Acting on these larger trends, the Improvement and Beautification Committee promoted the planting of lawns at the church’s chapels.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/03/18/read-text-lds-leaders-landmark/

A graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, she became the church’s youth and music minister in 1983, interim pastor in 1990 and pastor in 1993.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/11/in-a-last-ditch-effort-longtime-southern-baptist-churches-expelled-for-women-pastors-fight-to-stay/

As a result of that, the church’s role in society is being criticised more and more, and definitely more than in the past,” said Lash.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/10/poland-divided-after-tv-documentary-alleges-pope-john-paul-ii-hid-paedophilia

As Francis appeared to be considering whether to lift the restriction on in remote areas, Benedict firmly defended the church’s teachings on in a 2020 book.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/world/europe/benedict-death-catholic-conservatives.html

But the church’s influence has waned.

Source: https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2023/10/in-the-popes-homeland-more-argentines-are-seeking-spiritual-answers-beyond-the-church/

Currently, the church’s official headquarters are Kantarevic’s former home in Des Moines, which Kantarevic sold in July.

Source: https://littlevillagemag.com/iowa-church-wages-four-year-fight-with-irs-over-hallucinogenic-drug-ceremonies/

During the church’s New Year’s Day Sunday service, he baptized his 20,000th person, who also happened to be his 6-year-old granddaughter.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/religion/ct-rev-meeks-retirement-last-sunday-sermon-20230107-yvp5ahexhjebjkahyxpqdq7uma-story.html

Edwards has argued that even if the church’s rights to assemble and exercise their freedom of religion were violated, he is immune from personal liability on grounds of “qualified immunity.”

Source: https://centralcitynews.us/?p=14958&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-tabernacle-plans-appeal-to-supreme-court

Either way, Francis is not changing anything about the church’s stance, which he has long affirmed.

Source: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/01/pope-francis-decriminalization-homosexuality.html?via=rss

He asked Elder Bednar to describe the scale of the church’s charitable efforts at a time when costs are rising.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/9/28/23894314/silicon-slopes-summit-lds-leader-elder-david-a-bednar-tells-jazz-owner-ryan-smith-how-church-works

He grew up in the Motor City, singing in his church’s gospel group and eventually becoming friends with such future stars as Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke.

Source: https://ksenam.com/ixp/295/p/barrett-strong-dead/

He told the Press Herald earlier this month just how discouraged he was by the church’s resistance to helping survivors.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/01/22/our-view-portland-diocese-displays-a-brazen-lack-of-empathy/

However, another 1,400 square feet of space was later added by also converting the nearby Coach House, which had previously served as the church’s equipment storage area.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/chuch-turned-home-on-sale-for-millions-8877765/

In 1980, Jeffrey was appointed to serve as president of Provo’s BYU, the church’s flagship campus, where Pat considered herself a mother-away-from-home to students pursuing their educational journeys.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/07/20/pat-holland-lds-writer-faith/

In response, the victim released her own statement online, noting that the church’s findings “failed to name this abuse of power and authority explicitly for what it is: clergy sexual abuse.”

Source: https://thewalrus.ca/meeting-house/

In the 1720s, Handel was one of the church’s first parishioners.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/04/in-the-realms-of-sorrow-stone-nest-london-handel-festival-review-alexanders-feast-st-georges-hanover-square-sheku-kanneh-mason-plays-bloch-philharmonia-saraste

It’s also a part of the church’s desire to make human life the very center of what political society should be doing.

Source: https://insidethevatican.com/news/newsflash/letter-73-2023-wed-mar-15-gallagher/

It used to be that the team would surprise the prospective pastor by showing up unannounced in a service, although one committee came to hear me and drove the church van with their church’s name plastered on both sides!

Source: https://www.demopolistimes.com/2023/10/21/pastoral-whiplash-syndrome/

Karl Cheney, a member of the church’s missionary department, said he had opportunities to travel with representatives from organizations with products in the machines, including Obiero.

Source: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/11/lds-church-doubles-its-christmas-season-light-the-world-giving-machines/

Later in life, the mother of six suffered from memory loss that began around the time Henry was called to the church’s governing First Presidency in 2007.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2023/10/15/kathleen-johnson-eyring-wife-lds/