From senior leaders receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to the first ever Friend to Friend broadcast for Primary children, the year 2021 included many noteworthy events for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Amid an ongoing pandemic, it was a year characterized by temples continuing to reopen, changes to missionary training, global humanitarian efforts, general conference messages of hope, Latter-day Saint athletes making headlines and more.
Below are several articles and photos that illustrate news of the Church in 2021:
- A look back at Church news highlights from 2021
- Missionary work in 2021: Spotlight on hybrid training, reopened MTCs
- Temples in 2021: Emphasis not just on edifices themselves but work of salvation going on inside
- Take a look at changes in phased temple reopenings in 2021 through graphics
- Sarah Jane Weaver: What 2021, a new temple and two missionaries taught me about faith
- Watch these 14 Church News videos you might have missed this year
- Church News podcast Episode 63: Deseret News Executive Editor Doug Wilks on how connection helped overcome contempt in 2021
- Service and humanitarian work in 2021: How the Church and its members reached out in love around the world
- This year on social: Family stories, scriptural insights and other uplifting messages from Church leaders in 2021
- Messages of hope and faith in Jesus Christ emphasized in general conference messages in 2021
- 2021 marked a ‘season’ of lofty highs for Latter-day Saint athletes
- Read the Church News staff’s favorite stories from 2021








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