Church News: About the cover

As the Church continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly international. As of the end of February, membership outside the United States is more than membership inside the United States. Representative of the more than 4.7 million members who live outside the United States is the Juarez family, shown at the Belgrano meetinghouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They are typical of the new converts who are welcomed into the Church at the rate of nearly a third of a million per year. The story, with graphics, begins on page 3.