A man in Provo took it upon himself to preserve a piece of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ history while offering residents a new place to live.

Greg Soter saw an old LDS Church building five years ago and couldn’t ignore its potential, and now he has converted the structure into an apartment complex.

“The whole concept came together in my mind, and the concept was a simple one,” he said. “I looked at this build

Each year thousands of missionaries return from service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Adapting to a lifestyle of work, college, dating, etc. after the mission often presents challenges seemingly harder than those you faced on a mission.

Amidst those challenges is the pressure to attend college and for many, the stress of paying for it. Such was the case of Jose Callejas in the Villahermosa Mexico Mission.

Thirty-seven years ago Monday, President Kimball, then prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said that black men of African descent who were members of the church would be allowed to be ordained to the priesthood and black men and women of African descent would be allowed to participate in ordinances in LDS temples.

For most

It's a day more than five years in the making for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sunday, church leaders and members gathered in Payson to dedicate the newest temple.

President Thomas S. Monson publicly announced the Payson temple in January, 2010.
Members of the church who live in the area have waited all their life for a temple in their back yard.

"We can walk, that's what is going to be wonderful. We are going to be able to walk down the street and be able to go as a family together, husbands and wives and parents," said Liz Worthen.

Thirty-seven years ago Monday, the LDS Church announced a momentous decision: Its priesthood would henceforth be open "to all worthy male members," ending a centurylong ban on black men and boys in its ranks.

The June 8, 1978, change was celebrated throughout The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, leading many Mormons to believe past racial issues were now over.

Audio recordings of two April hearings concerning the children of Lyle Jeffs show how his estranged wife was worried her children would be shipped off and hidden.

Jeffs is the man said to be running the day-to-day operations of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. His first wife, Charlene Jeffs, has filed for divorce and sought custody of their youngest two children.

As a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a current elder's quorum president, I have watched with dismay as several members of the church who have given voice to those with questions and concerns about historical, doctrinal, and policy positions of the church have been excommunicated for apostasy. These excommunications are troubling because they leave church members who have doubts and concerns to wonder if there is still room in the church for their voices.