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

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 promised land is a stepping stone to life eternal, to the presence of God the Father and Jesus Christ — if we live faithfully,” said Elder Ronald A. Rasband at a Patriotic Service in Provo, Utah.

Take a look at same-day temple dedications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and those done over short periods of time.

Elder Gerrit W. Gong and other Church leaders visited Carthage Jail on the 182nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

Elder Gerrit W. Gong dedicated the new Nauvoo Temple Visitors’ Center and rededicated the restored Brigham and Mary Ann Young Home on June 27, a historic day in Latter-day Saint history.

Of goal setting and plan making, “this is not just about the mission, it is also for life,” the Apostle said.

“Wherever you go, you will teach the same message and invite all to enter the same covenants,” Apostle taught at seminar devotional.

"Successful missionaries invite all to come unto Jesus Christ and to follow Him," the apostle said to new mission leaders.