(Provo, UT) – Brigham Young University is adding a new requirement for incoming employees who are practicing members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS Church-owned school will require new workers to also hold a current temple recommend, but the requirement is not retroactive to current […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is moving its missionaries out of Ukraine. The Church said yesterday that it was moving missionaries out of the Eastern European country as a precaution. Some of the missionaries will be assigned to other European countries, while […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-ay Saints’ main training center for missionaries in Provo, Utah. The Provo Missionary Training Center requires all missionaries to be fully vaccinated and also conducts COVID-19 testing, several missionaries tested positive this […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advertising-technology billionaire has formally resigned his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and rebuked the faith over social issues and LGBTQ rights in an unusual public move. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Jeff T. Green has pledged to donate 90% […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former doctor whose medical license was revoked in 2019 has been accused in Las Vegas of making a false terrorist threat against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Isaac Hearne was arrested last […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Leaders for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are calling on members to perform acts of service during the Christmas season. In a video message, Church President Russell M. Nelson says that “some are still waiting for the lights to come on again” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State University police chief has resigned after a recording the institution called reprehensible came to light showing telling football players that some religious women may claim sex was not consensual because they regret it. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Chief Earl Morris […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – It’s going to take a bit longer than expected to renovate a Salt Lake City landmark. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced yesterday that work on the historic Salt Lake Temple will take an additional year to complete. The building is being […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not filling leadership positions traditionally held by men. But one expert on the faith widely known as Mormon says women’s roles in the church are expanding. They are filling more speaking time during the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The lights at Salt Lake City’s Temple Square have returned to visitors for the first time in two years as of Friday night. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closed the square down to pedestrians last year due to concerns with the COVID-19 […]
