News Articles

• Historic Tabernacle sees end of an era

  The Atonement of Jesus Christ, following the prophets and the importance of the Book of Mormon were among the themes at LDS general conference sessions Sunday as church leaders bid a fond farewell to the Tabernacle on Temple Square, which has been the home to conference sessions for more than a...

• Protesters target church activism in California

  LDS Church members leaving the Sunday morning session of General Conference were greeted outside the south gate of Temple Square by about 150 people holding placards protesting the church's involvement in a California ballot initiative that would reinforce marriage as a relationship between a man...

• A Net link for LDS members

  New company aims to form 'digital community'

• LDS center is a work of modern pioneers

  With only six months remaining until LDS general conference convenes in the new 21,000-seat Conference Center, work on the mammoth project is progressing rapidly.

• Lee Benson: So long to Tabernacle, its benches

        I paid my respects to the Tabernacle yesterday on the next to last day the building will be in business.       Like the old Hotel Utah building across the street, the Tabernacle will still be around in the future but with a different, more subdued job...

• Nauvoo tourism jumps 25%

        NAUVOO, Ill. — The number of people touring the city this summer was up about 25 percent over the previous year, city and Nauvoo Restoration Inc. officials said.       Nauvoo Restoration Inc. spokesman Loren Burton said preliminary figures show about a...

• New Primary leaders called

  LDS Church members sustained a new Primary General Presidency during the Saturday afternoon session of general conference, and two members of the First Quorum of the Seventy were given emeritus status. Sister Coleen K. Menlove was sustained as the new general president of the Primary, an...

• One for the books

  Most of the players in the world of LDS literature give a thumbs-up to the merger of Deseret Book and Bookcraft

• Pres. Hinckley ranks high in Net poll

        Alongside such notables as Yitzak Rabin and Princess Diana, President Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is holding steady on Time magazine's online poll of the 20th century's most influential people.       As of...

• Worldwide Web listeners tune in to LDS conference

  Broadcast's debut had just a few audio glitches

Advance Articles

• 'Homemaking' gets makeover

  Changes in the name and focus of the LDS Relief Society's monthly "homemaking meeting" were announced by leaders of the women's organization Saturday night during the church's annual General Relief Society Meeting, along with a declaration that "reaffirms who LDS women are and what we stand...

• Focus on spiritual goals, leaders tell Relief Society

        Latter-day Saint women have never had more opportunity to be an influence for good in the world, leaders of the church's Relief Society organization told members gathered for their annual conference Saturday night. Relief Society general presidency, from left,...

• A declaration of LDS women's beliefs

  Relief Society announcement set for tonight

• Relief Society declaration

  The following is the text of the new Relief Society declaration sent this week to LDS ward and stake leaders to be announced tonight. Titled "The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," it reads: "We are beloved spirit daughters of God, and our lives have...

• LDS General Conference to be broadcast over the Internet

  Next weekend's sessions of LDS General Conference will not only be broadcast to thousands of Mormons worldwide via satellite but to an additional audience of up to 100,000 via live audio on the World Wide Web.

Summaries of Talks

Saturday Morning

• Members throng to attend last conference of an era
• Sunday morning speakers, session notes
• Temple dedications during 1999
• Elder Ben B. Banks: "Feed my sheep"
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell: Lessons from Laman and Lemuel
• Elder Neil L. Andersen: Prophets and spiritual mole crickets
• Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone: One link still holds
• Morning Session: Elder Ben B. Banks
• Morning Session: Elder Neal A. Maxwell
• Morning Session: Elder Neil L. Andersen
• Morning Session: Elder Vaughn Featherstone
• Morning Session: Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
• Morning Session: Pres. Thomas S. Monson
• Morning Session: Sister Sharon G. Larsen
• President Gordon B. Hinckley: Welcome to Conference
• President Thomas S. Monson: Becoming our best selves
• Sharon G. Larsen: Agency — a Blessing and a Burden

Saturday Afternoon

• Members throng to attend last conference of an era
• New Conference Center: 'a magnificent structure'
• Primary general presidency sustained
• Sunday afternoon speakers, session notes
• Afternoon Session: Elder Adhemar Damiani
• Afternoon Session: Elder Alexander Morrison
• Afternoon Session: Elder David R. Stone
• Afternoon Session: Elder Henry B. Eyring
• Afternoon Session: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
• Afternoon Session: Elder Stephen B. Oveson
• Afternoon Session: President Boyd K. Packer
• Elder Adhemar Damiani: Serving the Lord
• Elder Alexander B. Morrison: "For this cause came I into the world"
• Elder David R. Stone: Spiritual hurricanes
• Elder Henry B. Eyring: Do not delay
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: "An high priest of good things to come"
• Elder Stephen B. Oveson: Our legacy
• New Primary leaders called
• President Boyd K. Packer: The spirit of revelation
• President James E. Faust: The sustaining of Church officers

Priesthood

• Attributes of a bishop still unchanged
• Men of the priesthood . . . must be different than other men'
• 'Growing into' priesthood role
• 'Respond to His beckoning call'
• Explaining 'why we do some of the things we do'
• Miracles are everywhere when priesthood callings magnified
• Priesthood session speakers, notes
• Seeds of faith need nourishment in rich soil
• True manhood must be earned
• Bishop Richard C. Edgley: Behold the man
• Elder H. Bruce Stucki: The faith of a sparrow
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin: Growing into the Priesthood
• Gordon B. Hinckley: Why we do some of the things we do
• President James E. Faust: Of seeds and soils
• President Thomas S. Monson: Priesthood power
• Priesthood Session: Bishop Richard C. Edgely
• Priesthood Session: Elder H. Bruce Stucki
• Priesthood Session: Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Priesthood Session: President Gordon B. Hinckley
• Priesthood Session: President James E. Faust
• Priesthood Session: President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Morning

• Elder L. Aldin Porter: Our destiny
• Elder M. Russell Ballard: Beware of false prophets and false teachers
• Elder Russell M. Nelson: A testimony of the Book of Mormon
• Gordon B. Hinckley: At the summit of the ages
• Patricia P. Pinegar: Peace, hope, and direction
• President James E. Faust: Hope, an anchor of the soul
• Sunday Morning Session: Elder L. Aldin Porter
• Sunday Morning Session: Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Sunday Morning Session: Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Sunday Morning Session: President Gordon B. Hinckley
• Sunday Morning Session: President James E. Faust
• Sunday Morning Session: Sister Patricia P. Pinegar
• Historic conference comes to end
• Protesters target California marriage initiative

Sunday Afternoon

• Elder William R. Bradford: Righteousness
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks: Gospel teaching
• Elder L. Tom Perry: A year of jubilee
• Elder Richard G. Scott: He lives
• Elder Richard H. Winkel: No man is an island
• Elder Robert S. Wood: The tongue of angels
• Elder William R. Bradford: Righteousness
• Gordon B. Hinckley: Good-bye to this wonderful old Tabernacle
• Sunday Afternoon Session: Elder Dallin H. Oaks
• Sunday Afternoon Session: Elder L. Tom Perry
• Sunday Afternoon Session: Elder Richard G. Scott
• Sunday Afternoon Session: Elder Richard H. Winkel
• Sunday Afternoon Session: Elder Robert S. Wood
• Sunday Afternoon Session: Elder William R. Bradford
• Sunday Afternoon Session: President Gordon B. Hinckley