by | Jul 8, 2008 | Current Church Leader Bios
Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf is the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which church is frequently misnamed the Mormon Church). Childhood Dieter F. Uchtdorf was born in Mahrisch Ostrau, Czechoslovakia, on November...
by | Jul 8, 2008 | Mormon Beliefs
Mortality The Creation and the Fall According to the beliefs of Mormonism, God created this world for us, as is recorded in the Bible (Genesis 1–2). He then created our bodies “in [His] image, after [His] likeness” (Genesis 1:26). The first man and woman were Adam...
by | Jul 8, 2008 | Past Leader Bios
Heber J. Grant was born November 22, 1856, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Jedediah M. Grant and Rachel Ivans Grant. Heber’s father died nine days after Heber was born, leaving Rachel to raise her first and only child alone. Even though Heber never knew his father,...
by | Jul 8, 2008 | Mormon Beliefs
Charity: The Pure Love of Jesus Christ In John 15:12, Jesus Christ says to his followers, “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” Followers of Jesus Christ are commanded to love and serve one another just as Jesus Christ loves and...
by | Jul 8, 2008 | European Saints
Many of the first German-speaking converts to the Mormon Church joined in England. German immigrants to England were converted during the lifetime of the Prophet Joseph Smith in London and later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they established their own...
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