‘His calling is not by chance’ — Scholars, members respond to Dallin Oaks as new LDS leader and new First Presidency

Here are a few reactions from scholars and everyday members to Tuesday’s ascension of former Utah Supreme Court Justice Dallin H. Oaks to the top spot — plus the installment of fellow apostles Henry B ...

Attack on LDS Church harkens back to its early history of religious persecution

The early history of the LDS Church is one of persecution and violence. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus ...
National Catholic Register

Before the Doorbell Rings: Inside Mormon Missionary Training

LDS missionaries serve in 450 missions worldwide. Here’s how they do it — and how FOCUS and other Catholic counterparts compare. Mormon missionaries, Elder Swander (left) and Elder Mathews (right), ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

LDS church suffered initial opposition, then prospered in Mesa County

To early settlers in Grand Junction, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah was something to be feared. In 1884, three years after settlers arrived here, the Grand Junction News ...