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The First Presidency has issued the following statistical report of the Church as of 31 December 2013. Full Story
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released its 2013 statistical report in the Saturday, 5 April afternoon session of general conference, which includes missionary numbers. Because several media outlets have requested missionary statistics beyond 2013, the Church has released the following update. Full Story
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new member of the Presidency of the Seventy, four new General Authorities, a new Sunday School general presidency and 42 Area Seventies at the Saturday afternoon session of the Church’s 184th Annual General Conference held this weekend. Full Story
Tad R. Callister said one of the priorities of the new Sunday School general presidency is a continued focus on the year-old youth Sunday School curriculum. “We’re trying to follow in the Savior’s footsteps of teaching, which involves inspired questions. It involves participation; it involves teaching to convert people, not just to teach them — to help them to understand and feel the Spirit of the gospel in their lives,” he said. Full Story
General conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints take place every six months, originating in the 21,000-seat Conference Center in Salt Lake City and reaching a global audience estimated to be in the millions. The proceedings are available in multiple languages via television, radio, satellite and Internet broadcasts. Five sessions of the conference were held Saturday and Sunday, 5-6 April 2014, in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Full Story
While the Conference Center in Salt Lake City seats 21,000 people, the audience for general conference extends around the globe as millions of Church members and others tune in. For over 50 years now, the Church has interpreted the proceedings in numerous languages, and today’s technology makes live viewing possible around the globe. Full Story
