more on the Report!

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Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* Pacific Area Presidency Announce January National Fast (Australia Church Newsroom)

* Pacific Area Presidency Express Gratitude to All Who Participated in Special Day of Fasting (Australia Church Newsroom)

* Utah sees Latter-day Saint slowdown and membership numbers drop in Salt Lake County (Salt Lake Tribune)

* Mormon leaders reported a child molester’s confession. Now his wife is suing the church for $9.5 million (Washington Post)

* A Utah bill would require clergy to report child abuse confessed to them (Salt Lake Tribune)

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Back from the holidays, it's the Mormon News Report podcast! Today on the show, an historic temple goes down for renovations, the final tallies of the Giving Machines, holiday parties in Modesto can get a bit crazy, and finally, are Mormon women caught between work/education and religion? All that plus more on the Report!

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Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* 'Giving Machines' raise $625,000, 'exceeding expectations' in first-year test run (The Denver Channel 7 ABC)

* Settlement reached in church suit (The Garden Island, Kaua’i Hawaii)

* Man loses part of ear in fight with son at church. Here’s where deputies found him (The Modesto Bee)

* It’s the start of a new era as Salt Lake Temple begins its 4-year renovation (Deseret News)

* Mormon women are caught between economic pressures and the word of God (Quartz)

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It's one of the best shows of the year - the 2019 Year in Review Edition! But first - the LDS Church has $100B in accounts intended for charitable purposes? What does this mean? Is that the correct amount? And could a potential whistleblower bring an IRS Audit to the church? All that plus more on the Report!

SIGNATURE BOOK OF THE MONTH Pedestals and Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority, and Equal Rights by Martha S. Bradley

HEADLINES

* Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges (Washington Post)

* How persuasive is whistleblower's claim the LDS church is hiding wealth from the IRS? (Jana Riess, Religion News Service)

* Some Thoughts About Ensign Peak Advisers and the Church (Sam Brunson, By Common Consent)

JENNY'S TOP 10 MORMON NEWS STORIES OF 2019

10. Washington Post piece on LDS Church $100B in charitable accounts

9. “I am a beloved daughter of heavenly parents” (YW Theme)

8. Age advancements/scouts/quorums (what year is it?)

7. New Children and Youth

6. Adjustment to 2-hr. church + Come Follow Me

5. More inclusion of witnesses (women + children)

4. LGBT Exclusionary Policy reversal

3. Civil marriages + not waiting for sealings

2. Missionaries calling home

1. More inclusive + gender-balanced language in the temple

BRANDT'S TOP 10 MORMON NEWS STORIES OF 2019

10. Missionaries Held in Russia (Mar 25, #81)

9. Word of Wisdom Clarifications (Aug 11, #96)

8. International Mormonism: Rome Italy Temple Dedicated (Mar 11, #80)

7. Church Opposition to Utah Gay Conversion Therapy Ban (Oct 21, #104)

6. Church School Hubbub: BYU Police Decertified (Mar 4, #79), Honor Code Reformation Protests (Aug 26, #98), BYU-Idaho Medicaid (Nov 24, #108)

5. LGBT Exclusionary Policy rescinded (April 4)

4. LDS Missionary Changes: Missionary cost increase (Late June), Missionaries Calling Home (Feb 18, #77)

3. Youth changes: Required youth leader training (Aug 18, #97), Global Youth Program (Aug 5, #95, Nov 20, #107), new theme (YW and YM), Realigning Ages

2. Temple Changes: Ceremony Wording Changes (