Jan 12 2020 68 mins 44
Mormon Group Claims Its Prayer Event Made It Rain in Australia The part of the Mormon Church that oversees the Pacific region has claimed responsibility for causing it to rain in Australia, saying a prayer and fasting event brought life-saving precipitation down on a country where fires have burned 12.35 million acres of land (so far). Read Story Turner woman sues Mormon church for $10 million for disclosing husband’s child sex abuse A Turner woman is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for $9.54 million after her husband’s confession to church leaders led to his arrest, conviction and imprisonment on child sexual abuse charges. Read Story Female LDS missionaries don’t always see their own leadership, according to study They give public speeches, often at a moment’s notice. They resolve conflicts with roommates they are paired with day and night. They journey to unfamiliar lands, learn new languages and try to befriend the strangers they meet there. Read Story Marie Osmond Pens Letter to Recently Returned Missionary Son Marie Osmond is not only known worldwide for her musical talent but is also known for her faith as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints. Osmond shares a special “Sunday Message” every week on her Facebook page that shares a portion of her beliefs. Read Story 7 Things We Now Know About the Lost 116 Pages of the Book of Mormon The earliest scripture revealed in the Restoration, the Book of Mormon’s “lost 116 pages,” disappeared 192 years ago this summer, never to resurface. But evidence is emerging that provides new discoveries about those lost pages. Here are seven of those discoveries: Read Story Salt Lake Temple is being decommissioned, will no longer be a dedicated temple The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closes temples frequently to allow renovations. The closure of the Salt Lake Temple is a closure like no other given the temple’s 126-year history. Read Story Jade Gilliland Jade grew up in Mormon culture and was married at a young age. Now, her divorce is finalized and she has gone back to her maiden name of Gilliland. Read Story What You Can Learn From the Church’s New First Vision Podcast Many Church members are familiar with the account of the First Vision contained in the Pearl of Great Price, but not all members are familiar with a version that combines all nine surviving accounts into one. Read Story ‘Giving Machines’ raise $625,000, ‘exceeding expectations’ in first-year test run It has been a successful holiday season for the Giving Machines located in downtown Denver. Read Story He escaped from jail after allegedly killing his wife a century ago. Now his headless torso has been identified through DNA. The story in the June 1916 Idaho newspaper was alarming: A man suspected of brutally murdering his wife “escaped on May 18 from custody and has not been caught.” Read Story Should Mormons use Medicaid? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made headlines in November. BYU-Idaho, a church-owned university in Rexburg, came under fire when it declared that “Medicaid is no longer a viable substitute to waive the Student Health Plan.” The university requires students to have health insurance, so this decision would have forced low-income students to either enroll in a plan on the private market or pay at least $1,600 for the year’s coverage at the campus’s Student Health Center. While the university reversed its decision after public outcry, some have speculated that this was a test case in church leaders’ mission to get all BYU students off Medicaid. Read Story Pacific Area Presidency Announces National Fast in Response to Australia Wildfires The Pacific Area Presidency has invited local members to join in a national fast due to drought and more than 100 wildfires burning in the area. Read Story How the Church of Jesus Christ Uses Tithes and Donations The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain [...]
