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‘The Church has always been trying to be on the cutting edge of technology so that it can get the message out to everybody’ By Rachel Sterzer Gibson Church News

he first general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took place on a small farm in the forests of western New York. About 40 Church members — along with some friends and other interested people — crowded into the log home of Peter and Mary Whitmer on Wednesday, June 9, 1830, in the township of Fayette in Seneca County, New York. At that time, the entire Church had fewer than a dozen priesthood holders. The minutes for that meeting reveal that Joseph Smith read the “articles and covenants” — or what would become Doctrine and Covenants 20 — which were received by unanimous voice of the entire congregation. Oliver Cowdery ordained Samuel Smith an elder; then Joseph Smith Sr. and Hyrum Smith were ordained priests. That day began the heritage of the general conference of the Church. Today, more than 17 million Latter-day Saints — in addition to friends and associates of all faiths, beliefs and backgrounds — are invited twice a year, during the first weekends of April and October, to hear messages from Church leaders focused on Jesus Christ and His gospel. Each two-day event consists of five sessions, generally two hours, and can be watched live in close to 70 languages, or consumed later after it’s translated into more than 100 languages. The process of accommodating a handful of people in 1830 to now — where it is watched by millions around the world — has been remarkable, said Christine Marin, an audiovisual specialist in the Church History Department. “It’s so interesting how it’s evolved.”

That evolution has included many milestones and technological innovations. This year marks the 100th anniversary of broadcasting the Church’s general conference on radio, the 75th anniversary of general conference broadcast via television and the 25th anniversary of live broadcast via the internet. Marin noted, “The Church has always been trying to be on the cutting edge of technology so that it can get the message out to everybody.”

The evolution of general conference At first, conferences were convened at the request of the First Presidency. “In 1830, they had two conferences. The next year, they had 40, because conferences were called as needed” at different times and locations, Marin said. The April 6, 1833, general conference, for example, was held at the ferry on the Big Blue River in Jackson County, Missouri. It was not until Church headquarters moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, that the pattern was set of holding conferences in April and October. Until 1977, conference was always held on the 6th of April — the anniversary of the organization of the Church — no matter the day of the week, and general conference lasted three or more days. After the Saints’ arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, the membership soon outgrew a single venue. The Church’s first foray in trying to share the messages of conference beyond the walls of the Salt Lake Tabernacle involved a man learning shorthand and taking meticulous notes. “[At that time] quite often the Brethren did not write their talks. They spoke from the pulpit extemporaneously,” Marin said. Beginning in 1850, the man’s notes were transcribed and BROADCAST E2

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Church President Heber J. Grant makes the first radio broadcast in Utah on May 5, 1922. The Church’s general conference was first broadcast on the radio in 1924.

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printed in the Deseret News. “In 1897 they started doing conference reports, and they’d print up all the talks, and you could buy the little pamphlet for 10 cents,” Marin said. “Then they would distribute it to various stakes in the West, which included California, Washington state, Idaho and, of course, all up and down Utah.” General conference was first broadcast on the radio in 1924, although some accounts claim it was 1923. For example, on April 8, 1923, Church President Heber J. Grant noted during conference that all the seats in the Tabernacle were occupied, as well as the aisles, and that 4,000 people standing on the grounds would be listening to the sermons “conveyed by radio.” However, “they used the term ‘radio’ because nobody understood an acoustical system,” Marin explained. While they were able to amplify the sound to other audio speakers on Temple Square, “it was a closed system.” It wasn’t until the next year, during the 95th Semiannual General Conference, on Oct. 3, 1924, that the local radio station KFPT — which would become KSL in 1925 — broadcast conference in its entirety.

At that time, President Grant stated: “The exercises of today and throughout the conference are to be broadcasted; and it is estimated that in the neighborhood of a million people will be able to hear all that is said, provided they are listening in during the conference sessions. The radio is one of the most marvelous inventions man knows anything about. To have the voice carried for thousands of miles seems almost beyond comprehension.” Marin explained that as KSL slowly gained more wattage, the base of people who could listen to the broadcast expanded from the Salt Lake Valley “outward and upward.” At one point, KSL began rebroadcasting conference at night because when the sun went down, the sound could travel a farther distance. “There are accounts of people saying they could hear general conference while aboard a ship to Hawaii in the evenings,” Marin recounted. Eventually the Church began to record conference on transcription discs and send them to New York City, where an affiliate radio station would broadcast conference across the Atlantic Ocean to England and Spain. BROADCAST E4

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Deseret News archives KSL employees John Powell and David Searle film the first televised general conference in October 1949.

“The radio is one of the most marvelous inventions. … To have the voice carried for thousands of miles seems almost beyond comprehension.” — Church President Heber J. Grant, in 1924 Deseret News archives President Gordon B. Hinckley speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 171st Semiannual General Conference on Oct. 7, 2001.

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Attendees sit in the Salt Lake Tabernacle during October 1924 general conference, the first general conference of the Church broadcast over radio.

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It was also during this time that the Church began to get more strategic about how long a speaker could take or when to have a musical number. “They had to make sure the local radio station could give their identification out over the airwaves,” Marin said.

Television, satellite and the internet Twenty-five years after the first radio broadcast, conference was broadcast over television for the first time on Friday, Sept. 30, 1949, on KSL-TV. In the opening talk of the 120th Semiannual General Conference, Church President George Albert Smith noted that the proceedings were being shared through television. “We live in a wonderful age,” he commented. In that conference, President Joseph Fielding Smith, who was then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, quoted the Book of Mormon prophet Alma, who expresses his desire to have “the voice of thunder” to reach the ends of the earth with the news of the gospel of Jesus Christ (Alma 29:1-2). “If Alma were here today,” President Joseph Fielding Smith said, “I know he would be very grateful for the facilities and the opportunities that we have to reach the peoples, not only who are assembled but also scattered abroad.” Marin noted that in the early days of film, mainly members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were filmed as individual speakers. There are gaps in video coverage until the 1970s. The first audio-only satellite broadcast of general conference occurred Sunday, April 9, 1967, via the Lani Bird satellite orbiting 22,000 miles above the Pacific Ocean. Speakers at the conference included Elders N. Eldon Tanner, Alvin R. Dyer, Mark E. Petersen and Howard W. Hunter. The Tabernacle Choir, under the direction of Richard P. Condie and with Alexander Schreiner at the organ, provided the music. The first satellite audio and video broadcast occurred Friday, Oct. 3, 1975. Speakers included President Spencer W. Kimball and Elders Vaughn J. Featherstone, Hartman Rector Jr., Robert L. Simpson and Bruce R. McConkie. The Tabernacle Choir, under the direction of Jerold Ottley and with Schreiner at the organ, provided the music. On Oct. 2, 1999, live video of conference was made available on the internet. Although little was said of the internet broadcast during that conference, just two years later, during the October 2001 general conference, Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, with emotion in his voice, shared that he could “scarcely restrain my emotions as I think of what the Lord has done for us.” Said President Hinckley: “I wish all of us

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Deseret News archives The Peter Whitmer farm in Fayette, New York, was the site of the first general conference, on June 9, 1830. The farm residence has been rebuilt.

could be assembled under one roof. But that is not possible. I am so deeply thankful that we have the wonders of television, radio, cable, satellite transmission and the internet. We have become a great worldwide Church, and it is now possible for the vast majority of our members to participate in these meetings as

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square sings during the 194th Annual General Conference, in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 7, 2024.

one great family, speaking many languages, found in many lands, but all of one faith and one doctrine and one baptism.” During her 30-year career at the Church History Department, Marin said she has “read every talk there is. I’ve seen all the footage. I’ve listened to all the audio and video.”

One of her takeaways from studying the 194-year history of conference is that while the transmission may change, the substance of general conference does not. The leadership of the Church is teaching truth, Marin said. “They’re teaching us the gospel. And we’re just trying to share it with the world.”

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A growing global missionary force Over the past 12 months, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has seen increases in missionaries, missions and training centers By Scott Taylor Church News

Over the past 12 months, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has noted three specific areas in growth in its global missionary force — the number of full-time missionaries serving reaching and surpassing prepandemic highs, an increase of 36 missions to a highest-ever total of 450 worldwide, and the addition of two new missionary training centers. And the three are obviously connected — more missionaries worldwide mean more missions and MTCs around the globe. When two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and other members of the Church’s Missionary Executive Council met with media representatives in November 2023 to announce the latest missionary totals and talk about the 2024 addition of 36 new missions, the number of full-time missionaries serving was 72,721. Church statistics announced in April 2024 stated the end-of-2023 total at 67,871 full-time teaching missionaries, with 27,070 senior service missionaries and 2,736 young service missionaries. Due to seasonal variations, the number of missionaries had decreased at the end of 2023 but has surpassed 74,000 in August 2024. And in 2024, the Church has added two new MTCs — the Thailand Missionary Training Center in Bangkok, Thailand, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Missionary Training Center in Kinshasa, DR Congo.

Increase of missionaries serving When Elder Quentin L. Cook and Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met with the media late last year to announce the increased missionary totals, they pointed to the Prophet as the catalyst. “It has really been remarkable to see — we think it is President Russell M. Nelson’s prophetic call that is the driving force behind all of this,” said Elder Cook, who serves as chair of the Missionary Executive Council. He singled out the President of the Church’s call for more missionaries that he made in an April 2022 general conference address.

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“The Saints really responded to the Prophet, who did that invitation in such a beautiful fashion. President Nelson made this — in my view — seminal, prophetic call that missionaries have a priesthood obligation to serve, and he did it in such a loving way.” The result of the overwhelming response was missionary totals returning to and

exceeding those going into the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to expand the number of missions worldwide to accommodate — and provide more personal leadership to — the increasing number of missionaries. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 and early 2020, the Church counted some 69,000 young teaching and service

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The number grew to 56,000 at the end of 2021, to 65,000 at the end of 2022, and to more than 72,000 in late 2023 — serving in more than 150 countries and teaching in more than 60 languages. In his October 2023 general conference address, Elder Rasband spoke of the Church’s need for more senior couples to serve missions. Of the 72,721 full-time missionary count as of Nov. 1, 2023, nearly 5,300 were senior elders and sisters serving around the globe. Elder Rasband acknowledged in November

the overwhelming response in the following weeks after his invitation the month before. “Where we are at right now is people filling out applications,” Elder Rasband said last year, adding that even within a month’s time, “the number of applications that have been started for these missionary couples has exceeded anything else in history. That is in just one month. “So that process will continue — we will go from starting their applications to getting their medical approvals done and everything else ready so they can receive a call to serve from the President of the Church to serve as missionaries. And then they are going to be

out throughout the world serving the Lord, which makes me personally very, very happy.” Church projections suggest a continued growth — in small, steady increases — over the next 10 years, Elder Cook said. “We are going to have over the next 10 years not a huge increase in the number of missionaries, but it is growing,” he said of Church projections. “So we don’t think we are going to have any problem coming back and looking at this [increase of missions] in three or four years. In fact, we think there will be a need for more missions. That is our expectation.” Church leaders also acknowledged a

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E7 Elder Ronald A. Rasband, second from right, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles assembles hygiene kits with missionaries in the Alpine German-Speaking Mission in the Munich Germany Stake Center on April 17, 2023. A grandson, Elder Hudson Werlich, is on the right. The kits were taken to the Turkish consulate to aid earthquake survivors, one of the many relief projects the Church has provided for Turkey and Syria.

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More missionaries mean more missions At the same time of announcing the increase totals of new missionaries, the Church also announced the planned creation of 36 new missions worldwide. “We have to accommodate this great big number of missionaries, and we need the 36 missions to do that,” said Elder Cook, explaining that the increase in missionaries comes despite the relatively fewer numbers of Latter-day Saint youth available to serve. Beginning on July 1, 2024, the 36 new missions were based in seven U.S. states and 20 other countries. Joining the 414 existing missions around the globe, the addition of the new 36 brought the total to 450 missions — the most ever. The 36 new missions, created out of existing missions, became effective July 1, 2024, and are in 18 of the Church’s 23 worldwide administrative areas. Africa Central • Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa South • Democratic Republic of the Congo Kolwezi • Kenya Nairobi East Africa South • Madagascar Antananarivo North Africa West • Ghana Accra North • Ghana Takoradi • Nigeria Calabar • Nigeria Port Harcourt North • Sierra Leone Bo Asia • Cambodia Phnom Penh East • Thailand Bangkok East Asia North • Japan Sendai Brazil • Brazil Manaus South Caribbean • Dominican Republic Santo Domingo North Europe Central • Germany Hamburg Europe North • Portugal Porto Mexico • Mexico Mexicali • Mexico Puebla East North America Central • Montana Missoula North America Southeast • Florida Tallahassee • South Carolina Charleston North America Southwest • Nevada Henderson • Texas Dallas South • Texas El Paso

North America West • California Modesto Philippines • Philippines Dumaguete • Philippines General Santos • Philippines Tuguegarao South America Northwest • Bolivia Cochabamba South • Ecuador Quito West • Peru Lima Northeast South America South • Argentina Tucumán • Chile La Serena Utah • Utah Salt Lake City East • Utah Saratoga Springs • Utah Spanish Fork Leaders of the new missions joined other new mission presidents and companions who were trained at the 2024 Seminar for New Mission Leaders in June at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.

More missionaries mean more MTCs The Church of Jesus Christ announced the addition of two new MTCs for 2024 — the Thailand Missionary Training Center and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Missionary Training Center. The addition brings the Church’s total worldwide to 11. MTCs provide training to new missionaries, most of whom participate in online training at home for the first week of their missions. Missionaries are then assigned to a missionary training center to complete training, which can run from two weeks to as long as eight weeks if learning a language other than their native tongue. In December 2023, the Church announced the January 2024 opening of the Thailand MTC. It is located in the annex adjacent to the Bangkok Thailand Temple, which was dedicated and began operations in October 2023. Located to the north side of the six-story house of the Lord and separated by a small courtyard, the annex also houses administrative and other Church offices, two chapels, meeting rooms and a FamilySearch center. The Thailand MTC helps accommodate the training of new full-time missionaries who are from Southeast Asia and other regions. And in June of this year, the Church announced it would open a new missionary training center in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The projected August 2024 opening has been delayed for several months. With a planned capacity of up to 200, the new MTC will serve missionaries who already speak French or will be learning French for their assigned service. For two years, a limited number of local missionaries have received training at a temporary facility. The new, permanent training center will help accommodate an increasing number of missionaries from central Africa.

“They are going to be out throughout the world serving the Lord, which makes me personally very, very happy.” — Elder Ronald A. Rasband, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

The new training center — the third MTC on the African continent — is located a short drive from the Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple, which will allow training missionaries to attend the temple while at the MTC. The Church’s 11 MTCs are: • Brazil Missionary Training Center in São Paulo, Brazil. • Democratic Republic of the Congo Missionary Training Center in Kinshasa, DR Congo. • England Missionary Training Center in Chorley, England, near Preston. • Ghana Missionary Training Center in Accra, Ghana. • Mexico Missionary Training Center in Mexico City, Mexico. • New Zealand Missionary Training Center in Manukau City, New Zealand, near Auckland. • Peru Missionary Training Center in Lima, Peru. • Philippines Missionary Training Center in Quezon City, Philippines, in metro Manila. • Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. • South Africa Missionary Training Center in Roodepoort, South Africa, near Johannesburg. • Thailand Missionary Training Center in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News The sun sets on the Urdaneta Philippines Temple in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines, on Friday, April 26. The temple was dedicated April 28 by President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency.

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wenty years after working to “establish the Church” in the Philippines as part of a special two-year assignment in the Southeast Asian nation, President Dallin H. Oaks returned to dedicate the Urdaneta Philippines Temple. The Church’s third house of the Lord in the Philippines, the Urdaneta temple stands on the Latter-day Saint foundation President Oaks — now first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — strengthened while serving as the Church’s Philippines Area president from 2002 to 2004. He dedicated the Urdaneta temple on April 28, 2024. With his wife, Sister Kristen Oaks, President Oaks received the “unusual commission” from Church President Gordon B. Hinckley to serve in the Philippines as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. President Jeffrey R. Holland, now acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve

Apostles, and his late wife, Sister Patricia T. Holland, received a similar commission to live and serve in Chile during the same time period. A member of the quorum had not supervised the Church in the field since the 1940s, when Elder Ezra Taft Benson helped reestablish the Church in Europe in the months after the end of World War II. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines is young. On April 28, 1961, President Hinckley, gathered with a small group at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, offered a prayer on the land and people of the Philippines. “This is an occasion you will never forget,” he told the small group. “What we will begin here will affect the lives of thousands and thousands of people in this island republic, and its effect will go on from generation to generation for great and everlasting good.” In fulfillment of President Hinckley’s prophetic vision, the Church grew rapidly in the Philippines. Just four decades later, the country had almost 600,000 Church members. PHILIPPINES F4

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FIRST PRESIDENCY

Henry B. Eyring Second Counselor

Russell M. Nelson President

Dallin H. Oaks First Counselor

QUORUM OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES

Jeffrey R. Holland

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

David A. Bednar

Quentin L. Cook

D. Todd Christofferson

Neil L. Andersen

Ronald A. Rasband

Gary E. Stevenson

Dale G. Renlund

Gerrit W. Gong

Ulisses Soares

Patrick Kearon

PRESIDENCY OF THE SEVENTY

Carl B. Cook

José A. Teixeira

S. Mark Palmer

Marcus B. Nash

Michael T. Ringwood

PRESIDING BISHOPRIC

Arnulfo Valenzuela

Edward Dube

W. Christopher Waddell First Counselor

Gérald Caussé Presiding Bishop

L. Todd Budge Second Counselor

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Marcos A. Aidukaitis

Rubén V. Alliaud

Jose L. Alonso

Jorge M. Alvarado

Steven R. Bangerter

W. Mark Bassett

David S. Baxter

Jorge T. Becerra

Randall K. Bennett

Hans T. Boom

Mark A. Bragg

David L. Buckner

J. Anette Dennis First Counselor

Camille N. Johnson President

Kristin M. Yee Second Counselor

Matthew L. Carpenter

Gregorio E. Casillas

Aroldo B. Cavalcante

Yoon Hwan Choi

Craig C. Christensen

Ahmad S. Corbitt

Valeri V. CordÓn

Joaquin E. Costa

Robert M. Daines

Massimo De Feo

Sean Douglas

Kevin R. Duncan

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Michael A. Dunn

Alexander Dushku

Mark D. Eddy

I. Raymond Egbo

J. Kimo Esplin

Eduardo Gavarret

Jack N. Gerard

Clark G. Gilbert

Ricardo P. Giménez

Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier

Patricio M. Giuffra

Carlos A. Godoy

Chad H Webb Paul V. Johnson Gabriel W. Reid First Counselor President Second Counselor

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Taylor G. Godoy

D. Martin Goury

Brook P. Hales

Kevin S. Hamilton

Allen D. Haynie

Mathias Held

Karl D. Hirst

Matthew S. Holland

William K. Jackson

David P. Homer

Jeremy R. Jaggi

Kelly R. Johnson

Tamara W. Runia First Counselor

Emily Belle Freeman President

Andrea Muñoz Spannaus Second Counselor

Peter M. Johnson

Christopher H. Kim

JÖrg Klebingat

Joni L. Koch

Erich W. Kopischke

Alfred Kyungu

Hugo E. MartÍnez

James W. McConkie III

John A. McCune

Kyle S. McKay

Alvin F. Meredith III

Peter F. Meurs

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Hugo Montoya

Isaac K. Morrison

Thierry K. Mutombo

K. Brett Nattress

Adeyinka A. Ojediran

Ryan K. Olsen

Adilson de Paula Parrella

Kevin W. Pearson

Anthony D. Perkins

Alan T. Phillips

Paul B. Pieper

John C. Pingree Jr.

Bradley R. Wilcox Steven J. Lund Michael T. Nelson First Counselor President Second Counselor

PRIMARY Rafael E. Pino

James R. Rasband

Carlos G. Revillo Jr.

Sandino Roman

Ciro Schmeil

Jonathan S. Schmitt

Steven D. Shumway

Vaiangina Sikahema

Denelson Silva

Vern P. Stanfill

Michael B. Strong

Benjamin M.Z. Tai

Amy A. Wright Susan H. Porter Tracy Y. Browning First Counselor President Second Counselor

Brian K. Taylor

Michael John U. Teh

Sergio R. Vargas

Moisés Villanueva

Juan Pablo Villar

Takashi Wada

Taniela B. Wakolo

Alan R. Walker

Scott D. Whiting

Chi Hong (Sam) Wong

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Still, President Hinckley — then president of the Church — was very concerned about the nation, where Latter-day Saint missionaries were continuing to baptize large numbers of people but not seeing significant increases in the number of priesthood ordinations or firsttime temple attendance. Both are important indicators in the establishment of the Church in a nation. President Oaks was charged to address those and other issues while establishing the Church in the Philippines. Soon after arriving in the Southeast Area, President Oaks met with local leaders and articulated the gravity of the situation. “The Church in the Philippines is in liquidation,” he said. “Unless we change and get real growth with increases in priesthood ordinations and temple attendance matching the increases in baptisms, your children and your grandchildren will not enjoy the blessings of an established Church in the Philippines.” Local leaders were most responsive. “It laid the foundation for many changes that we felt to make in the Philippines after consulting with the local priesthood authorities, notably the Area Seventies,” said President Oaks. The time was significant not only for the Church in the Philippines but also for President Oaks personally. “I often tell people that the greatest period of my growth as an Apostle was the two years in the Philippines,” he said. “Although that occurred about 18 years after I was called to the Quorum of the Twelve, I was still on a steep learning curve in the performance of my duties as an Apostle, because I had never served as a bishop or a stake president or a mission president or a full-time missionary.” In the Philippines, President Oaks experienced the challenges of and need for translation of languages and learned the importance of incorporating local cultures into the gospel culture. “I had never served outside the United States,” he said. “In the Philippines I encountered how to encourage people to serve missions, how to finance mission service, how to get people to pay tithing, how to look at standards for establishing a temple.”

Growth President Oaks first visited the Philippines in 1986 — two years after he was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. During that first visit, he recorded a few impressions in his journal. “About a third of the homes we visited were crude shelters with dirt floors, outdoor toilets and lean-to kitchens …,” he wrote. “The people are kind, beautiful and intelligent. The children coming home from school were clean and well groomed in beautiful school uniforms.”

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Kristen Oaks, stand near the Urdaneta Philippines Temple in Urdaneta, Philippines, on Saturday, April 27, the day before the temple’s dedication.

He also wrote that he had learned that 70% of the heads of households in a stake he visited had no full-time job, and only one family in the stake had a vehicle. Long before cellular phones, only 1% of the families in the stake had telephones. “They subsist on part-time or occasional work and what they can grow.” Then-Elder Oaks — 16 years before he was assigned to serve in the country — worried about training future Church leaders. “We are very effective at constructing buildings to house our members but not so effective at training leaders to lead them,” he wrote. “We depend on ecclesiastical leaders for training, but the buildings are built by salaried

professionals. This system tends to get out of balance in an area growing as rapidly as this one. I am worried about whether the numerous wonderfully trained returned missionaries from the Philippines are assimilated into Church organizations and leadership. We should have more intensive training down to the bishop level.” When the Oakses arrived in the Philippines in 2002, the country had 600,000 Church members and one temple. Other countries with similar numbers had multiple temples, but President Oaks could not recommend the Philippines for a second temple because of the low number of members qualifying for a

temple recommend. They “were wonderful people” who had a local culture that sometimes worked against the Church culture. “It became our responsibility to define what the Church culture is,” said President Oaks. They quickly learned that the members responded to in-person training as opposed to written instructions. “There were many things that changed,” recalled Sister Oaks. “You talked about the culture, you talked about tithing, you talked about Church attendance, you made a huge difference. And they did it.” PHILIPPINES F5

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It was really rather simple, she said. When the faithful Filipino Latter-day Saints learn what the Lord expects of them, “they do it.” Today the Church has 867,271 members, 128 stakes and 23 missions in the Philippines.

Temples One reason for the success of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines was the work of Christian missionaries who, for 400 years prior to the restored Church’s establishment in the nation, preached in the Philippines — the only Christian nation in Asia. “We had to find a way to build effectively on the foundation of a Christian nation to preach the restored gospel of Jesus Christ,” he said. “And the people are naturally spiritual.” While the Church experienced early, rapid growth, “the number of members who had joined the Church was far more than those that really understood the gospel and continued their baptism covenants onto the temple or

onto serving in the Church,” President Oaks said. Building on the work of earlier Latterday Saint leaders and other area presidents, including his brother, Elder Merrill C. Oaks, President Oaks saw immediate results. For example, after learning the importance of sending Church reports to headquarters, the Philippines became the first area in the Church to submit all the requested information on time. Sister Oaks said Latter-day Saints in the nation could not have been “more receptive or more warm. … I get teary-eyed because the people were just so good to us,” she said. President Oaks added, “They naturally love the Lord, they naturally want to serve Him, and they are naturally a family culture.” The Church’s first temple in the Philippines was dedicated in Manila in 1984. “But people in outlying islands could not afford to come to Manila, or they had to come in a 24-hour ship or ferry ride, which is expensive and impractical,” recalled President Oaks. The second temple in the

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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Vegetables are purchased in a market in Urdaneta, Philippines, on Saturday, April 27.

Philippines was dedicated in 2010 in Cebu, which is the second-most populous city in the Philippines. The third temple in Urdaneta will also serve members in the “extremely populous area of northern Luzon, the largest island.” Other temples have been announced or under construction in Alabang, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iloilo, Laoag, Naga, Santiago, Tacloban City and Tuguegarao City. “What you do when you get a temple close to the people is give the people experience with the covenants of the temple, with the beauty and the wonderful promises of the temple,” said President Oaks. “And this motivates them to keep the commandments, and it gives purpose to the ordinances and the commandments of the gospel.” President and Sister Oaks were invited by President Thomas S. Monson to participate in the dedication of the Cebu temple and say they were thrilled to return again for the Urdaneta dedication. “Getting more temples in the Philippines was a major concentration of our service

there,” said President Oaks. In recent years, President Oaks has also received a personal witness that President Nelson is “hearing and heeding the inspiration of the Lord to build all the temples that are being built.” But, he added, “I think President Nelson is very conscious — and I have heard him voice this idea — that it is a lot easier to build temples than it is to fill temples. “And so, by building a lot of temples, we are writing for ourself a requirement that we be more diligent in teaching the doctrine of the Church, temple covenants and worthiness, so that we will be able to fill temples in all these places where we are building them.” Sister Oaks said her time in the Philippines “reminds us of what is really important in this life — and it is our relationship with Jesus Christ.” President Oaks said the work will continue to grow, mature and progress in the Philippines — where members have a “natural spirituality” and a “desire to love the Lord and serve the Lord.”

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A look back at some of the notable accomplishments this year by Latter-day Saint athletes in college, professional and Olympic competitions By Trent Toone Church News

Waving flags and signs, members of the BYU track and field team and fans gathered at the Salt Lake International Airport to celebrate and welcome home Kenneth Rooks on Aug. 26. Rooks, 24, who won the silver medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was pleasantly surprised. “Yeah, I was not expecting it,” he told KSLTV, “but it was an awesome surprise to come home and have the welcome home with the men’s and women’s team and everyone else.” The smiling Rooks walked through the airport door with his arm in a sling. After the Olympics, Rooks competed in a Diamond League meet in Silesia, Poland. During the race, he tripped and fell over a barrier, landing hard on his right shoulder. He finished in 16th place, holding his arm, and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. “I fell with three laps to go,” Rooks told the Deseret News. “I somehow lost focus and hit my lead leg and fell with all my weight on my right shoulder. It was a solid hit, and it took me a bit to get up. I was a bit disoriented for a moment because of how it hurt. I still got up and finished, but didn’t swing my right arm because it hurt the rest of the time.” Rooks’ recovery is expected to take six to eight weeks. In the meantime, he planned to return to BYU for the last year of his civil engineering degree. Rooks is one of several athletic members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have made headlines in the last year. Here is a look back at some of those notable accomplishments.

Basketball In NBA basketball, Sam Merrill played in 61 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2023-24 NBA regular season, where he averaged 8.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per game while shooting 40.4% from the 3-point line. Merrill, who served in the Nicaragua Managua South Mission, also played in 10 postseason games with the Cavs, who lost in the second round of the playoffs to the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics. The former Utah State University star shined in his return to Utah in April. He scored 18 points in 32 minutes of action as the Cavaliers defeated the Utah Jazz, 129-113. Also last April, Brigham Young University introduced Kevin Young as its new head basketball coach. Since then, the former NBA assistant coach has assembled a mostly new team and staff in preparation for the upcoming season, Deseret News reported. Young is excited for his opportunity to coach basketball at BYU. “The thing that really moved the needle for me and my wife was the environment that we’re going to be in here at BYU. What this university stands for, what the mission of this university is. I’m a lifelong member of the Church and so to be able to do what I love at the highest level from a career standpoint and blend that with my faith and being able to with my wife and my little ones, that’s why we came here,” he said at his introductory press conference last April.

Football A host of Latter-day Saints are playing or coaching National Football League and college football this fall.

Ashley Landis, Associated Press Kenneth Rooks of the United States poses after winning the silver medal in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The following players made NFL rosters to begin the 2024 season: • Zayne Anderson, Green Bay Packers, safety, BYU. • Garett Bolles, Denver Broncos, OL, University of Utah, served as a missionary in Colorado. Bolles was nominated for the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year award in 2023. • Brady Christensen, Carolina Panthers, OL, BYU, served in Hamilton, New Zealand. • Britain Covey, Philadelphia Eagles, WR/ RS, Utah, served in Rancagua, Chile. • Breiden Fehoko, Pittsburgh Steelers, DL, Louisiana State University. • Simi Fehoko, Los Angeles Chargers, WR, Stanford, served in South Korea. • Matt Gay, Indianapolis Colts, K, Utah, served in Houston, Texas. • Alohi Gilman, Los Angeles Chargers, S, Notre Dame. • Taysom Hill, New Orleans Saints, QB/TE, BYU, served in Sydney, Australia. • Dallin Holker, New Orleans Saints, TE, Colorado State, served in Viña del Mar, Chile. • Tanner McKee, Philadelphia Eagles, QB, Stanford, served in the Brazil Curitiba South Mission. • Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams, WR, BYU. • Ryan Rehkow, Cincinnati Bengals, P, BYU, served in London, England. • Noah Sewell, Chicago Bears, LB, Oregon. • Penei Sewell, Detroit Lions, OT, Oregon. • Kingsley Suamataia, Kansas City Chiefs, OL, BYU. • Khyiris Tonga, Arizona Cardinals, DL, BYU, served in Wichita, Kansas. • Sione Vaki, Detroit Lions, RB, Utah, served in the Tonga Nuku’alofa Mission and the Utah Salt Lake City West Mission. • Kyle Van Noy, Baltimore Ravens, LB, BYU. • Devaughn Vele, Denver Broncos, WR, Utah, served in Samoa. • Fred Warner, San Francisco 49ers, LB, BYU. • Zach Wilson, Denver Broncos, QB, BYU.

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Signed to the practice squad: • Jaren Hall, Seattle Seahawks, QB, BYU, served in Roseville, California. • Cole Fotheringham, Houston Texans, TE, Utah, served in Nicaragua. • Max Tooley, Houston Texans, LB, BYU, served in London, England. Philadelphia teammates Covey and McKee took part in the NFL’s first-ever game in South America, between the Eagles and the Green Bay Packers in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 6. The Eagles won, 34-29. After leading Kansas City to a third Super Bowl victory last season, Andy Reid is heading into his 12th season as head coach of the Chiefs. Another Latter-day Saint, Kellen Moore is the new offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles. In college football, Ken Niumatalolo, a former stake president and the U.S. Naval Academy’s winningest head coach, made his debut as head coach at San Jose State University. Former BYU and University of Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall also assumed a new role, as head coach at University of New Mexico. Off the field, Gatlin Bair, a five-star recruit — the highest-rated in Idaho history — before serving in the Texas Dallas West Mission, committed to play for the University of Oregon.

Hockey In June, Latter-day Saint center/wing Derek Ryan and the Edmonton Oilers trailed the Florida Panthers 3-0 in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals best-of-seven series before roaring back with three straight wins to force a Game 7. The Oilers then fell short in the decisive game to the Panthers, 2-1. Through the Oilers’ 25-game playoff run, the 37-year-old Ryan played in 19 games, averaged eight minutes and 33 seconds of ice time per

game, had one point on one assist, and had 11 shots on net. The 2023-24 season was his ninth NHL season.

2024 Paris Olympics In addition to Rooks’ silver medal in the steeplechase, three other Latter-day Saints earned medals. Here’s how more than a dozen athletes connected to the Church performed in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ponipate “Poni” Loganimasi, a 26-year-old returned missionary, was part of Fiji’s rugby sevens team that won the silver medal. Stephanie “Steph” Rovetti, 33, was part of USA’s historic bronze-medal-winning rugby sevens team. Rovetti played in every match and was a starter against Brazil, France and New Zealand. The former BYU women’s basketball player was born in Reno, Nevada, and lives in San Diego, California. Rovetti announced her retirement from rugby on Sept. 25. Bradley Nkoana, 19, of South Africa, won silver as part of the men’s 4-by-100-meter relay team. Team USA’s men’s rugby sevens team included 33-year-old Make Unufe of Provo, Utah. The team finished eighth overall. In the marathon, USA’s Conner Mantz, 27, and Clayton Young, 31, were eighth and ninth in the 26.2-mile race that took them through Paris to Versailles and back. Mantz and Young are former BYU runners and training partners living in Provo, Utah. Mantz, of Logan, Utah, served in the Ghana Accra West Mission. Young, a California native, served Spanishspeaking in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission. USA’s Courtney Wayment, 26, a former BYU star from Kaysville, Utah, was 12th in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final with a time of 9 minutes, 13.60 seconds. USA’s Whittni Morgan, 26, was overall 14th of the 16 runners in the 5,000-meter final after ATHLETES F8

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recovering from knee surgery less than a year earlier. The former BYU runner had a personal best time of 14 minutes, 53.57 seconds. In the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, USA’s James Corrigan was 10th in his preliminary heat, with a time of 8:36.67. The 22-year-old BYU sophomore from Los Angeles, California, served a mission in Tempe, Arizona. In the men’s 800-meter race, Australia’s Peter Bol, 30, finished 18th in the field of 32 runners across all five heats. The U.S. men’s soccer team, including forward Taylor Booth, 23, of Eden, Utah, finished eighth overall of the 16 teams. Booth played in each of the team’s games. Jimmer Fredette, 35, was a member of USA’s 3x3 basketball team, which finished seventh overall. The former BYU basketball star was injured during the team’s second pool game against Poland and wasn’t able to play in the team’s remaining five games.

2024 Paris Paralympics Four Latter-day Saints claimed medals in

the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Paul Schulte, 45, who serves as bishopric second counselor in the University Park Ward of the Sarasota Florida Stake, was part of Team USA’s wheelchair basketball team that defeated Great Britain to win the gold medal. USA’s wheelchair rugby team, including 44-year-old Josh Wheeler, won silver in the final against Japan. USA’s David Blair, 49, won bronze medal in the men’s discus T64 (for lower limb impairments) with a throw of 57.76 meters. New Zealand’s Peter Cowan, 29, won bronze in the competitive men’s va’a single 200-meter VL3 race, with a time of 48.28 seconds, less than a second behind the gold-medal winner. Also, competing were archer Eric Bennett, 50, of the United States in his fifth Paralympic Games, swimmer Tupou Neiufi, 23, of New Zealand in her third Paralympics, swimmer Alejandra Aybar, 36, of the Dominican Republic in her second Games and sprinter and long jumper Lindi Marcusen, 28, in her first Games.

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from professional bull riding to serve a mission in Nashville, Tennessee. His brother, Briggs Madsen, who served a mission in South Carolina, rides bulls for the Missouri Thunder of the Professional Bull Riders League.

Soccer The BYU women’s soccer team had a memorable season in 2023. The Cougars reached the semifinals of the NCAA women’s soccer tournament, defeated a No. 1-ranked opponent, became No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches rankings, and captured headlines with a stunning, come-from-behind 4-3 victory over North Carolina in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals, among other accomplishments. The roster featured 10 returned missionaries, and following the season, five BYU women’s soccer players were selected in the National Women’s Soccer League draft, the most BYU soccer players drafted in a single season. Professionally, 18-year-old Latter-day Saint Olivia Moultrie continues to distinguish herself by playing for the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League. She has also been playing for the U.S. Women’s

National Team. Moultrie was named the 2023 U.S. Soccer’s Young Female Player of the Year.

Softball Latter-day Saint Jocelyn Erickson, star catcher and the 2024 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, helped her Florida Gators to a third-place finish at the Women’s College World Series, the highest finish for the program since the team was national runnerup in 2017. Erickson, of Phoenix, Arizona, won an NCAA title as a freshman outfielder with the Oklahoma Sooners in 2023.

Track and field Meghan Hunter, a BYU middle-distance runner who came back from a broken neck to become a two-time All-American, was named a Big 12 Conference nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award and a finalist for the Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards’ Honda Inspiration Award. Daniel Simmons, a two-time national Gatorade Cross-Country Athlete of the Year from American Fork, Utah, who has already garnered a number of awards and accolades, chose to serve a mission in Atlanta, Georgia.

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO ith the May 19 dedication of the Puebla Mexico Temple by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, another key moment was added to Mexico’s long and rich heritage of temple building and temple faithfulness. That heritage can be broken into four eras — the first covering some four decades beginning in the mid-1940s, as faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in Mexico made great sacrifices in finances and time to travel for days to attend the Mesa Arizona Temple, where they made covenants and participated in sacred ordinances. The second era followed with the 1983 dedication of a new house of the Lord in Mexico City, serving the Latterday Saints as the country’s sole temple for a quartercentury. Next, at the close of the 20th century, Mexico played a prominent role in a period of global expansion of temples, with 11 dedicated houses of the Lord in the country coming in a three-year stretch from 1999 to 2002.

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And the fourth era — still ongoing — includes the past six years, as President Russell M. Nelson has announced a dozen new temple locations across the country, including six alone in and around the Mexico City metro area.

A temple ‘lifts us and draws us to God our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ’ Church leaders have cautioned against Latter-day Saints getting caught up in temple sizes, numbers and designs, encouraging a focus on the temple work and worship and the covenants made and ordinances performed inside. “A temple is a beacon of light in a community,” said Elder Gong to the Church News, “and it lifts us and draws us to God our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.” Temples bless the lives of more than longtime pioneer members or the young adults, youth and children. Temples also bless returning members, new members and partmember families. Elder Gong noted Mexico has the 10th largest population and the 11th largest economy and is an important country in the Church and the world. “Mexico is blessed with multiple generations of covenant-keepers,” he said. “There is so much goodness and faith among the people of Mexico. ME XICO G2

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“It is wonderful that a Prophet is bringing temples across the country.” Of the Church’s 25 total houses of the Lord in Mexico, 14 are dedicated and operating, three more are currently under construction, and eight are in various stages of planning and design. (A full list of the 25 temples and each’s current status is provided on G6.) Elder Hugo Montoya, a General Authority Seventy who is president of the Church’s Mexico Area, is mindful of the increase in temples over the four decades since the dedication of Mexico’s first house of the Lord in the capital city. “Now we have temples closer to more people than we had 40 years ago, and because of that, many families are blessed with temple covenants,” he said outside the Puebla Mexico Temple the day before its dedication. He referenced the parable of the pearl and the box given by President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which tells of getting caught up admiring the exterior of a box in lieu of appreciating the treasured pearl inside. “Temple covenants are the real payoff with this ‘box,’ ” Elder Montoya said, pointing at the Puebla temple. The Church currently has 350 total dedicated, under-construction or announced temples. Outside of the United States, Mexico has the most temples and total Church membership of any country, with its 25 temples slightly

more than the 23 total in Brazil. Membership numbers are similar, with nearly 1.526 million Latter-day Saints comprising 230 stakes and 1,866 congregations in Mexico, compared to Brazil’s 1.495 million members in 285 stakes and 2,172 congregations.

‘A sacred space’ for connections Elder Adrián Ochoa, a General Authority Seventy who served in the Mexico Area presidency earlier this year before being given emeritus status in August, said the faith and devotion of the country’s Latter-day Saints reflect a deep love for their families and ancestors as well as a commitment to temple work. “The Mexican culture’s emphasis on family values and unity makes the temple experience particularly meaningful, as it provides a sacred space for them to connect with their heritage and perform sacred ordinances on behalf of their ancestors.” He added that Mexico’s 25 temples serve as a testament to the growth and strength of the Church in the country as well as the profound spiritual experiences that members have while participating in temple work. “The Mexican Latter-day Saints’ commitment to researching their family history and submitting names to the temple demonstrates their understanding of the eternal nature of families and their desire to extend the blessings of the gospel to their ancestors.” The collective effort to build and attend

temples in Mexico not only strengthens the bonds within families but also contributes to the spiritual growth and unity of the entire community, Elder Ochoa said. “As more temples are built and the Saints continue to prepare and attend these sacred houses of the Lord, the impact of their faith and devotion will undoubtedly be felt for generations to come.”

From traveling to Mesa to a temple in Mexico City For nearly four decades, Latter-day Saints in Mexico traveled to the Mesa Arizona Temple once Spanish-language temple instruction and ordinances were introduced there in 1945. It required great sacrifices of time and money to travel the long distance. For example, the direct distance from Mexico City to Mesa is some 1,230 miles (1,980 kilometers), which even today — with modern cars traveling over paved highways — requires 26 hours of nonstop driving. Mexico received its first house of the Lord with the Dec. 2, 1983, dedication of the Mexico City Mexico Temple by President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a counselor in the First Presidency. That house of the Lord is the largest temple outside the United States — at 116,642 square feet in total floor area, it is the Church’s fourth-largest temple, behind only the Salt Lake, Los Angeles California and Washington D.C. temples. Also, the Mexico City temple

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was the Church’s first to operate in North and Central America outside of the United States and Canada. It remained Mexico’s sole house of the Lord until late in the 1990s, when President Hinckley — then as President of the Church — jumpstarted a surge in global temple building with two announcements. First, he announced an inspired plan to build smaller temples closer to members of the Church worldwide. Second, he called for the Church to have 100 dedicated temples by the end of the 20th century.

Bringing more temples closer to the members The inspiration to construct smaller temples close to the members of the Church came to President Hinckley in northern Mexico during a 3½-hour automobile ride to the El Paso, Texas, airport in June 1997 after having attended the centennial observance of Juarez Academy in Colonia Juárez. “As we were riding to El Paso, I reflected on what we could do to help these people in the Church colonies in Mexico,” President Hinckley said in a July 1998 Church News interview. “They’ve been so very faithful over the years. They’ve kept the faith. They’ve gone on missions in large numbers. These stakes have produced very many mission presidents ME XICO G3

“The Mexican culture’s emphasis on family values and unity makes the temple experience particularly meaningful.” — Elder Adrián Ochoa, emeritus general authority The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Individuals participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple on Saturday, March 9.

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who served faithfully and well. They’ve been the very epitome of faithfulness. “And yet,” he added, “they’ve had to travel all the way to Mesa, Arizona, to go to a temple. ... I thought of these things and what could be done. The concept of these smaller temples came into my mind. “I concluded we didn’t need the laundry [room in the temple]. We didn’t need to rent temple clothing. We didn’t need eating facilities. These have been added for the convenience of the people but are not necessary [for the temple ordinances].” President Hinckley explained that all the necessary features of a temple could be incorporated into a smaller structure that could be constructed in a relatively short period of time. “The concept is beautiful,” he said. “It’s a very workable concept.” President Hinckley introduced the smallertemple concept to Church members in the October 1997 general conference and announced the first three such temples, to be built in Monticello, Utah; the Latter-day Saint colonies in northern Mexico; and Anchorage, Alaska. In speaking of the temples at general conference, President Hinckley said: “There are many areas of the Church that are remote, where the membership is small and not likely to grow very much in the near future. Are those who live in these places to be denied forever the blessings of the temple ordinances? While visiting such an area a few months ago, we

President Gordon B. Hinckley and his wife, Sister Marjorie Hinckley, stand in front of the Mexico City Mexico Temple during its twoday dedication in December 1983.

prayerfully pondered this question. The answer, we believe, came bright and clear.”

11 temples in Mexico in 3 years The Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Temple was announced at that October 1997 general conference, with groundbreaking following five months later on March 7, 1998, and the dedication by President Hinckley a day less than a year after that, on March 6, 1999. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Colonia Juárez temple. It was the Church’s 55th dedicated house of the Lord worldwide on the push to hit the end-of-2000 benchmark of 100 temples. And it was the first of 11 new temples spread across Mexico to be dedicated in a three-year period. The next houses of the Lord finished in 2000 seemed to come in pairs — temples in Ciudad Juárez and Hermosillo dedicated on Feb. 26 and 27, respectively; temples in Oaxaca and Tuxtla Gutiérrez dedicated on March 11 and 12; temples in Tampico and Villahermosa dedicated on May 20 and 21; and temples in Mérida and Veracruz dedicated on July 8 and 9. Two more temples came in as many years — a house of the Lord dedicated in Guadalajara in April 2001 and another in Monterrey dedicated in April 2002. That completed the 11 temples in three years, resulting in 11 of the 55 total temples dedicated in that span — or 20% — being located in the country of Mexico. The Tijuana Mexico Temple became the ME XICO G4

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country’s 13th operating house of the Lord, with its June 2015 dedication coming the same year as the second renovation of the Mexico City temple.

Temples across Mexico In the Sunday afternoon session of the October 2022 general conference, President Nelson first announced 14 locations for new temples spread over five U.S. states and seven other countries. But he didn’t end there. “We are also planning to build multiple temples in selected large metropolitan areas where travel time to an existing temple is a major challenge,” he continued in his concluding remarks. “Therefore, I am pleased to announce four additional locations near Mexico City where new temples will be built.” The four new temple locations — for Cuernavaca, Pachuca, Toluca and Tula — all are within a direct-distance radius of some 50 miles (80 kilometers) of the Mexico City Mexico Temple. And they join the Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple — announced six months earlier and planned for the grounds of the expansive Mexico Missionary Training Center — in making for six new temples total in the extended Mexico City metro area, with the temple in Puebla just 61 miles (100 kilometers) southeast from the country’s first house of Tooele the Lord. In his six-year tenure as President of the Church, President Nelson has announced 168 new temples around the world. In Mexico, that also includes temples in Querétaro and Torreón, in Culiacán and Cancún, and in San Luis Potosí and Chihuahua. That last temple location — announced in April 2024 general conference — makes the state of Chihuahua the first Mexico state to be home to three temples.

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General Authority Seventy and a counselor in the Mexico Area presidency. “Leaders in Mexico see this as a clarion call to action and feel a deep sense of responsibility and urgency to do more, and to ‘awaken and put on their strength,’ ” he said. “It is not lost on them that ‘where much is given, much is required.’ The leadership of Mexico is deeply grateful for the blessing of more temples closer to the membership and for living prophets and apostles who are guiding us in these blessed latter days, especially in Mexico.”

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temple; dedicated Dec. 2, 1983; renovated twice and rededicated in 2008 and 2015. Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple — No. 55, dedicated March 6, 1999. Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple — No. 71, dedicated Feb. 26, 2000. Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple — No. 72, dedicated Feb. 27, 2000. Oaxaca Mexico Temple — No. 74, dedicated March 11, 2000. Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple — No. 75, dedicated March 12, 2000. Tampico Mexico Temple — No. 83, dedicated May 20, 2000. Villahermosa Mexico Temple — No. 85, dedicated May 21, 2000. Mérida Mexico Temple — No. 92, dedicated July 8, 2000.

Veracruz Mexico Temple — No. 93, dedicated July 9, 2000. Guadalajara Mexico Temple — No. 105, dedicated April 29, 2001. Monterrey Mexico Temple — No. 110, dedicated April 28, 2002. Tijuana Mexico Temple — No. 149, dedicated June 21, 2015. Puebla Mexico Temple — No. 191, dedicated May 19, 2024. Torreón Mexico Temple — under construction since its Dec. 10, 2022, groundbreaking. Querétaro Mexico Temple — under construction since its Jan. 7, 2023, groundbreaking. San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple — under construction since its March 9, 2024,

groundbreaking. Culiacán Mexico Temple — announced Oct. 3, 2021. Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple — announced April 3, 2022; site released Oct. 31, 2022. Toluca Mexico Temple — announced Oct. 2, 2022; site released Nov. 20, 2023. Cuernavaca Mexico Temple — announced Oct. 2, 2022; site released Jan. 16, 2024. Pachuca Mexico Temple — announced Oct. 2, 2022. Tula Mexico Temple — announced Oct. 2, 2022. Cancún Mexico Temple — announced Oct. 1, 2023. Chihuahua Mexico Temple — announced April 7, 2024.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints A patient rejoices upon regaining her sight in Wa, Ghana, in May 2023. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints coordinates with Daybreak for an outreach event in Wa, Ghana, assisting over 500 Ghanaians, including children, with sight-restoring cataract surgeries. It is one of 29 vision projects the Church participated in last year among 601 health care projects.

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hen Jesus Christ was on the earth, He ministered to those who were sick and who had physical disabilities, infirmities or ailments as He “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues this mission today through its efforts to improve health care, vision and mobility around the world. These efforts include providing wheelchairs and mobility devices, facilitating sight-saving surgeries, donating medical equipment, refurbishing health care facilities, training doctors and nurses, and supporting immunizations.

Throughout 2023, the latest numbers available, the Church took part in 601 health care projects, 73 maternal and newborn care projects, 64 mobility projects and 29 vision projects, and donated 25,786 wheelchairs.

Improving medical facilities and donating health care supplies The Church has constructed, expanded and refurbished medical facilities around the world, and donated medical equipment and supplies to help hospitals and clinics. Sometimes, this can mean quite a journey — such as when the Church donated medical supplies, hygiene kits and other services to the remote Tigabu Island in Malaysia in June. HUMANITARIAN H2

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Getting there required transporting equipment and supplies onto a bus, traveling three hours to a coastal jetty, loading seven small fishing boats, navigating by sea to the island and unloading the equipment at the island elementary school. “We feel blessed to be able to help provide basic medical care and supplies in collaboration with Mercy Malaysia,” said Elder Brad Douglas, a senior humanitarian missionary. “We hope this donation of critical health care support from our faithful Church members will make a difference and have an impact on the quality of life for these humble villagers.” Last year, thousands of people in the Kyiv region of Ukraine received access to a new outpatient health clinic from Project HOPE, with funding and support from the Church. The Church also provided funding and medical supplies to help renovate a hospital in the Bryansk region in Russia, and helped build a new training center for nurses and midwives in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Biomedical tools given to a hospital in the Republic of Palau helped improve its care. And in Zimbabwe, the Church funded the completion of a new rural health clinic, including the donation of beds, medical equipment, refurbished housing, solar power and a new well. The Church donated mammography machines in seven Central American countries this year to help detect breast cancer. “The benefit will be very great because, in the end, they are women who will identify their problem early, and the attention and treatment will be much earlier, and we will be able to provide care to more women,” said Ana Gabriela Morales of Hospital Alemán Nicaragüense in Managua, Nicaragua. Humanitarian missionaries started a heart clinic in American Samoa. In Cambodia, the Church helped renovate buildings, provide equipment and train medical staff at the Kampong Thom Provincial Hospital. Neonatal resuscitation training is now helping nurses and doctors save lives in Montenegro, Sierra Leone and other countries. In Abuja, Nigeria, the Church donated medical equipment to the Federal Medical Center, including dialysis machines and chairs, baby incubators and cots, hospital beds and patient monitors. A mobile health clinic donated on Sept. 11 by the Church in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, means more than 20,000 children will have access to specialized health care. Mayor Roberto Contreras commented: “There is gratitude in our hearts for The Church [of Jesus Christ] of Latter-day Saints, and there is also gratitude for our Lord Jesus Christ. Those who do not believe in miracles, look at this; this is a miracle from the Lord for all the children of San Pedro Sula.” The Church’s health care contributions are also saving and improving the quality of the lives of women, children and migrants through countless donations throughout South America.

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For example, Church funding supported UNICEF’s efforts to train female vaccinators in Afghanistan and Pakistan, who are then able to connect and communicate with mothers and female caregivers in households where a man may not be able to enter. “It’s made a massive difference in the global fight to end polio,” said Melissa Corkum, the senior manager for polio outbreak response with UNICEF. Support from the Church also helped UNICEF USA and Zambia’s ministry of health to enhance vaccination initiatives in the African country, making it easier for individuals to access measles and polio immunizations, which has reduced the number of outbreaks in the area. A historic malaria immunization campaign is underway in Africa with a contribution from the Church to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — helping give an estimated 39,500 children the new RTS,S malaria vaccine. “This long-awaited effort to immunize children against malaria will truly save lives,” Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson said at the time. “It is a beautiful way in which we can help to provide relief as the Savior would.” The Church has supported UNICEF’s maternal and neonatal tetanus-elimination programs since 2014, particularly in Africa and the Middle East. Maternal and neonatal tetanus is easily preventable by a series of simple vaccines, clean delivery and proper cord care. But it is estimated that still one baby dies of tetanus every 21 minutes around the world. Nazma Shaheen, a health care professional, believes that the ongoing work in this field will significantly reduce the incidence of maternal and neonatal tetanus. “It is gratifying to offer safe, effective and often hard-to-access vaccines to women and children,” Shaheen said.

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how in Mozambique, for example, the Church offered eye examinations and medical treatment to many individuals from remote, rural communities. The Church donated 500 intraocular lenses to be used in cataract surgeries in Malaysia, thousands of pairs of eyeglasses in Peru, and an auto refractor keratometer to improve vision screenings in Chiapas, Mexico. The Caring summary told of a man named James, an academic adviser at a university in the Solomon Islands, who lost his sight due to diabetes-induced cataracts. He was blind for nine months before he had surgery — made possible thanks to a Church contribution of surgical equipment to the Fred Hollows Foundation, which provides services throughout the Pacific Area. “I praise the Lord for being able to see again,” James said. “I have a bright future ahead of me.” Elder Peter F. Meurs, General Authority Seventy and president of the Pacific Area, said about this effort: “The needs are great, and the work is lifted as we unite our efforts. The Lord Jesus Christ restored sight to many, and in so doing, He also helped people to see who they truly were, as precious children of God. As followers of Jesus Christ, this is the pattern we strive to emulate.” Thousands of people who were unable to

walk or who had poorly fitting wheelchairs or mobility aids have had their lives changed through donations from the Church. Now they enjoy greater independence and dignity. Such as in the country of Jordan, where this year children received better wheelchairs that helped them more properly sit — and therefore interact with their families and with the world around them. Mai Alramahi, director of the rehabilitation program at Al Hussein Society, said, “When we worked together to help the children, we could see the happiness and joy of each child as they were properly fitted in their specialized chair.” Not only does the Church donate the devices, it also provides training for technicians and health care workers in assembly, proper use and maintenance. When Babalo Pholose received a new wheelchair in Lentegeur, South Africa, he said he could now “go everywhere I want to go.” Without it, he would be confined to home and his bed because of spinal tuberculosis. When the Church donated around 600 hightech wheelchairs, canes, walkers, crutches and other technical aids for vulnerable populations in Antioquia, Colombia, Elder Sergio Villa, an Area Seventy in the South America Northwest Area, spoke of being a part of the joy in the lives of the receivers. “This is what fills our hearts and immense gratitude, especially for all the people who are being benefited by this program,” he said,

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints A young girl smiles as she’s fitted for a specialized pediatric wheelchair in Amman, Jordan, in 2024, which were donated by the Church. During 2023, the Church participated in 64 mobility projects.

adding, “We as Christians and believers of the Lord Jesus Christ want to follow Him and feel the joy of knowing that we are doing the will of God and serving others.”

The Savior’s relief In his April 2022 general conference address “Now Is the Time,” Church President Russell M. Nelson said, “Now is the time we can bless others and ‘lift up the hands which hang down’ (Hebrews 12:12).” All of these efforts to improve physical health of people around the world — and all other humanitarian efforts — stem from a desire to follow the two great commandments: to love God and to love one’s neighbor. “Who is our neighbor? Everyone is our neighbor,” Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, said in 2022. “We reach out to everyone, whatever their circumstances may be, wherever they may be from, whatever race or religion. We’re here to bless everyone that we can bless.” When caring for those in need, people are bringing others to Jesus Christ, taught President Johnson in April 2023 general conference. “And because we love God and have covenanted to serve Him, we can partner with the Savior to help provide temporal and spiritual relief for those in need — and in the process find our own relief in Jesus Christ,” she said.

How to get involved The Church’s Caring for Those in Need 2023 Summary also highlights ways in which Church members and their friends and neighbors can be involved with these worldwide efforts to improve health care, vision and mobility. These are found in portions throughout the summary titled “What can I do?” and include: • Donate unused crutches and other mobility aids to your local hospital. • Learn about the importance of vaccines; share what you know with your friends and neighbors. • Volunteer to facilitate local vision screenings and other health events. • Volunteer at a nonprofit in your community. • Meet with local civic leaders to learn more about their priorities for public health care. • Visit the sick at your local hospital. • Teach others about hand-washing and other best practices to avoid sickness. • Give a neighbor a ride to the doctor’s office. • Learn how to make nutrient-rich meals, and share what you’ve learned with friends and family. • Donate baby blankets to your local hospital. • Teach children in your community about hygiene and sanitation. • Find out more about the needs of vulnerable populations in your area.

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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

What has happened in the Church in 6 months?

President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, center left; Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Melanie Rasband, center right; Elder Kevin R. Duncan, General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Temple Department, and his wife, Sister Nancy R. Duncan, right; and Elder Kevin W. Pearson, General Authority Seventy and president of the Church’s Utah Area, and his wife, Sister June L. Pearson, left, pose prior to the Manti Utah Temple rededication in Manti, Utah, on Sunday, April 21.

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April 7 — In his concluding message of the April 2024 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced locations for 15 new temples of the Church, bringing the Church’s total number of houses of the Lord to 350 worldwide — 168 of which President Nelson has announced over the past six years. April 11 — International musicians singing with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square for the Church’s general conference has moved from a pilot program to a permanent part of the organization. April 12 — Emphasizing the importance of the garment of the holy priesthood, the First Presidency of the Church informed general and local Church leaders worldwide of changes to the temple recommend interview questions and the statement on the wearing of the temple garment. April 21 — President Nelson rededicated the Manti Utah Temple. April 28 — President Dallin H. Oaks dedicated the Urdaneta Philippines Temple — the Church’s 190th worldwide and third in the Philippines.

Camille N. Johnson taught about the power and importance of covenants during the opening keynote address for the 2024 BYU Women’s Conference. May 5 — Elder Carlos A. Godoy of the Presidency of the Seventy and Sister Mônica Godoy spoke at the May 5 Worldwide Young Adult Devotional, addressing how young adults can navigate loneliness, dating, institute, service, missions and marriage. May 15 — The date marked the 195th anniversary of the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood through the Prophet Joseph Smith and his scribe Oliver Cowdery. May 17 — The 125th anniversary of President Lorenzo Snow’s message on the importance of paying a full tithe was observed. He declared that the time had come for every Latter-day Saint to obey this law and promised blessings to those who did so. May 19 — Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the Puebla Mexico Temple. May 21 — The Deseret News named Church News executive editor Sarah Jane Weaver as its new editor, the first female editor since the newspaper’s founding in 1850. May 31 — Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Lesa Stevenson, spoke to youth and young single adults in the Philippines in a countrywide devotional and cultural celebration in the Philippines Missionary Training Center.

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June

By Valerie Walton Church News

Here is a look back at significant news and events that have happened in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since the April 2024 general conference April 6-7.

April

May 1 — Relief Society General President

June 1 — President Nelson issued a 100th

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks during a special devotional on Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Versailles, France.

birthday invitation for Church members to reach out to “the one.” June 1 — Groundbreaking ceremonies for two houses of the Lord were held — for the Teton River Idaho Temple and the Cleveland Ohio Temple. June 2 — Elder Gong dedicated the Taylorsville Utah Temple. June 2 — The Republic of Malawi in southeast Africa saw the creation of its first stake, followed by a second later in the month. June 9 — Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the Cobán Guatemala Temple. June 12 — The Relief Society general presidency announced a new combined donation of $55.8 million to help improve maternal and child health worldwide. June 16 — Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the Layton Utah Temple. June 16 — Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the Salta Argentina Temple. June 20-23 — Nearly 150 couples of mission presidents and companions attended the 2024 Seminar for New Mission Leaders, receiving instruction from the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and other Church leaders. June 21-22 — General Authority Seventies from Africa represented the Church at the sixth annual Strengthening Families Conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. June 23 — Derrick Porter, the new announcer for “Music & the Spoken Word,” was featured in his first broadcast.

July July 11 — Elder Alexander Dushku, a General Authority Seventy, presented at the 2024 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Indiana, discussing the importance of a just and livable peace regarding people with different religious beliefs. July 18 — The age ranges for the young single adult and single adult members of the Church were adjusted. “Young single adult” or YSA now refers to unmarried Latter-day Saints ages 18-35, with the term “single adult,” or SA, now describing unmarried Church members ages 36 and older. July 21 — Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé spoke to Latter-day Saint youth in France in the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Olympics, reminding them that they are disciples of Jesus Christ. Joining him were former BYU basketball star and 2024 Olympian Jimmer Fredette; former Olympic gold-medalist gymnast Peter Vidmar; and Rudi Sordes, who composed music for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. July 24 — Elder Bednar served as the grand marshal of the 2024 Pioneer Day Days of ’47 Parade. July 28 — Olympian members of the Church shared their testimonies at a devotional as they prepared to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

August Aug. 1 — The Church released four chapters in a new manual with teachings from President Russell M. Nelson. Aug. 1 — Members of the new Sunday

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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News President Russell M. Nelson bats at a balloon while seated with his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, during his 100th birthday celebration in the Conference Center Theater in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 9.

School general presidency began their service. Aug. 2-4 — At the multiday Utah Area YSA Conference, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke at a devotional, other Church leaders spoke during the weekend, and YSAs participated in record-breaking events, including a birthday card for President Nelson and speed dating. Aug. 7 — The correspondence of President Louise Y. Robison, seventh Relief Society general president, became available through the Church History Library. Aug. 17 — Groundbreaking ceremonies for three future temples of the Church were held — for the Austin Texas, Londrina Brazil and Santiago West Chile temples. Aug. 19 — Elder Bednar shared a video noting the 10-year anniversary of his invitation to use social media to “flood the earth” with gospel messages on social media. Aug. 21 — Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared an analogy about mangrove trees and faith communities at the G20 Interfaith Forum. Aug. 25 — Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rededicated the Logan Tabernacle after a 30-month renovation. Aug. 27 — The Church announced a new initiative designed to provide support for military veterans and their families, organized by the Church’s Military Relations, Chaplain Services and Prison Ministries Division of the Priesthood and Family Department. Aug. 31 — Ground was broken for the Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple.

September Sept. 7 — The groundbreaking ceremony for the Wichita Kansas Temple was held. Sept. 9 — Family, friends and members from all around the world came together for a special event honoring and celebrating the life of President Nelson on his 100th birthday. Sept. 11 — The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square filled the grand staircase of the Georgia State Capitol to give tribute to all of the lives lost on this historic date in 2001. It was one of several performances during the “Songs of Hope” tour stops in Florida and Georgia. Sept. 11 — Church members joined interfaith, volunteer and community groups to promote and organize service opportunities for the National Day of Service and Remembrance. Sept. 13 — Students, faculty and family gathered for the inauguration of Bonnie H. Cordon, a former Young Women general president, as the 10th president of Southern Virginia University. Sept. 14 — The Primary general presidency held its September Friend to Friend broadcast, which included messages from President Jeffrey R. Holland, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as he explained the principle of sharing the love of Jesus Christ with others. Sept. 15 — Elder Uchtdorf dedicated the new Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple. Sept. 22 — Elder Ronald A. Rasband dedicated the Mendoza Argentina Temple. Sept. 27 — The groundbreaking ceremony for the Cody Wyoming Temple was held.

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