Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion. Hinckley, the 15th president of The...
the Mormon church, is losing its grip at its seat of power. Data published in the Journal of... The church's membership count still includes these people as members until they die, or their...
“We grew up always told that you’ll follow exactly what your Church leaders teach you, and if you don’t do it, you could lose everything,” laments Adam Steed, visibly shaking, in Church and the Fourth Estate. “We were taught that if a Church leader does something wrong, you’re supposed to follow them anyway and that God would take care of it.” · Steed, the Mormon subject of Brian Knappenberger’s documentary short that premiered at Sundance, took the road all-too-rarely traveled...
Members of the LDS church make up just over 5% of the population in Arizona . But in this... of Mormon Women for Ethical Government, a nonprofit group that promotes civic engagement among...
Mormon church officials have issued a rule change that says members in same-sex marriages can be kicked out and their children must wait until they're 18 and disavow homosexual relationships to be...
Insiders have indicated that over the last seven years the Mormon Church may have lost up to 1 million members because of all it did to end gay marriage. These formerly loyal Church members...
"To Church members who support the work of salvation through living the gospel of Jesus... A whistleblower alleged to CBS News that the Mormon church was operating a "clandestine hedge...
March 31, 2018 · 5:08 PM ET · By Sasha Ingber ; The announcement was made during the first day of the semi-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Conference sessions are broadcast by satellite to congregations around the world. Attendees at the Salt Lake City gathering also raised their hands to support the new president, 93-year-old Russell M. Nelson, a former surgeon and medical researcher. In a 2015 interview with NPR, Matthew Bowman, author of The Mormon Pe...
Addiction brought on by shame ; Mindy Vincent grew up in the Mormon church. She says the high moral standards the church places on its members leads to a huge amount of stress among the devout. ; Within the Mormon faith, sexual relations are only considered proper between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded as husband and wife. Same sex sexual activity is forbidden, as are masturbation and pornography. Modest dress - high necklines and low hems - is encouraged for women.
" Mason said he expects church members will do their best to conform but predicted outsiders will continue to use Mormon and... be losing by shifting away from using it, he said. He...