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Trent Toone
Trent Toone

Trent Toone is a journalist and feature writer for the Deseret News and Church News. He was raised in northern Utah and graduated from the University of Utah. He has worked for several newspapers and received a number of awards over his career. Toone is the author of "No Excuses, No Regrets," a sports biography of NFL football player Eric Weddle. Toone served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Santiago, Chile, and spent a year teaching seminary. Like his father before him, he is a proud Eagle Scout. Trent and his wife Lisa are the proud parents of four children.


Joined by the Church's Caribbean Area presidency, Elder Ronald A. Rasband ministered to members and community leaders in Dominican Republic and invited them to anchor their lives in Jesus Christ.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a new all-time record of more than 90,000 missionaries serving worldwide.

The Church’s South America South Area presidency met with the Vatican’s top interfaith official and others at a religious freedom event in Argentina.

Elder Ronald A. Rasband recently ministered to Haitian missionaries and members at the Dominican Republic–Haiti border, marking the first apostolic visit connected to Haiti since 2019.

In a new video, audio and light technicians describe how they prepare and work at general conference so messages reach millions without distraction.

In oral histories recorded by the Church History Department, five Latter-day Saints remember the day the towers fell and experiences that shaped their faith on the 25th anniversary.

Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt recently represented the Church at a national day of prayer and thanksgiving interfaith event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The Church supported the opening of a new women’s clinic in Managua, Nicaragua, by donating equipment designed to detect breast cancer early in women.

During his recent ministry in Mexico, Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met with members, missionaries, religious leaders, news media and government officials.

Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt, a General Authority Seventy, recently met with a Puerto Rican TV station vice president to discuss the media's role in strengthening communities.

Elder Quentin L. Cook taught missionaries at the Provo Missionary Training Center about the "three keystones of faith" and "four loves of missionary work."

Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman and Young Men General President Timothy L. Farnes explain what youth, leaders and parents need to know before the new youth Sunday experience on Sept. 6.

In his first apostolic visit to Sierra Leone, Elder Clark G. Gilbert met with the country's vice president to discuss ways to strengthen Church education programs in the West Africa nation.

After a visit from two Apostles, several Spokane-area Latter-day Saints told stories of tender mercies, answered prayers and many acts of service.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf and Elder Neil L. Andersen ministered to Latter-day Saints weeks after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes in Spokane, Washington.

A new website offers historical resources for those interested in visiting or learning about the Church's Missouri historic sites.

As Fiji reviews its constitution, Elder Taniela B. Wakolo called on leaders to safeguard religious freedom.

In a social media livestream, the Young Men general presidency outlined how the new Sunday curriculum, weekly activities and daily gospel study can enable youth to walk with Jesus Christ every day.

Activity Sharing lets members invite friends to ward activities and Sunday services — and helps people searching online for local events find them.

Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared four missionary lessons from the 2026 Seminar for New Mission Leaders during a devotional at the Provo MTC.

Elder Juan Pablo Villar was one of the featured speakers at Peru's first international symposium for religious freedom.

Chaplain Capt. Jonathan Bleakley and Chaplain Capt. Timothy Farrant are the first two Latter-day Saint chaplains to serve in the British Army.

An article by Elder Ronald A. Rasband in the Liahona magazine features the stories of single men and women over 40 who are serving missions.

Young Men General President Timothy L. Farnes offered ways and principles that youth can be missionaries now.

A former Côte d’Ivoire mission president and counselor recount how the Church is growing across the border in Bamako, Mali, thanks to the efforts of members and missionaries sharing the gospel through technology.

Justin Bean, a returned missionary and former Utah State Aggie, tells about winning a basketball championship, starting a family and living the gospel overseas.

Church History Department employees discuss the "ultimate goal" of preserving historic sites — to connect people, places and events to the Savior.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new record of 88,500 full-time missionaries serving worldwide.

Elder Matthew Cooper, a 20-year-old with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, tells about his experience as a service missionary in the Utah Provo Mission.