Hello, everyone! I wanted to use this post to share some significant Church news from various sources. I do so in the hopes that many of you will find this information interesting and useful. So, here is a summary of that news, for what it's worth.
After the Church released a statement on the violence in Charlottesville on Sunday, Church leaders issued another statement today as a follow-up to the original. Apparently some white supremacist groups had claimed that their actions were condoned and/or approved by the Church and its leaders. So Church leaders today issued that additional statement to clarify how misguided and wrong that notion was. To review either statement, click here/
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has been in the news a lot lately. This article summarizes his remarks in reaction to receiving a world peace prize in India. And I may have already reported on this, but it is worth mentioning again how he recently spoke about the importance of religious freedom, and its valuable role in our societies. You can find information on that address here.
And the Church News ran this article about how Elder Carlos H. Amado, an emeritus General Authority Seventy, is now filling his time with a new assignment: as a bishop of Spanish ward. It was great to hear about that development. Elder Amado always spoke with sincerity and a strong testimony of the gospel, and it is wonderful to hear that he can serve in this way even though he is no longer an active general authority.
That does it for this Church news update. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Any comments are welcome. I will be back again shortly with an update on temple construction progress. Until that time, I wish you all the best.
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Miscellaneous Church News
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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