Religion

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Women's session of General Conference in April 2022. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is growing in the U.S., but that growth has flattened.

Andy Larsen: The LDS Church is losing member share in most of the U.S. — and other things I learned when researching the rolls

By Andy Larsen | May 23, 2022, 8:03 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sharon Wright Weeks, shown in February 2022, holds her favorite photo of her sister Brenda Wright Lafferty and Brenda's infant daughter, Erica.

Screenwriter, families reveal what’s fact and what’s fiction in ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | May 23, 2022, 4:17 p.m.

(File illustration by Amy Lewis | The Salt Lake Tribune)

New Heavenly Mother debate breaks out between LDS feminists and LGBTQ activists

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | May 21, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Michelle Faye | FX) Andrew Garfield as Detective Jeb Pyre in "Under the Banner of Heaven."

Episode 5 recap: ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ repeats a conspiracy theory about Joseph Smith’s death

By Scott D. Pierce | May 21, 2022, 12:55 p.m.

(Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File) Elon Musk, shown in this 2020 photo, employs a practicing Latter-day Saint as his chief money manager.

Latest from Mormon Land: Elon Musk’s wingman is LDS; Dallin Oaks says to avoid extremism

By David Noyce | May 19, 2022, 2:03 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Office Building, shown on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The latest federal report shows that a key investment fund for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints saw its overall value fall by 6% in the first quarter of 2021 as the stock market tumbled.

LDS Church loses billions on stocks. See how much and how it did compared to the Dow.

By Tony Semerad | May 19, 2022, 2:08 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saint faithful stand as top church leaders leave the Conference Center after the morning session of General Conference on Saturday, April 2, 2022. The church reported it now has more than 16.8 million members worldwide.

‘Mormon Land’: How, where and why LDS membership is booming in some places and shrinking in others

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | May 18, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of UNICEF and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Latter-day Saint Charities has supported global immunization initiatives led by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Here, a woman receives a vaccination in Chad.

What in the world is the LDS Church doing to help those in need?

By David Noyce | May 18, 2022, 12:39 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Columnist Gordon Monson

Gordon Monson: If you’re faking your Latter-day Saint faith … why?

By Gordon Monson | May 16, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

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President Russell M. Nelson speaks to young adults in the Conference Center on Sunday, May 15, 2022

President Russell Nelson tells young LDS adults to beware of labels, have spiritual ‘FOMO’

By Kaitlyn Bancroft | May 16, 2022, 3:03 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) David Archuleta performs at the LoveLoud Festival at Vivint Arena, on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

LDS singer David Archuleta tells LGBTQ youths at LoveLoud Festival: ‘It’s a beautiful thing to be queer’

By Palak Jayswal | May 15, 2022, 7:03 p.m.

(Walk with Christ via YouTube) A screenshot from a music video shows missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints performing a song in North Dakota. More frequently, Latter-day Saint missionaries are turning to social media to find potential converts.

TikTok or tracting? LDS missionaries are singing, dancing and preaching online, but do these videos work?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | May 15, 2022, 5:56 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Marigold Bertha (a young member of the Ivory family) gets a head start ahead of other dignitaries at the groundbreaking ceremony for Ivory University House at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 13, 2022. From left are University of Utah President Taylor Randall, Clark Ivory and Christine Ivory.

Utah’s top homebuilder to bring 552 new apartments to U. of U. in deal with LDS Church

By Tony Semerad | May 14, 2022, 5:08 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Inmates perform in the chapel at the Utah State Prison in Draper in 2017. The state plans to preserve this worship space when the prison relocates.

This Utah chapel saved souls — now souls are working to save this chapel

By Tony Semerad | May 13, 2022, 1:56 p.m.

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President Russell M. Nelson smiles at his office in the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on April 13, 2022. The church leader urges people to do more than offer "thoughts and prayers" in the wake of tragedy by looking for ways to help those in need.

Latest from Mormon Land: President Nelson calls for more than ‘thoughts and prayers’; revisiting McConkie’s ‘Mormon Doctrine’

By David Noyce | May 12, 2022, 2:03 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Loveloud Founder Dan Reynolds says a few words to the crowd at the start of the Loveloud Festival in the early afternoon, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday, July 28, 2018.

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds says this year’s LoveLoud will be ‘the best yet’

By Palak Jayswal | May 13, 2022, 4:48 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Orrin Hatch, shown in 2018, died last month. The late senator ranks among the most important and influential political figures in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

‘Mormon Land’: How Orrin Hatch transformed the political loyalties of Latter-day Saints

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | May 11, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

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Ephraim Temple.

Latter-day Saints will break ground on Ephraim Temple in August

By Scott D. Pierce | May 10, 2022, 2:59 p.m.

(Liane Hentscher/ABC via AP) Freddie Highmore, star of "The Good Doctor," is set to appear in "Sinner V. Saints" about a former beauty queen who was accused of abducting and raping a Latter-day Saint missionary.

‘Manacled Mormon’ movie to star Freddie Highmore and Maisie Williams

By David Noyce | May 10, 2022, 12:57 p.m.

(Michelle Faye | FX) Robin Lafferty (Sam Numrich), left, is questioned by Jeb Pyre (Andrew Garfield) in "Under the Banner of Heaven."

‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ misses the mark, say religion scholars, but here’s how Latter-day Saints can learn from it

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | May 8, 2022, 12:00 p.m.