Convert baptisms surged last year to the highest level seen in nearly three decades, propelling global membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints past 17.5 million. The Utah ...

Two decades of anger, apologies and agreements have failed to keep the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from ending posthumous Mormon baptisms of prominent Jews and holocaust victims.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday repealed rules unveiled in 2015 that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and made gay marriage a sin worthy ...

So the LDS church has built the world’s most extensive genealogical library in Salt Lake City with 700 employees and more than 2 billion names. Baptisms need bodies, so young Mormon men and ...

The Mormon Church apologized Tuesday for a “serious breach of protocol” after it was discovered that the parents of the late Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal were posthumously baptized as Mormons.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is again warning its members not to submit names of Holocaust victims for proxy baptism. The church statement comes on the same ...

MormonLeaks has released documents indicating LDS Church members performed baptisms and other temple ordinances on behalf of President Trump’s dead parents and grandparents. The records are the ...

The newest member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' top governing body said ... which reflects a 26% increase in convert baptisms compared to the previous year.

That rule only banned baptism for trans people if they had ... While it still opposes same-sex marriage and consensual gay sex, the Mormon church came out in favor of the Respect for Marriage ...

The town council will vote Tuesday evening on whether to approve the LDS ... permit will allow the Church to construct a temple to perform an increasing number of baptisms, weddings and other ...

The grandmother believes God instructed the LDS Church President Russell Nelson ... temple for space to perform the increasing number of baptisms, weddings and other sacraments for LDS members.