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Christian missionaries going door to door in Mormon capital

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:46:16 MDT

Christian missionaries going door to door in Mormon capital

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 19, 2013 01:46PM MDT

Thirty missionaries from the Truth in Love Ministry are in Utah this week, knocking on doors to “talk positively about Christianity” with Mormons. “This is our first day out on the street, and it’s going really good,” said Pastor Mark Cares, president of the nondenominational group based in Nampa, Idaho, which has members across the country. “People were very nice and kind as they listen to our message. Some won’t agree, but 95 percent of the time they are very courteous. We have been getting in...

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Black Mormon panelists: LDS Church must face its racial history

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:51:29 MDT

Black Mormon panelists: LDS Church must face its racial history

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 18, 2013 03:51PM MDT

Thirty-five years after the LDS Church lifted its ban on blacks being ordained to its all-male priesthood, African-American Mormons still experience subtle discrimination, exclusion and self-doubt, said three panelists on Tuesday’s hourlong Trib Talk. The trio — black Latter-day Saints Marvin Perkins, of Los Angeles; Paulette Payne, of Atlanta; and Darron Smith of Memphis, Tenn. — agreed that part of the problem was a lack of discussion of the controversial ban, the perpetuation of false ideas a...

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Urban designers in Salt Lake City praise innovations of the ‘Mormon Grid’

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:23:41 MDT

Urban designers in Salt Lake City praise innovations of the ‘Mormon Grid’

by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 13, 2013 02:23PM MDT

Salt Lake City has betrayed its founders’ vision. That was the message delivered by renowned urbanist, architect and writer Andres Duany during a recent visit to Utah’s capital. The problem, he explained during an interview at the Grand America Hotel, is that Salt Lake City’s massive streets were never supposed to be completely paved from edge to edge. Instead, they were supposed to respond to the buildings that line them, getting wider or narrower depending on the needs of the surrounding hom...

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35 years later, priesthood ban is gone, but some pain still lingers for black Mormons

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:30:54 MDT

35 years later, priesthood ban is gone, but some pain still lingers for black Mormons

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 11, 2013 05:30PM MDT

June 8, 1978, was a sacred, momentous event — a revelation — in the history of Mormonism, catapulting the Utah-based faith into a new era of global growth. On that day, the LDS Church ended its ban on blacks in its priesthood, opening ordination to “all worthy male members,” including those of African descent. “For me,” former church President Gordon B. Hinckley said on the day’s 10th anniversary, “it felt as if a conduit opened between the heavenly throne and the kneeling, pleading prophet of...

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Trib Talk Replay: Mormons and race

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:10:25 MDT

Trib Talk Replay: Mormons and race

by Jennifer Napier-pearce The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 11, 2013 12:10PM MDT

More than three decades after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lifted the ban on ordaining black men to the priesthood, racist attitudes linger within the LDS church, some black Mormons say. Trib Talk’s Jennifer Napier-Pearce on spoke with Marvin Perkins, Darron Smith and Paulette Payne about the legacy of the priesthood ban and ways to improve Mormon race relations. Watch the video replay of our live chat above.

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Mormons bid farewell to Frances Monson, a ‘true woman of Zion’

Sun, 26 May 2013 09:34:31 MDT

Mormons bid farewell to Frances Monson, a ‘true woman of Zion’

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 26, 2013 09:34AM MDT

Throughout her 85 years, Frances J. Monson mastered the art of reheating food and packing a bag for a husband who was often out late on church business or jetting off to yet another religious assignment. Once, when she was laid up and he was going away again, Frances directed her husband, LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, and daughter to drag the suitcase near her bed so she, the “expert,” could tell them where to put the items “the way he liked them.” “She was his bulwark,” daughter Ann M...

Frances Monson, wife of Mormon church leader, dies

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:59 MDT

Frances Monson, wife of Mormon church leader, dies

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 23, 2013 09:48AM MDT

It was love at first sight — or at least first meeting — for the tall, loquacious Thomas S. Monson and the slender beauty, Frances Beverly Johnson. Soon, he was smitten, Monson later recalled, “I knew I’d found the right one.” Now, after nearly 65 years of marriage, Monson, the LDS Church’s 16th president, has lost the woman who walked in dignity beside him, providing quiet strength, support and encouragement as he performed his church duties. Frances Monson, who had been hospitalized for sev...

Mormon church gives update on funeral plans for Frances Monson

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:15 MDT

Mormon church gives update on funeral plans for Frances Monson

by Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 12:57PM MDT

More details about the upcoming funeral of Frances J. Monson, wife of LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, were released Tuesday. Officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints confirmed that Thursday’s services for Mrs. Monson would be televised live. Stations and web sites planning to carry the services included KSL 5, KSL.com, BYU TV, BYU TV Global, BYU TV International, KBYU, the church’s international satellite system and LDS.org. No public viewing will precede the services,...