News Articles

• LDS leader announces 6 new temples

  Be more tolerant and more neighborly, Pres. Hinckley urges

• LDS temples under construction

  Accra, Ghana Adelaide, Australia Baton Rouge, La. Birmingham, Ala. Boston, Mass.* Campinas, Brazil* Caracas, Venezuela Cochabamba, Bolivia* Copenhagen, Denmark Fresno, Calif.** Fukuoka, Japan Guadalajara, Mexico Houston, Texas*...

• TRAX helps ease downtown traffic

  Thousands of men sporting ties and suits, mixed with thousands of women in dresses and high heels, boarded a mass-transit system in the suburbs and rode into downtown. A similar scenario is played out every business day in major cities across the nation. But on Sunday it's a rare sight,...

• 'Miracle has been accomplished'

  The reaction of LDS Church members to the new Conference Center mirrored the feeling church leaders spoke of during the first day of meetings to be held there. "A miracle has been accomplished because of uncommon devotion and sacrifice far beyond industry standard," said Bishop H. David...

• LDS faithful fill grand new hall

  Historic Conference Center sessions focus on growth, future.

• New members of Seventy receive sustaining votes

  During the Saturday afternoon session of general conference, the First Presidency announced several new callings within the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy. New members called to the First Quorum of the Seventy: Elder Donald L. Hallstrom , 50, of Honolulu, Hawaii, is the...

• Statistical report

• Walnut pulpit takes center stage

  The first address to be given from the pulpit of the LDS Church's new Conference Center Saturday ended with a story about the pulpit itself.

• Many Utah radio, TV stations to broadcast sessions of the LDS General Conference

  Deseret News, March 31, 2000

Advance Articles

• TRAX helps ease downtown traffic

  Thousands of men sporting ties and suits, mixed with thousands of women in dresses and high heels, boarded a mass-transit system in the suburbs and rode into downtown. A similar scenario is played out every business day in major cities across the nation. But on Sunday it's a rare sight,...

• 'Great new building' erected to begin a 'great new century'

  "A great new building for a great new century," said President Gordon B. Hinckley, describing the Church's new Conference Center. It is "built as well as we know how to build in this season of the history of the world and I hope that it will stand for as long as the earth lasts and serve the...

• 'Primarily a house of worship'

  The new 21,000-seat Conference Center bridges the 170 years since the Church was organized in a small log home in Fayette, N.Y., on April 6, 1830, with six members to the present with Church membership at 10.8 million. The opening of the center for general conference on April 1 is just five...

• 'What does it mean to stand as witness?'

  "What does it mean to stand as a witness of God at all times and in all things and in all places?" Young Women Gen. Pres. Margaret D. Nadauld asked young women of the Church March 25.

• 'You can trust Him and depend on Him'

  Speaking during the General Young Women Meeting, Sister Larsen, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, admonished: "Live the standards of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Do not compromise. You must not compromise."

• 'You too can develop a love for integrity'

  Someday, you will want to marry a young man of integrity, one who holds the priesthood of God, Carol B. Thomas told young women of the Church. And that young man will want to marry a young woman of integrity, she added.

• Conference Center facts

  Deseret News, April 1, 2000

• Conference Center opening: 'Primarily a house of worship'

  LDS Church News, April 1, 2000

• Facts, figures illustrate grandeur of new edifice

  When giving slide presentations about the new Conference Center, project engineer Paul Sandler enjoys displaying a fanciful diagram of a Boeing 747 jet enclosed within the 21,000-seat auditorium. "I was giving this presentation a few weeks ago, and there was a pilot in the audience; he...

• General Conference history

  Deseret News, April 1, 2000

• General Young Women Meeting: Standing as witnesses of God

  Righteous women, who "hold the highest place of honor in human life," have a responsibility to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all places, President James E. Faust declared during the General Young Women Meeting March 25.

• Here are other capsule facts about the new conference center:

  Here are other capsule facts about the new conference center: Footings for the roof structure are 8 feet thick and 40 feet wide.

• Historic general conference to convene

  The 170th Annual General Conference of the Church — the first ever to convene in the new, 21,000-seat Conference Center in Salt Lake City — will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2.

• LDS faithful fill grand new hall

  Historic Conference Center sessions focus on growth, future.

• LDS faithful fill grand new hall
  Historic Conference Center sessions focus on growth, future

  Growth and the future were topics evident in both the surroundings and sermons presented during the first day of the 170th annual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The conference opened Saturday with the first meetings to be held in the new 21,000-seat...

• Opening: Facts about the new center

  The "king truss" that supports the roof over the auditorium weighs 621 tons or 1.2 million pounds. It was built off the site, disassembled for shipment, and hauled to the site in 40 trucks. Two cranes hoisted it. It is supported by two "king columns." In addition, 10 radial trusses span the hall,...

• Remembering the Tabernacle

  Deseret News, April 1, 2000

• Skill, sweat melded to build new center

  When thousands of Church members from around the globe begin filing into the Conference Center for Saturday morning's historic conference session, an army of hard-hatted workers will likely offer a silent cheer. For almost three years, scores of architects, engineers and builders have lent...

• The Salt Lake Tabernacle

  Deseret News, April 1, 2000

• Then and now: Saints to gather at majestic hall

  State-of-art LDS building will be packed for debut (Deseret News, April 1, 2000)

• Video to air between sessions

  A special Church video production featuring testimonies of the Savior by members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve will be broadcast between sessions of the upcoming general conference.

• Allow ample travel time, LDS told

  Deseret News, March 31, 2000

• LDS Church's new Conference Center is 'ready'

  Deseret News, March 31, 2000

• Many Utah radio, TV stations to broadcast sessions of the LDS General Conference

  Deseret News, March 31, 2000

• Downtown S.L. may be jammed

  What if the Utah Jazz moved the Delta Center a few blocks to the northeast and played five games in two days?

• Testing, testing . . . one, two, three

  Deseret News, March 30, 2000

• LDS girls urged to 'stand as witness'

  Deseret News, March 26, 2000

Summaries of Talks

Saturday Morning

• Center of rejoicing
• Center of rejoicing
• Conference capsules
• Creation flows from love, helps ease others' suffering
• Savior's love, teachings bring exquisite joy into our souls
• Widows 'can teach us much about faith'
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks
• Elder Harold G. Hillam
• Elder Hillam: Future Leaders
• Elder Oaks: Resurrection
• Pres. Faust: The Shield of Faith
• Pres. Hinckley: To All the World in Testimony
• Pres. James E. Faust
• Pres. Packer: The Cloven Tongues of Fire
• President Boyd K. Packer
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• Sister Coleen K. Menlove
• Sister Menlove: Living Happily Ever After

Saturday Afternoon

• New General Authorities: First Quorum of the Seventy: Having 'aloha spirit,' gift of leadership, and ability to organize
• New Area Authority Seventies
• 39 Area Authority Seventies called
• Divine plan offers families exaltation
• Enlist principles in teaching others about the Church
• Fathers, embrace your sacred call
• New Callings
• No greater service than to share testimony
• Six temples announced
• 'Miracle has been accomplished'
• Church Audit Committee Report
• Elder Ballard: "How Is It with Us?"
• Elder Coleman: "Are You Still Here?"
• Elder David B. Haight
• Elder Gary J. Coleman
• Elder Glenn L. Pace
• Elder Haight: Faith, Devotion and Gratitude
• Elder Jay E. Jensen
• Elder Jensen: Keep an Eternal Perspective
• Elder L. Tom Perry
• Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Elder Pace: A Temple for West Africa
• Elder Perry: "Thou Shalt Give Heed unto All His Words"
• New members of Seventy receive sustaining votes
• Statistical Report, 1999
• Sustaining of Church Officers
• Juarez Temple is an island of calm in bustling city

Priesthood

• MEDFORD OREGON: 'Carry forward the great work'
• 'Accomplish miracles in His holy service'
• Faith, obedience spark testimony
• Priesthood session speakers
• Self-mastery: a challenge for every individual
• Stake presidents: loving 'men of faith'
• Bishop Burton: Honoring the Priesthood
• Bishop H. David Burton
• Elder Abrea: Your Own Personal Testimony
• Elder Angel Abrea
• Elder Richard G. Scott
• Elder Scott: The Sanctity of Womanhood
• Pres. Faust: The Power of Self-Mastery
• Pres. Hinckley: The Stake President
• Pres. Hinckley: To All the World in Testimony
• Pres. Monson: Your Eternal Voyage
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President James E. Faust
• President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Morning

• Elder Earl C. Tingey
• Elder Eyring: Watch Over and Strengthen
• Elder Henry B. Eyring
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Elder Tingey: The Widows of Zion
• Elder Wirthlin: Finding a Safe Harbor
• Pres. Hinckley: My Testimony
• Pres. Monson: Your Eternal Home
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President Thomas S. Monson
• Sister Mary Ellen Smoot
• Sister Smoot: We Are Creators

Sunday Afternoon

• LDS leader announces 6 new temples
• Elder Dickson: A Brief Introduction to the Church
• Elder Dunn: "Because My Father Sent Me"
• Elder Holland: As Doves to Our Windows
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
• Elder John B. Dickson
• Elder Kikuchi: Heavenly Father Has a Special Plan
• Elder L. Tom Perry
• Elder Loren C. Dunn
• Elder Maxwell: Content with the Things Allotted unto Us
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell
• Elder Nelson: The Creation
• Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi
• Pres. Hinckley: A Time of New Beginnings
• President Gordon B. Hinckley