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Joel Randall
Joel Randall

Joel Randall is a reporter with the Church News. He has worked as a writing/editing intern with the Liahona magazine, as assistant copy editor at the BYU–Idaho Scroll newspaper and as a freelance copy editor. Joel is the author of the self-published book "Study, Sleep, Repeat: 130 Tips to Schedule Your College Life." He was born in Arizona and graduated from Brigham Young University–Idaho with a degree in communication. Joel served a mission in the Peru Arequipa Mission from 2017 to 2019.


In preparation for Utah’s Salt Lake Temple Celebration next year, the Church is looking for “really joyful people who are ready to serve.”

Deseret News reporter Tad Walch joins Church News editor Ryan Jensen to talk about AI and principles he has learned while covering Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

California’s 10th house of the Lord will be dedicated three months after the rededication of the San Diego California Temple.

Starting late December 2026, the Church’s 22nd operating house of the Lord will close its doors for a time.

Latter-day Saints in Hamburg currently travel five hours each way to the nearest temple.

As the rededication open house begins on the Church’s 45th operating temple, see interior and exterior photos of San Diego’s house of the Lord.

Here’s a first look at what will become Ohio’s second operating house of the Lord after its August dedication.

The newly dedicated Willamette Valley Oregon Temple brings a “flow of spiritual power” to the community, President Uchtdorf testified.

Interior and exterior photos have been released for what’s planned as the 12th house of the Lord in Brazil, the first in the state of Minas Gerais.

The Huntsville Alabama Temple will enter its construction phase in August.

See resources for Elder Ulisses Soares’ April 2026 general conference message to enrich gospel learning individually and in the home.

“Enter the house of the Lord with the proper attitude, with a teachable heart and with a desire to learn.”

Here’s how the open house of Western Oregon’s new temple — to be dedicated June 7 — brought together families, friends, faiths and communities.

See resources for Elder Gérald Caussé’s April 2026 general conference message to enrich gospel learning individually and in the home.

A batch of tickets will be made available every other Monday, starting June 1. The rest of the Temple Square Visitors’ Center is open to the public every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Elder Steven D. Shumway will preside over the Aug. 8 ceremony.

Here’s where the Greenville South Carolina Temple and Caldwell Idaho Temple, both announced in April 2025, will be built.

The August ceremony will be the third temple groundbreaking in Brazil this year.

Mexico’s 15th house of the Lord will be dedicated the same day as the Wichita Kansas Temple.

Elder David P. Homer, General Authority Seventy, explains what to expect and how to prepare for the changes coming in September.

See quotes, summaries, videos and other resources on conference messages to help “study and ponder them prayerfully and to act in faith on the principles they explain.”

The second house of the Lord in Orange County, California, will be dedicated June 7 by the second counselor in the First Presidency.

The first house of the Lord planned for northern Idaho is undergoing initial site preparation work like installing underground utility infrastructure.

Two baseball players met unexpectedly in a Savannah, Georgia, young single adult ward after making rosters for their new teams.

See photos of recent Salt Lake Temple renovations, including added artwork inside the building and stone paving installed around the temple’s exterior.

One of seven houses of the Lord in various stages in the country, the Rosario temple will be the first in the province of Santa Fe.

The Cody Wyoming Temple will be dedicated Oct. 25, and the Wichita Kansas Temple on Nov. 1.

See resources for President Dallin H. Oaks’ April 2026 general conference message to enrich gospel learning individually and in the home.

"Eventually, as we recover and find more peace, we are able to get back to the way we were," said Pacific Palisades Ward Bishop Taylor Mammen.

The Rapid City South Dakota Temple will be built in the city of South Dakota’s first stake.