by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Sep 28, 2009 | Mormons
If you visit a Mormon meeting, you might be surprised to have a complete stranger walk up to you and address you as Brother or Sister, followed by your last name once it’s known. No, it’s not a way of quickly building up their genealogy—it’s an expression of...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 19, 2009 | Mormons
The Mormon Channel is a new around-the-clock radio station from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes called Mormons. This is an official station currently available on the Internet and on HDRadio in areas that carry Bonneville broadcasts. An...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 21, 2009 | Mormons
The hymn “Come, Come, Ye Saints” is possibly more closely identified with the Mormons than any other. It was written in the morning of April 15, 1846, which was the day its composer, William Clayton, learned his wife had given birth to a son. The time was after Joseph...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 16, 2009 | Mormons
The Mormons have a program for teenage girls called Personal Progress. It allows girls to set and carry out challenging goals in several areas of personal development. In some parts of the program, they choose their own goals. In others, they carry out goals set for...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 9, 2009 | Mormons
At the April 2009 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called Mormons), history was made with the calling of Joseph W. Sitati to the First Quorum of the Seventy. He is the first black person from Africa to be called as a...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 9, 2009 | Mormons
Mormons celebrated the naming of a new apostle at the April 2009 General Conference. This vacancy occurred at the death of Joseph B. Wirthlin the previous December. The new apostle is Neil L. Andersen, who had been serving as the senior member of the Presidency of the...
