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How Has Retention Changed over Time?
2026-04-29
Singling out only one poll or survey can lead to…
Opinion: Don’t overthink it. Invite people to Church
2026-03-25
Christ didn’t wait for perfect conditions to invite others —…
Opinion: A turning point for the Middle East: Iran
2026-03-06
Resist the temptation to oppose anything associated with Trump. Iranians…
How Big Will the Salt Lake Temple Open House Be?
2026-02-12
Millions expected to visit the newly renovated temple next year…
Follow the Prophet — on YouTube
2026-01-15
Latter-day Saint prophets and apostles are now posting on YouTube.…
A Golden Rule for a Better New Year
2026-01-14
The Golden Rule is one of humanity’s oldest moral insights…
Perspective: What the data really says about religious revival and Gen Z
2026-01-06
The reversal of a trend would require a transformation unlike…
What President Christofferson learned as a young law clerk investigating Watergate
2025-11-09
Before decades of church service, President D. Todd Christofferson was…
‘Surviving Mormonism’ and it’s just … a church member showing up with cookies
2025-10-26
After Bravo announced “Surviving Mormonism,” some members of The Church…
An ER Doctor Ran into a Burning Grand Blanc Church Again and Again
2025-10-02
The Grand Blanc Stake Center was engulfed in flames, but…
First-edition Book of Mormon sells for $240,000 at auction
2025-09-04
‘I would not be surprised to see a first edition…
Perspective: The horizon is bright for the future of global faith
2025-08-05
Compared to the days when combative atheism dominated public discussion,…
High levels of homemaking isn’t a sign of inequality
2025-07-30
When women choose to forgo or delay careers to spend…
Superman and the Secular Longing for a Savior
2025-07-13
The Jewish creators of Superman were not focused on Jesus.…
How Utah became the star of Kevin Costner’s Western epic ‘Horizon’
2024-06-30
The project is a huge investment for Costner, and Utah…
Can you Craft a Good Marriage?
2024-02-13
A variety of studies show a good marriage is something…
Is the big box office gamble of ‘The Chosen’ paying off?
2024-02-07
The show finished 2nd at the box office over the…
Five essential sermons delivered by Martin Luther King Jr.
2024-01-14
Before he was a civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin…
Elder Rasband called for more senior missionaries. The response has been ‘tremendous’
2023-11-02
Church leaders said Wednesday that older Latter-day Saints are responding…
A guide: 7 ways to better understand the Joseph Smith Papers
2023-09-14
Here’s your guide on seven different resources available — other…
Perspective: Can AI make people want to have children?
2023-08-02
A popular app shows what your pregnancy and children might…
Harmonizing health: The surprising health benefits of joining a choir
2023-07-10
Studies show that the unifying power of participating in choirs…
Why as a gay man I stand for traditional marriage
2023-05-31
My spiritual foundation is a vital reason I advocate for…
Perspective: What’s behind American media’s unhealthy fixation on ‘Mormons, Inc.’?
2023-05-16
The media’s unusual and enduring fascination with Latter-day Saint finances…
In 1983, a 100-year flood was no match for a community united
2023-04-12
The mayor's first call is to Latter-day Saint church headquarters.…
The pandemic changed many churches. But did it change church attendance?
2023-04-06
A new Pew Research Center survey explores how Americans’ worship…
Freedom isn’t free: What a year of war in Ukraine has taught the world
2023-02-23
The struggles that have occupied the world since the concept…
Cooking my way through ‘The Essential Mormon Cookbook’
2023-02-12
Becoming something of a Latter-day Saint Julie Powell suited me,…
How the oddest couple of American politics saved religious liberty
2022-12-27
In terms of ideology, Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy couldn’t…
Do Gen Z’s views on religion put the future of religious freedom at risk?
2022-12-08
The latest Religious Freedom Index from Becket reveals that Gen…
The religion cases to watch in the Supreme Court’s new term
2022-10-05
How many religion-related cases will the Supreme Court end up…
Why the ‘BYU for Orthodox Jews’ is asking the Supreme Court for help
2022-09-04
Yeshiva University argues that religious freedom law protects it from…
Don’t believe the headlines. Few people suffer trauma from religion in childhood
2022-08-02
People who regularly attended religious services as children are more…
Do American Christians complain too much?
2022-07-14
A new report from Lifeway Research notes that many Americans…
8 Church History Insights to Learn From the Latest Volume of the Joseph Smith Papers
2022-06-23
‘Documents, Vol. 13’ provides information about a kidnapping, letters to…
Minerva Teichert: A pioneer in painting
2022-06-23
Teichert believed she had a divine commission to paint the…
Stopping Porn Means Ending Sexual Exploitation
2022-06-21
From Congressional briefings, to corporate offices and even on the…
What This Soap Opera, the Supreme Court and a New COVID-19 Vaccine Have in Common
2022-06-21
The latest developments involving faith-based objections to the COVID-19 vaccines…
Latter-day Saint folk tales to tell around the campfire
2022-06-20
Austin and Alta Fife’s ‘Saints of Sage and Saddle’ collects…
BYU cracks the top 10 — in law school graduates passing the bar exam
2022-06-20
For generations of would-be attorneys, passing a state bar exam…
How one Latter-day Saint mother worked her way through medical school with 9 kids
2022-06-16
Following graduation, Sarah Merrill is starting 7-year neurosurgery residency at…
Meet the tech titan who started Mormonr to answer the ‘hard questions’
2022-06-15
Utah tech mogul Josh Coates has the technological chops and…
Does corporate America hold the keys to religious inclusion?
2022-05-30
Making workplaces religiously diverse and inclusive boosts the bottom line;…
Latter-day Saints and the many other religions helping Ukrainian refugees
2022-05-10
Volunteers are providing food, clothing and assistance to Ukrainian refugees…
Are school prayer rules about to change?
2022-04-25
During oral arguments Monday, the Supreme Court wrestled with what…
Easter, Ramadan and Passover overlap this year. Here’s why that matters
2022-04-13
The rare alignment of major Christian, Muslim and Jewish holidays…
How to fix a broken world, according to this rabbi
2022-03-01
The world is falling apart. But we have the tools…
See what is happening as the Salt Lake Temple renovation enters its third year
2022-02-03
The latest monthly update features a video describing the operation…
Why Religious Freedom Will Be in the Spotlight at the 2022 Olympics
2022-01-10
Hours after securing a spot at next month’s Winter Olympics,…
What David Archuleta wants you to understand about his faith journey
2021-12-02
It’s been six months since the former “American Idol” star and popular…
Opinion: The untold stories of Latter-day Saint ‘reconversion’
2021-11-01
We’re inundated with loss-of-faith narratives, but what about the ones…
What COVID-19 revealed about America’s approach to religious freedom
2021-10-20
Cases involving COVID-19 gathering restrictions and religious groups showed why…
Opinion: BYU issued a ‘Statement on Belonging.’ Will it succeed?
2021-09-19
Belonging based on truth seeks to transcend walls by ascending…
Opinion: Elder Holland is right, BYU’s heritage of faith is its strength
2021-09-01
BYU’s godly mission means fidelity to commandments and orthodoxy. It…
Opinion: Finding truth in a world of fiction
2021-08-01
If there is a definite, right way to understand the…
The New Culture War Battleground is You
2021-07-27
The shifting definition of identity is changing American society and…
If this flag could talk
2021-07-25
Banner carried by fabled Mormon Battalion being flown by the…
How religious is your county? This new tool holds the answer
2021-07-13
PRRI’s Census of American Religion offers a county-by-county look at…
IRS reverses decision denying Christian group tax-exempt status
2021-07-08
Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Utah Rep. Burgess Owens expressed…
Opinion: The trouble with claiming 1 in 5 Latter-day Saints is nonheterosexual
2021-06-30
One college professor got excited about some new statistics about…
Why BYU, other church schools rejected tens of millions in COVID-19 relief
2021-05-16
Four Latter-day Saint-owned colleges and universities now have turned down…
Can we replace cancel culture with ‘accountability culture’?
2021-04-06
While cancellation is a swift and relentless blacklisting, accountability allows…
The stamp President Nelson is putting on Latter-day Saint language
2021-04-05
Each prophet-president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
Utah’s refreshing message after Lee and Romney vote their separate ways
2021-02-17
Party leadership in Utah has responded in a unique, refreshing…
Granddaughter credits ‘guardian angel’ grandpa for saving family
2021-01-03
Kylee Keele-Blackburn felt her grandfather’s spirit throughout the party, but…
Study finds religious freedom is an area of unity in a divided America
2020-11-19
While the country is polarized on many levels, Becket’s second…
What it means to enlist and what we are enlisting to do
2020-09-29
As the general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ…
At 25, The Family proclamation looks prophetic in addressing a 2020 society
2020-09-27
The carefully written document outlining the church’s doctrines and principles…
For Ruth Bader Ginsburg, oneness never was meant to be sameness
2020-09-20
It is Ginsburg’s friendship, not her court opinions, that the…
Gen Z’s looking for religion. You’d be surprised where they find it
2020-09-14
With religious services taking place online, this might seem like…
Opinion: Pandemic shaming won’t work. Try civility, instead
2020-07-26
Of all the pandemic-fighting tools at the country’s disposal, civility…
Tad Callister: The Founding Fathers — heroes or villains?
2020-07-16
“Today, it is common to criticize the founders of America.…
Newly renamed Red Cliffs Temple honors St. George landmark
2020-07-14
The temple was announced with a generic name, Washington County…
Pioneer Day celebration canceled in Salt Lake City
2020-04-28
All of the annual Days of ’47 Pioneer Day celebrations…
Opinion: Criticism of the church’s COVID-19 aid was premature
2020-04-15
We believe that it’s important to hold institutions to account.…
First Presidency: All church meetings temporarily canceled worldwide
2020-03-12
All meetings and activities of The Church of Jesus Christ…
Deseret News Op Ed: Romney and the paradox of political courage
2020-02-06
The fallout after Sen. Mitt Romney’s vote on Wednesday to…
Coronavirus outbreak prompts church to remove missionaries from Hong Kong
2020-02-04
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is transferring…
A Supreme Court justice, an apostle and the power of faith and reason
2020-01-23
The modern and increasingly secular world continues to attempt to…
Some churches move toward armed security during services
2020-01-06
A shooting at a Texas church in which two armed…
Church responds to allegations made by former employee in IRS complaint
2019-12-17
David A. Nielsen, a former employee for the investment arm…
What a conservative New York Times columnist had to say to BYU students
2019-10-28
A changed, emotionally vulnerable David Brooks, the popular conservative New…
Latter-day Saint Appointed as National Security Advisor to the President
2019-09-18
Robert C. O’Brien, the administration’s top hostage negotiator and a…
When the Word of Wisdom Becomes Trendy: The Rise of Boozeless Bars
2019-08-01
In a culture that celebrates alcohol, an oxymoron of a…
Fire crews put out large blaze at Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in Utah
2019-07-15
Firefighters were called out at 2:45 a.m. to 3625 Doverhill…
Christian family details crackdown on church in China
2019-07-09
The Sunday service this week at an unassuming church in…
How the Hobby Lobby ruling helped and hurt religious freedom
2019-06-26
Just over 25 years ago, Congress nearly unanimously passed new…
6 Latter-day Saint missionaries held at gunpoint in Utah, police say
2019-06-23
"The individual that they were meeting with brandished a firearm…
How social media fuels attacks on sacred spaces
2019-05-23
Houses of worship have always been a perennial target for…
President Russell M. Nelson’s Pacific Tour: Where will he visit?
2019-05-14
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ…
President Russell M. Nelson speaks at Golden Spike anniversary extolling the virtues of ‘oneness’
2019-05-12
President Nelson called the transcontinental railroad "a gargantuan accomplishment" that…
How the U.S and other governments are failing people of faith around the world
2019-05-01
Religious freedom is deteriorating around the world and efforts to…
BYU Named No. 1 Best Value College by Forbes
2019-04-30
If you’re looking for the best bang for your buck…
Rabbi says gun ‘miraculously jammed’ in California attack
2019-04-29
In the minutes after the gunman fled the scene of…
Church hopes to complete Tooele Valley Temple during Salt Lake Temple construction
2019-04-22
The Temple Department's executive director, Elder Larry Y. Wilson, told…
Religious freedom on death row: How a new lawsuit affects a growing debate
2019-04-09
A new lawsuit could resolve growing conflict over the religious…
How Trump’s executive order on campus free speech affects religious students
2019-03-25
President Donald Trump didn't reference religion in his new executive…
Once sanctuaries, houses of worship struggle with security
2019-03-21
A rabbi who packs a gun. A church installing security…
New rules about how Boy Scouts can recruit Latter-day Saints issued by church
2019-03-18
Beginning June 1, community-based Boy Scout packs and troops may…