by | May 7, 2009 | Historical Stories
Many of the early converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints suffered and sacrificed much in answering the call to gather to Salt Lake City, in the West. After already having suffered so much pain and persecution, and after the martyrdom of their...
by | Jan 22, 2009 | Current Church Leader Bios
David Todd Christofferson is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly called the “Mormon Church”). Elder Christofferson (who goes by Todd) was born on January 24, 1945, in Spanish...
by | Jan 20, 2009 | Current Church Leader Bios
Richard Gordon Scott is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly called the “Mormon Church”). Unlike many Mormon apostles, Elder Scott didn’t grow up in a strong Mormon family....
by | Jul 8, 2008 | Current Church Leader Bios
Melvin Russell Ballard is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (frequenlty misnamed the Mormon Church). Heritage As the grandson of two former Apostles, Elder Hyrum M. Smith and Elder Melvin J. Ballard; the...
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...
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