Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...

For what appears to be the first time ever, the faith with a history of techno ... Membership councils can result in a person’s name being removed from church records. If the infraction is ...

An additional reason for hope is that we are now, it would appear, at a seminal moment in church history.

However, for members of the church it represented a conflict between loyalty to an emerging United States and an oath to the King of England sworn before the eyes of God. For some this dissidence ...