(RNS) — Why do mature adults practice obedience? Hint: It’s not because someone told them, again and again, to obey. (RNS) — I love to cook. I think it would be fun to spend a couple of hours every ...

He stirred more controversy than son-in-law Bruce R. McConkie, author of “Mormon Doctrine,” but Joseph Fielding Smith stands as “the most important Latter-day Saint theologian of the 20th century.” ...

After Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. was killed by an Illinois lynch mob in 1844, Brigham Young led 10,000 of his followers on the great westward trek to the land of Zion that became Utah. Not all of ...

On March 5, two denominations that share historic Mormon ties announced a major transaction. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—the world’s largest Mormon group, with some 17 million ...

Thomas S. Monson, president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Tuesday night at the age of 90. In a statement, church spokesman Eric Hawkins wrote that Monson died at ...

The President, Prophet, Seer, Revelator and Trustee-in-Trust of the Mormons —as the ”peculiar people” call their lead—is the living oracle of God to whom Lord reveals whatever is necessary for the ...

Kathleen O'Meal shares her testimony of the Book of Mormon. (Hannah Jackman) Kathleen O'Meal shares her experiences living by the Sacred Grove. (Hannah Jackman) Kathleen O’Meal is a Palmyra bookstore ...

A global church that traces its roots to Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr. is poised to select a woman to lead it next weekend. Delegates at Community of Christ's world conference in Independence, Mo., ...

SALT LAKE CITY - Satellite technology and the Internet allow The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to send its message to members worldwide - but church president Gordon B. Hinckley is ...