Historian Matthew Harris discusses his new book, “Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality,” abut the LDS Church's former priesthood/temple ban, from its racist roots under Brigham Young, to its removal and its aftermath with an eye especially on its effects on Black Latter-day Saints.
Also: Most members believe the Book of Mormon is real history and that founder Joseph Smith saw God; a behind-the-scenes look at the end of the priesthood/temple ban; Russell Nelson’s 100th birthday wish; two 20-year-old missionaries die in crash.
And Copperstate Farms’ 40-acre operation has been a blessing for the bottom line of Snowflake, a heavily Latter-day Saint town The researchers discovered that 80% or more of Latter-day Saints believe the Book of Mormon is a true record of ancient people who actually existed.As to the First Vision, about three-quarters “strongly” side with Smith, while another 15% or so believe it to some degree. About 5% of members disagree that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ, and about 4% are somewhat agnostic about the question.
• Armed with the Spanish she learned as a mission leader in Peru, President Camille Johnson, global leader of the women’s Relief Society, is in Central America this week, visiting, first, Guatemala and, later, Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. “It has really been a treat to be with the Guatemalan Saints over the last couple of days,” she said in a. “This is a beautiful place. It is so very green. And the people are even more beautiful than the land.
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