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A Church meetinghouse in Puerto Rico.
Learn about these 18 new stake presidencies, from Peru to the Philippines
By Church News Staff
Notices of new and reorganized stakes around the world.
The new Young Women general presidency — President Emily Belle Freeman, center, Sister Tamara W. Runia, first counselor, left, and Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, second counselor — posing for a picture.
Meet the 14 new members of the Young Women general advisory council
By Church News Staff
They will work with the Young Women general presidency to help meet the needs of young women around the world.
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22 stakes reorganized around the world — from Colombia to Colorado
By Church News Staff
Notices of reorganized stakes around the world including in Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Tonga, and in California, Colorado, Florida, and Utah.
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Read about these 21 new stake presidents — from Nicaragua to Nigeria
By Church News Staff
Notices of reorganized stakes around the world.
Elder Alexander Dushku has been called as a General Authority Seventy.
First Presidency calls Alexander Dushku to serve as a General Authority Seventy
By Sarah Jane Weaver
The new leader will be sustained during October 2023 general conference.
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Learn about these 4 stakes created in Togo, Ecuador and Saratoga Springs, Utah
By Church News Staff
Notices of new and reorganized stakes throughout the world.
Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman joins the Church News podcast.
Episode 148: New Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman hopes to create a community of young women who feel connected to the Savior
By Sarah Jane Weaver
President Freeman joins the Church News podcast to talk about her life, experiences, writing, testimony and feelings for Latter-day Saint youth.
Sister Tamara W. Runia, President Emily Belle Freeman and Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus begin serving in the Young Women general presidency Aug. 1, 2023.
New Young Women general presidency begins service
By Mary Richards
President Emily Belle Freeman and her counselors, Sister Tamara W. Runia and Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, were sustained in April and began Aug. 1.
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Learn about these 6 new stake presidents in Argentina, Peru, Nigeria, Italy and Utah
By Church News Staff
Notices of reorganized stakes throughout the world.
Uma capela de A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias.
9 stakes reorganized in 6 U.S. states
By Church News Staff
Notices of reorganized stakes around the United States.
Brother Michael T. Nelson, second counselor in the Young Men general presidency, and his wife, Sister Barbara Nelson
Brother Michael T. Nelson: Growing from youth experiences to mission work and adult leadership
By David Schneider
Brother Michael Nelson of the Young Men general presidency tells what he’s learned, what he hopes to share.
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8 new stake presidents called in 6 countries — from Argentina to Nigeria
By Church News Staff
Notices of reorganized stakes throughout the world.
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22 stakes reorganized across the globe — from Sweden to Sierra Leone
By Church News Staff
Notices of reorganized stakes from around the world.
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1 stake created in Peru, 16 reorganized around the world — from Texas to Togo
By Church News Staff
Notices of new and reorganized stakes around the world.
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Learn about the new leaders of the Chile Santiago North Mission
By Church News Staff
New mission president and companion have been called to serve by the First Presidency. They will begin their service in August.
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3 stakes created, 16 reorganized — from North Carolina to South Africa
By Church News Staff
Notices of new and reorganized stakes around the world.
JustServe volunteers smile during the tri-stake Day of Family and Community Service in Bakersfield, California, held in December 2022. They stand in front of a table of blankets for donation.
How JustServe specialists connect their wards, stakes and communities
By Kaitlyn Bancroft
Church members have probably heard of JustServe.org, but they might be less familiar with the work of JustServe specialists.
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2 stakes created in Oklahoma, 15 reorganized around the world — from Michigan to Mexico
By Church News Staff
Notices of new and reorganized stakes from around the world.
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Meet the new president and matron of the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
By Church News Staff
This temple president and matron have been called to serve by the First Presidency. They will begin their service in September.
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10 new stake presidents have been called around the world — from Pleasant Grove, Utah, to Peru
By Church News Staff
Six stakes in Utah, two in Peru, and one each in Colorado and Brazil were reorganized.
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Learn about the 56 new temple presidents and matrons called for 2023
By Church News Staff
See a list of the 56 temple presidents and matrons who were called by the First Presidency and comprise the class of 2023.
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15 new stake presidencies have been called — from Brazil to Bengaluru, India
By Church News Staff
Stakes were recently reorganized in three U.S. states — California, South Carolina and Utah — and in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, India, Mexico and Peru.
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Serving in London helped Elder Alan T. Phillips to love and learn from all of God’s children
By Ryan Jensen
The newly called General Authority Seventy shares how focusing on the Savior has helped him to show love and feel loved.
Exterior rendering of the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple.
Learn about the new leaders of 2 temples in Pennsylvania and Peru
By Church News Staff
They will begin their service when the temples are dedicated.
A Cedar City, Utah, Church meetinghouse.
21 stakes around the world — from Ghana to Guatemala — were created or reorganized
By Church News Staff
Notices of new and reorganized stakes around the world.
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Who is Elder Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier, new General Authority Seventy?
By Scott Taylor
The native of France had early plans for life, but learned to trust that the Lord “can make of our lives more than we otherwise could.”
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Read about these 17 new stake presidencies — from Australia to Zambia
By Church News Staff
Notices of reorganized stakes around the world.
Elder J. Kimo Esplin, General Authority Seventy, and his wife, Sister Kaye Esplin, pose for photos at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 3, 2023.
How this former CFO of Huntsman Corp. learned the gospel brings happiness, even amid tragedy
By Rachel Sterzer Gibson
In regards to Church service, Elder J. Kimo Esplin has learned “The Lord isn’t doing it to you; He’s doing it for you.”
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Learn about these 4 new, 14 reorganized stakes — from Taylorsville to Tonga
By Church News Staff
Notices of new and reorganized stakes from around the world.
Elder Robert M. Daines, General Authority Seventy, and his wife, Sister Ruth Daines.
How Elder Daines’ unanswered prayers provided greater blessings than he imagined
By Trent Toone
Before his call as General Authority Seventy, Elder Robert M. Daines was an electric skateboarding stake president and law/business professor at Stanford University.