Summary of news, speeches and announcements from Sunday's sessions of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Apostle Dieter Uchtdorf reaches out to “prodigal” members; Dallin Oaks lauds an “irrevocable” family proclamation; Ulisses Soares denounces prejudice; Seventy warns “lukewarm” Latter-day Saints.
He warned against sex outside of heterosexual marriage and listening to nonbeliever voices, while encouraging more temple attendance. Indeed, the faith’s 17th president announcedOther speakers during the weekend — including only three women — discussed the importance of commitment and community , the contribution of unsung heroes in the pews , and finding an “overview perspective” to see others as God sees them .
“It is not uncommon to see people characterizing the way of thinking, acting and speaking of other cultures, races and ethnicities as inferior,” the Brazilian said, “making use of preconceived, mistaken and often sarcastic ideas, generating attitudes of contempt, indifference, disrespect and even prejudice against them.”
Attendees gather at the Conference Center before General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. To illustrate the importance that no one is lost to God nor alone in her or his circumstances, general authority Seventy Alan T. Phillips related an experience of accidentally leaving his 5-year-old son, Jasper, behind at a service station during a family trip in England six years ago.
He decried “lukewarm membership,” warning that such individuals “may remain active, but the risk of losing their children is high — in this life and in eternity.” He defended the church’s use of its funds. “Sacred tithes do not belong to leaders of the church,” he said. “They belong to the Lord.” They are spent on helping those in need, missionary work, temples, meetinghouses and five institutions of higher learning.
”We buy the clothes they sponsor, embrace the politics they espouse, and follow their suggestions shared on social media,” he said. “This might be fine for a temporary diversion, but we must be watchful that this form of hero worship does not become our golden calf.” The prodigal son ran out of money; a famine swept the land; and “the once unstoppable, jubilant, high-roller now could not afford a single meal, let alone a place to stay. How would he survive?”, once while leaving then-Czechoslovakia and again while fleeing from then-East Germany to West Germany — said it “wasn’t just an empty stomach that troubled” the prodigal son. “It was an empty soul.”
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