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LDS Charities: A Look at 30 Years of Worldwide Humanitarian Relief; Other News

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 8:30am
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LDS Charities: A Look at 30 Years of Worldwide Humanitarian Relief

After 30 years, the Church's humanitarian outreach now stretches far beyond the boundaries of its own membership and reaches hundreds of thousands of individuals — particularly in developing nations. Click through to see 12 videos and infographics that detail the Church's various humanitarian initiatives. Full Story

Mormon Leader Encourages Dialogue, Deeper Understanding Among Global Faiths

To achieve peace, security and harmony in the world, “we must really mean what we say. We should be sincere about each other’s well-being and in our good intentions towards one another.” That was Elder Jörg Klebingat’s message to a session of the Fifth Congress of Traditional and World Religions convened in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, June 11, 2015. Full Story

Church Calls New Member of Sunday School General Presidency

The Church announced a reorganization in its Sunday School general presidency on June 12, 2015. Tad R. Callister will continue as the general president, Devin G. Durrant (currently the second counselor) will now be the first counselor, and Brian K. Ashton will replace John S. Tanner as second counselor. Tanner was recently appointed president of Brigham Young University–Hawaii. Full Story