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Valerie Walton
Valerie Walton

Valerie Walton is a Church News reporter, University of Utah grad and returned missionary who served in the Florida Jacksonville Mission. She loves knitting, Church history artifacts and teaching youth Sunday School.


Learn about the new leaders of the new Australia Brisbane South and Philippines Ormoc missions and 14 other missions worldwide in Argentina, the Baltic, Benin, California, Colorado, Ecuador, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines and Sweden. Most will begin their service in July.

Learn about the new presidents and matrons of the Bismarck North Dakota, Logan Utah, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, San Antonio Texas, Snowflake Arizona and Tucscon Arizona temples. They will begin serving in September.

See new stake presidencies of recently created stakes in Arizona, Chile, DR Congo, Kiribati, Mozambique, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Spain and Utah and 19 reorganized stakes in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, California, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Peru, Tennessee, Tonga, Venezuela and Utah.

These new mission presidents and companions have been called to serve by the First Presidency. Most will begin their service in July.

Notices of new and reorganized stakes around the world.

Learn about the new presidents and companions of 16 missions, including the new California Ontario, Ghana Sunyani, Kenya Kisumu, Missouri Kansas City and Philippines Lipa missions. Most will begin their service in July.

Learn about the new presidents and companions of 16 missions — including the new DR Congo Kinshasa North, Indiana Fort Wayne, Malawi Lilongwe and Philippines Ozamiz missions — called by the First Presidency. They will begin their service in July.

The First Presidency has called new presidents and matrons for the Cedar City Utah, Edmonton Alberta and Belo Horizonte Brazil temples. They will begin their service in September or when the new temple is dedicated.

The First Presidency is calling new mission presidents and companions for 188 missions worldwide, including 55 newly created missions. Read the list of new mission leaders here.

The First Presidency has called new presidents and matrons to preside over the Manti Utah Temple and the new Pago Pago American Samoa and Bacolod Philippines temples. The new temple leaders will begin their service in September or when the new temples are dedicated.

The Antsirabe Madagascar Stake was created in August 2025. Stakes were reorganized in Alaska, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idaho, Massachusetts, Mexico, Nigeria, Oregon, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Spain, Texas and Utah.

Learn about Bryson Caldwell Cook and Janice Lei Hall Cook who have been called by the First Presidency to lead the work at Missouri Historic Sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Learn about the new presidents and matrons of the Bentonville Arkansas, Brasília Brazil, Columbia South Carolina, Ephraim Utah and Phnom Penh Cambodia temples.

Stakes were created in Lima, Peru, and Mechanicsville, Virginia; 27 stakes were reorganized in Arizona, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, England, Guatemala, Idaho, Mexico, Nigeria, Oregon, Philippines, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

Josue Diaz and Mary Carmen de Diaz have been called to serve as the new Venezuela Valencia Mission president and companion by the First Presidency. They will begin their service in December.

Thirteen stakes were created in Arkansas, Canada, Colorado, Democratic Republic of Congo, Idaho, Kansas, Oklahoma, Philippines, Texas and Utah; 18 stakes were reorganized in Alabama, Argentina, Brazil, California, Canada, Dominican Republic, Idaho, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, Utah and Washington.

Julio Cesar Jasso Zavala and Lourdes Gutierrez de Jasso have been called to serve as México México City West Mission president and companion by the First Presidency. They began their service in October.

Read about 22 new stake presidencies recently called in Arkansas, Alaska, Bolivia, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Idaho, Illinois, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Read about 11 stakes that were created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idaho, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Washington, and 10 reorganized in Arizona, Brazil, Colorado, Mexico, Nigeria, Texas and Utah.

Learn about the new presidents and matrons of the new San Luis Potosí Mexico, Torreón Mexico and Willamette Valley Oregon temples and the renovated San Diego California Temple.

See photos and read a summary of the Sunday afternoon session of October 2025 general conference.

See photos and read a summary of the Saturday evening session of October 2025 general conference.

“The beautiful paradox is that the more we are focused on showing our love for God, the more easily we recognize His love for us,” said Elder Steven C. Barlow.

See photos and read a summary of the Saturday afternoon session of October 2025 general conference.

See photos and read a summary of the Saturday morning session of October 2025 general conference.

Read a quote from each of President Nelson’s general conference addresses since he was called as an Apostle in 1984.

Read about the new leaders of the Joseph Smith Birthplace, Mormon Battalion Historic Site at San Diego, New York and Pennsylvania Historic Sites, and Wyoming Mormon Trail Sites. They will begin their service in February 2026.

Three stakes were created in Arizona, Florida and Maine, and reorganized in Brazil, Colorado, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Mexico, Mongolia, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah and Virginia.

In the opening devotional of BYU–Idaho's fall semester, President and Sister Meredith share what the "Spirit of Ricks" is and its role at the university.

Following an international law career involving living in various post-conflict nations, Elder Edward B. Rowe, General Authority Seventy, shares what he’s learned about the simplicity of the gospel and the goodness of mankind.