News Articles

• Audience joins Pres. Hinckley in 'Hosanna Shout'

  After instructions from President Gordon B. Hinckley and following his dedicatory prayer, the Conference Center congregation rose from their seats, most holding white handkerchiefs.

• Conference Center brims with crowds

  Dedication of the LDS Church's new Conference Center drew 30,700 people to the new building and adjoining facilities on Temple Square on Sunday morning.

• Conference Center dedicatory prayer

  Text of the Conference Center dedicatory prayer, given by LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley Sunday morning.

• Changes for several general authorities

  Several LDS general authorities were released and others changed positions during business conducted during the Saturday afternoon session of general conference.

• LDS leaders urge members to live gospel

  Clarification of basic gospel principles and a call for private righteousness were common themes in many of the sermons presented Saturday during the opening sessions of the 170th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Advance Articles

• 100,000+ to attend conference

  More than 100,000 people are expected to pack the LDS Church's new Conference Center this weekend, and those attending will see — and hear — many new amenities the crowds last April missed.

• Pres. Hinckley wants temples just a day away

  With church membership projected to continue growing at an unprecedented rate worldwide, President Gordon B. Hinckley has said he eventually wants to see a temple available "within a day's journey" of every Latter-day Saint.

• 2 groups try to Net 'helpers'

  Service. Love. Sacrifice. Charity. Good works. Scores of LDS Church members are heeding the call to such principles as a growing number of LDS groups hold semiannual conferences and seminars coinciding with the 170th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• Organizations set meetings at conference time

  A variety of meetings and seminars sponsored by LDS Church members or like-minded affiliate organizations are held around the time of LDS General Conference, either once or twice each year.

• Pres. Hinckley cautions LDS against some modern trends

  Addressing his remarks to mothers, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley warned against "rave" parties, illegal drug use, tattoos and body piercing at the 2000 General Relief Society Meeting Saturday evening.

Summaries of Talks

Saturday Morning

• 'An unforgettable experience'
• 'I am so grateful . . . building is now completed'
• Church News: About the cover
• Conference moment: Return to Witmer farm
• It is the gospel in our lives that makes the difference
• Complete and ready for dedication
• Conference Center to be dedicated
• Elder Alexander B. Morrison
• Elder Christofferson:The Redemption of the Dead and the Testimony of Jesus
• Elder D. Todd Christofferson
• Elder David B. Haight
• Elder Dunn: Testimony
• Elder Haight: Be a Strong Link
• Elder Hales: The Covenant of Baptism — To Be in the Kingdom and of the Kingdom
• Elder Loren C. Dunn
• Elder Morrison: "Come and See"
• Elder Nelson: Living by Scriptural Guidance
• Elder Robert D. Hales
• Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Pres. Hinckley: A Great Family in Reverence and Worship
• Sister Margaret D. Nadauld
• Sister Nadauld: The Joy of Womanhood

Saturday Afternoon

• 'Come and see' to know Christ's gospel, happy people
• 'Ponder with subdued feelings,' members counseled
• Freedom is to act in dignity of own choice
• Keeping Sabbath brings peace
• Sacred roots, heritage combine in 100th temple
• Changes for several general authorities
• Elder Callister: Seeking the Spirit of God
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks
• Elder Dallin Oaks: The Challenge to Become
• Elder Donald L. Hallstrom
• Elder Douglas L. Callister
• Elder Hallstrom: Cultivate Righteous Traditions
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Elder Joseph Wirthlin: Pure Testimony
• Elder Maxwell: The Tugs and Pulls of the World
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell
• Elder Neuenschwander: Living Prophets, Seers and Revelators
• Elder Rasband: One by One
• Elder Richard G. Scott
• Elder Ronald A. Rasband
• Elder Scott: The Path to Peace and Joy
• LDS leaders urge members to live gospel
• Sustaining of church officers

Priesthood

• 'An unforgettable experience'
• Brethren: 'Look to the lighthouse of the Lord'
• Priesthood session speakers
• Prophets witness of Christ
• Satan is author of deceit
• Shun evil with the protective mantle of God's priesthood
• Swamp of immorality leads only to dead end
• Young men: Faith and priesthood will demand the very best of you
• Bishop Edgley: Satan's Bag of Snipes
• Bishop Richard C. Edgley
• Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander
• Elder Holland: "Sanctify Yourselves"
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
• Elder Neuenschwander: Living Prophets, Seers and Revelators
• Pres. Faust: The Enemy Within
• Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
• Pres. Hinckley: "Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children"
• Pres. James E. Faust
• Pres. Monson: The Call to Serve
• Pres. Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Morning

• Conference Center brims with crowds
• Elder L. Tom Perry
• Elder Perry: Discipleship
• Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
• Pres. James E. Faust
• Pres. Thomas S. Monson
• President Faust: A Growing Testimony
• President Hinckley: This Great Millennial Year
• President Monson: Dedication Day
• Sister Jensen: "Lead, Kindly Light"
• Sister Virginia U. Jensen
• Elder Loren C. Dunn

Sunday Afternoon

• Pres. Boyd K. Packer
• Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
• Elder Ballard: Now Is the Time
• Elder Busche: Freedom "from" or Freedom "to"
• Elder Crockett: Retaining a Remission of Sin
• Elder Eyring: "Write upon My Heart"
• Elder F. Enzio Busche
• Elder Gillespie: The Blessing of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy
• Elder H. Aldridge Gillespie
• Elder Henry B. Eyring
• Elder Keith Crockett
• Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Elder Robert C. Oaks
• Elder Robert Oaks: Sharing the Gospel
• Pres. Boyd K. Packer
• Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
• President Hinckley: "An Humble and a Contrite Heart"
• President Packer: "Ye Are the Temple of God"