At the 2026 Seminar for New Mission Leaders, Elder Dale G. Renlund taught that missionary work requires the support and involvement of Church members.

Here are 8 stories from the Church News the week of June 28 - July 4.

Church leaders have encouraged members to study about moral agency and how the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence support religious liberty.

Learn about two stakes created in Brazil and Mexico and 22 stake presidencies that were reorganized in Alabama, Argentina, Brazil, California, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Florida, Germany, Idaho, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, North Carolina, Philippines, Texas and Wyoming.

Commemorating the country’s 250th birthday, Elder Rasband says that “this promised land is a stepping stone to life eternal ... if we live faithfully” in a new Church News video.

After the Nauvoo Temple Visitors' Center, Elder Gerrit W. Gong and other Church leaders responded to questions from news media about visiting historic sites, Joseph Smith and the need to "touch grass" in sacred places.

This past week on social media, truths of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ shone through messages centered on family and the blessings of the Restoration.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, welcomed the president of Switzerland at the Church’s global Salt Lake City headquarters.

New presidents and matrons of the Port Moresby Papua New Guinea and Port Vila Vanuatu temples have been called to serve by the First Presidency. They will begin their service when the temples are dedicated.

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.”