Church History

You’ve sung the song. You know the words. But do you know the remarkable story behind this great hymn?

The Family History Department is offering free sessions and activities specifically for youth on Saturday, March 23, in the Salt Palace Conference Center in Salt Lake City, in conjunction with the RootsTech Conference March 21–23.

A retouched and colorized photo of David Whitmer gives new insights to the man that was a witness to the Book of Mormon.

Every year since the 1996 commemoration, missionaries in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission have hosted a Mormon Exodus re-enactment. This year on February 2, 2013, approximately 300 people joined the exodus walk.

Our goal is to place our children in situations where they are most likely to feel and be taught by the Spirit. Without that experience we can lose our children’s interest in the things that matter most to them.

When Heber J. Grant expressed an interest in learning to sing, a professor replied, "Yes, you can learn to sing, but I would like to be forty miles away while you are doing it."

This annual two-day event is designed for women, ages 16 and older, to walk where early saints walked, learn from uplifting speakers and entertainment, and participate in redeeming ordinances in the Nauvoo Temple.

Oliver Cowdery gives us a little-known account of what happened the night Joseph prayed and Moroni came.

The BYU Church History Symposium, “Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith’s Study of the Ancient World,” will be held March 7, at BYU in Provo and March 8, at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City.