The Mormon religion was a movement that took its followers from east to west in the middle of the 19th Century, including a strong presence in Illinois before ending up in the Utah territory. But a power vacuum caused a…[Continue Reading...]
Evangelical Christians and Jews are two religious groups with whom Latter-day Saints and their church leaders have long expressed affinity. But recent polling suggests those overtures could be one-sided. Driving the news: In a survey released this month, the Pew…[Continue Reading...]
The Cult Education Institute has a huge historical archive about Mormon and the LDS. This archive has been under continuing construction since 1996 and includes information about Mormon beliefs and practices, the "Book of Mormon," sexual abuse cases, LGBTQ Mormons,…[Continue Reading...]
EJ Michels is thrilled that he got to perform on NBC’s “The Voice.” He’s excited that two of the judges wanted him, and that he ended up on Blake Shelton’s team. But the 31-year-old Draper man, who grew up in…[Continue Reading...]
Zaide Harker recalls the night his dad, a former Mormon missionary and father of four, came out as gay. "He took me out to dinner and was all nervous. He bought me five courses of food. I could tell he…[Continue Reading...]
A former Utah city mayor and one-time bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Thursday for child sexual abuse at a hearing in which…[Continue Reading...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Ensign Peak Advisers Inc., a non-profit entity operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to manage the Church’s investments, for failing to file forms that would have disclosed…[Continue Reading...]
SALT LAKE CITY — In 2019, a whistleblower revealed The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had a $100 billion investment fund. Now that same whistleblower wants the U.S. Senate to do something about it. In a 90-page memo…[Continue Reading...]
It’s no surprise that the plural wives (and their families) of church founder Joseph Smith had varying views of polygamy. Scholar Todd Compton, author of “In Sacred Loneliness: The Documents,” noted as much during his appearance on our “Mormon Land”…[Continue Reading...]
A video of an African American woman detailing her experiences of racism within the Mormon church has begun to circulate online. The woman, introduced as Channel Achenbach was on the Mormon Stories Podcast in November last year, though the video…[Continue Reading...]
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