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unusual facts about Worship services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


Mormons Building Bridges

Several times a year, typically on religious holidays, MBB encourages its members to invite their LGBTQIA friends to attend local LDS church services in hopes of building ties between the two groups.


Alan Cherry

In 1978, after LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball received what he announced as a divine revelation allowing black Mormon men to receive the Priesthood and act on behalf of God on Earth, Cherry sought and was called on a Mormon mission to Oakland, California.

Alfred McCune Home

Prior to moving to Los Angeles, they donated it to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the intent that it be used as an official residence for President Heber J. Grant.

Beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

However, teachings of the LDS Church differ significantly in other ways and encompass a broad set of doctrines, so that the above mentioned denominations usually place the LDS Church outside the bounds of orthodox Christian teaching as summarized in the Nicene Creed.

Bernos-Beaulac

Mitt Romney was injured in a car accident June 16, 1968 in Bernos-Beaulac, when he was a Mormon missionary in France.

C. Terry Warner

The permanent exhibition, Education in Zion, tells the history of education in the LDS Church, beginning with the spiritual and secular education of Joseph Smith, and continuing through the foundation of educational institutions throughout Church's Kirtland and Nauvoo years, its migration to the Mountain West, and its ultimate worldwide expansion.

Carlingford, New South Wales

Boys' Home buildings and grounds are now the regional base and Sydney Australia Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Christianity in Mongolia

Foreign Christian missionary groups have returned to Mongolia, including Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Russian Orthodox, Presbyterians, Seventh-day Adventists, various evangelical Protestant groups, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Emery County Cabin

Prior to his appointment of postmaster, Casper was appointed Presiding Elder of the Muddy Branch of the LDS Church.

Excel Entertainment Group

Excel Entertainment Group's products deal thematically with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) including Forever Strong (2008), Midway to Heaven (2011), Saints and Soldiers (2003), and 17 Miracles (2011).

Finances of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

By the time Lorenzo Snow became Church president in 1898, the church was $2.3 million in debt.

Frank B. Salisbury

A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salisbury argues that there is evidence of God having created life.

Franklintown, Philadelphia

Community College of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which is currently under construction, are in Franklin Town.

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The FLDS Church is estimated to have 6,000 - 10,000 members residing in the sister cities of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona; Eldorado, Texas; Westcliffe, Colorado; Mancos, Colorado; Creston and Bountiful, British Columbia; and Pringle, South Dakota.

Gadfield Elm Chapel

The Gadfield Elm Chapel near the village of Pendock in Worcestershire, England, is the oldest extant chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

George M. Ottinger

Ottinger joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1858 after which he came to Utah Territory in 1861.

Georgious Y. Cannon

Georgious was the youngest of 32 children born March 6, 1892 to LDS church leader George Q. Cannon.

Harper Ward, Utah

Previously known as Call's Fort (1855–1906), it was renamed Harper Ward in 1906 in honor of Thomas Harper, who served as LDS branch president (1866–1877) and later as the first LDS bishop (1877–1899) in the area.

Howell, Utah

Nessen was born in Logan, Utah in 1867, the son of Danish immigrants and converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who crossed the plains from the east as part of a Handcart company.

Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymns : hymns sung at worship services of the LDS Church

Imperium

Even in 19th century North America, when by the decree of the President of the United States, Brigham Young, the Mormon hierarch and head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was appointed first Governor of the Utah Territory on 28 September 1851, this was called (politically, not in law) establishing a semi-theocratic (theodemocratic) form of government there (until the Utah War) as an imperium in imperio, within the limits of the republic.

J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Named in honor of J. Reuben Clark the former Ambassador to Mexico and Under Secretary of State, the society's membership is primarily Mormon, although there is no requirement that members be a part of the LDS Church.

Joseph, Utah

The town was named for Joseph A. Young, a local leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Juan Augusto Saldívar

The dominant religion in the area is Catholic, like the rest of the country, although many missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have established a strong following among many of the inhabitants of the area.

Krister Stendahl

Stendahl is credited with creating Stendahl's three rules of religious understanding, which he presented in a 1985 press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in response to vocal opposition to the building of a temple there by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

LDS Philanthropies

LDS Philanthropies is a department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is responsible for facilitating donations to humanitarian and education initiatives including Brigham Young University (Provo, Idaho, and Hawaii campuses), LDS Business College, and the Perpetual Education Fund.

Lewis T. Cannon

Lewis was born to LDS church leader George Q. Cannon and Martha Telle Cannon on April 22, 1872.

Mantua, Utah

Mantua was settled in the mid-19th century when future LDS President and then apostle and head church authority in Box Elder County Lorenzo Snow sent settlers to the valley to grow flax.

Marlin K. Jensen

On May 5, 2008, Jensen officially responded to Timothy Egan's New York Times op-ed piece which claimed that FLDS polygamy "is a look back at some of the behavior of Mormonism's founding fathers".

Miranda, California

Besides the post office, the town boasts one restaurant, a resort, market, and gas station (all owned by the Eldridge family), a Seventh-day Adventist church, a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), a small, rural high school encompassing grades 8-12, a Community Grange, two gift shops, and an active Volunteer Fire Department.

Mormon fundamentalism

The Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a group of about 100 to 200 people; most live near Modena, Utah, or Tonopah, Nevada.

Mountainville Academy

When the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brigham Young, visited the area, he is said to have remarked that it reminded him of the Swiss Alps, so in 1850 when the area became a city, the city fathers named it "Alpine".

New York Doll

The central focus of the film, however, is Arthur's life after conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after struggles with alcoholism, drug abuse, an attempt at suicide, and a beating with a baseball bat that, contrary to popular belief, did not happen during the Rodney King riots, but left him near death, and needing a long recovery.

Orson Hyde Memorial Garden

The park was inaugurated on October 24, 1979, by the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Spencer W. Kimball.

Perpetual Education Fund

The Perpetual Education Fund (PEF) is a program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), first announced by church president Gordon B. Hinckley on March 31, 2001.

Preston, Tyne and Wear

St Hildas CofE Church is to be found on Preston Road, St Marys Catoholic Church is in nearby Marden and a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is to be found on Malvern Road.

Public relations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

According to Bruce L. Olsen, director of public affairs for the church, "The logo re-emphasizes the official name of the church and the central position of the Savior in its theology. It stresses our allegiance to the Lord, Jesus Christ."

Quorum of Twelve

Series creator Glen A. Larson is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of whose governing bodies is the Quorum of the Twelve, one of many LDS references in the Battlestar Galactica series.

Rancho San Bernardino

In 1851, the Lugo family sold the Rancho to a group of almost 500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) led by Captain David Seely (later first Stake President), Captain Jefferson Hunt and Captain Andrew Lytle, and included Apostles Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich.

Reid N. Nibley

Nibley's hymn "I Know My Father Lives" is in both the Primary Children's Songbook and the 1985 hymnal of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Religion in Tonga

According to the last official census in 1996, 41% of the population of Tonga belonged to the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, 16% to the Roman Catholic Church, 14% to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), 12% to the Free Church of Tonga, 17% to other groups.

Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Righteous Branch was organized on April 6, 1978, by Gerald Wilbur Peterson, Sr. (born October 8, 1917 in Lusk, Wyoming, died January 1981).

Scofield, Utah

One of them, David Williams, leased the Winter Quarters Mine from the Pleasant Valley Coal Company from 1880 to 1885, operating in the dual capacity of mine manager and bishop of the local LDS Ward.

Seymour Brunson

In April 1838 it was Brunson who brought the charges against Oliver Cowdery that led to Cowdery's excommunication.

Shelby Moore Cullom

The bill was on the verge of passing Congress in 1890, but the legislation was preempted when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) formally disavowed polygamous marriages with the 1890 Manifesto.

Talmage, Utah

The town was founded in 1907 and named Winn in 1912, but renamed in 1914 to honor Latter-day Saint leader James E. Talmage.

University of Utah Presidents

He continued as president until he was called as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve in the LDS church.

William Nixon

After serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sevilla, Spain, he graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he attended on a football scholarship, playing center prior to the arrival of National Football League quarterback Randall Cunningham, and was the editor-in-chief of The Rebel Yell, the student newspaper.

Zollikofen

The Bern Switzerland Temple (formerly the Swiss Temple) a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the LDS Church).


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