by lgroll | Oct 12, 2017 | Interesting Church Members
This article by Jamie Armstrong originally appeared in LDSLiving. In 1844, Parley P. Pratt became the first Mormon to publish a work of LDS fiction. His story, published in newspapers across the U.S. and Europe, defended the Prophet’s character and introduced...
by Ashley Morales | Jun 28, 2017 | Bios, Early History, Historical Stories, Interesting Church Members, Pioneers
This article originally appeared in the Deseret News on Jun 26th, 2017. One of Utah’s great founding fathers, George A. Smith, was born 200 years ago on Monday in Potsdam, a village in northern New York. His life deserves to be remembered and celebrated. Arguably, he...
by Megan Finley | Apr 19, 2017 | Interesting Church Members
This interview with Brother Gary Dymock, conducted by Gale Boyd, was recorded in Orem, UT on February 9th, 2017. While missionaries continue to spark good in the world on a daily basis, it is sometimes difficult to see just how far that ripple effect may go....
by Megan Finley | Apr 7, 2017 | Interesting Church Members
When Brother and Sister Bori were called to give their sacrament talks in February 2017, both were inspired to bear witness about the Church as a modern refuge. Hector Bori, whose great-great-grandfather emigrated from Spain in the 1800’s, was a citizen of...
by Megan Finley | Feb 22, 2017 | European Saints, Historical Stories, Interesting Church Members
The following article by O. Håkan Palm first appeared on LDSLiving.com on February 14, 2017. Agnes Veronika Erdös and Gustav Palm experienced World War II under vastly different conditions: she as a prisoner in a concentration camp and he as an SS soldier. Amazingly,...
by Guest Author | Dec 2, 2016 | Interesting Church Members
Black Latter-day Saints and Black Past.org – Introduction by Quintard Taylor. African Americans have been members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) almost since its founding in 1830. Their numbers were initially small, but their role was...
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