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LDS fund transforms lives (9-30-5)
Initially funded on little more than an explanation and a request, an educational loan program for impoverished young people looks to be transforming the lives of tens of thousands around the globe.

LDS Church to build Ogden multi-use space (9-29)
The LDS Church announced plans Wednesday to build a four-story, multi-use facility in downtown Ogden, citing optimism about the city's redevelopment efforts in the area.

Looking for love... now with the help of cable TV (9-28)
Brandon Stratford is banking on Miss Right having cable television and a computer with an Internet connection. Stratford was among the Latter-day Saint singles who on Saturday filmed a "dating profile" that will be shown on cable provider Comcast's On Demand.

Work of LDS women lauded (9-25)
Nurturing families, caring for each other and becoming instruments in the hands of God to bring about his work on Earth are hallmarks of what LDS Church leaders called the largest and most effective organization of its kind in the world.

R.I. bars LDS adoptee from his birth records (9-23)
An adoptee has no right to gain access to his birth records simply because his Mormon beliefs compel him to learn about his ancestors, the state Supreme Court ruled.

Park to re-create 1848 First Harvest (9-23)
After almost a year of fighting to build new homes on desert land and in near-starving conditions, the pioneers who settled Utah celebrated their first harvest in August 1848.

New Y. building dedicated (9-21)
President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the newest building on the Brigham Young University campus Tuesday, hailing its namesake, Joseph F. Smith, as "a man of unshakable courage in the face of adversity."

Hispanic growth in church a 'miracle' (9-19)
The story of the LDS Church and its remarkable growth throughout Latin America is a modern-day miracle that continues to be realized.

MoreheadsMusings: Let's Do Our Homework and Engage in Personal Dialogue: Final Comments on Mariners Church and the LDS Temple (9-19)
As the comments section of the post on Mariners Church and the LDS temple indicates, this post has drawn the attention of some in the countercult. I attempted a brief response, but this is a large and important issue.

MoreheadsMusings: Mormonism and Mariners Church: Countercult Critics and It's No Wonder They Don't Get It (9-18)
A response to Keith Walker of Evidence Ministries

Records detail arrests of Joseph Smith in N.Y. (9-17)
Records showing that LDS Church founder Joseph Smith was arrested while living in upstate New York have resurfaced after a three-decade absence.

Book of Mormon conference Sept. 29 and 30 (9-17)
Organizers of an upcoming conference on archaeology and the Book of Mormon hope to draw additional participants this year by setting the event just before the opening day of the semiannual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Conductor and choir are poised to praise (9-17)
Few recognize the name Horacio Quiroga. He was the Spanish-language Edgar Allan Poe. And few recognize the name Alejandro Gomez--the Spanish-language version of Craig Jessop, director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

4,000 LDS volunteers helping out in Gulf Coast (9-17)
This weekend, about 4,000 volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be in the Gulf Coast to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Children Refused to Go to United States (9-16)
American Mormons were denied adoption of Russian children

Utah to file appeal of nuclear repository ruling (9-13)
Utah will file a federal appeal of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's granting a license to build a high-level nuclear repository in Tooele County.

LDS wards in Katrina's wake face uncertainty (9-12)
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated their homes, hometowns and places of worship, a great many members of the LDS Church with ties to Utah and elsewhere have packed up and headed north--which, from New Orleans, is the only direction one now can travel.

LDS Church opposes N-site (9-12)
Utahns opposed to the siting of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Tooele County have gained a powerful ally, The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Help: LDS volunteers get to work (9-11)
Elizabeth Shull, who gets around her yard in a wheelchair, and her husband, James, lived in a trailer until it began to leak. Then James Shull built a 9-by-11 home in which they were staying when Hurricane Katrina exploded around them.

LDS official disputes Tribune's member count (9-10)
A leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints disputed The Salt Lake Tribune's calculation on how many Utah residents are Mormon.

R.I.P. for Utah flat-tax proposal? (9-10)
Stick a fork in it--the idea of a true flat-rate income tax for Utah is dead, one of its chief proponents said Friday.

Sundays, alcohol at malls draw strong views (9-10)
Alcohol and Sunday sales--two topics that have long divided Utahns, often along religious lines--continue to draw strong, opposing opinions, according to a new Deseret Morning News/KSL-TV poll.

LDS to put microfilm in vaults on Internet (9-9)
Ever wonder what's inside those secured vaults, owned by the LDS Church, positioned high inside the granite walls of Little Cottonwood Canyon?

Making 'Mobsters' a gas (9-9)
Mark DeCarlo has one simple rule in both his professional and personal life: "If it sounds like fun or if I think I'm going to have fun doing it, I'll do it."

Americans say darndest things about Mormons (9-9)
The latest Mormon movie isn't going to be in theaters. It's on DVD. Well, actually, "Mobsters and Mormons" is the latest Mormon movie, and it is in theaters.

Clueless losers? (9-8)
In 1997 Carl Mosser and Paul Owen were graduate students at Talbot School of Theology. In April of that year, they jointly presented a paper at the Far West regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.

The Gangs of Zion (9-8)
In Mormon Country, young Polynesians search for identity--and escape from a seemingly unstoppable cycle of violence.

Peddling Mormonism as mainstream Christianity (9-7)
Back in May, a few weeks before I joined the Christian blogosphere, there was quite a lot of controversy when an erstwhile evangelical publisher (Eerdmans) released a book by Mormon scholar Dr. Robert Millet (professor of religion at Brigham Young University).

LDS Church helps fight measles in Mozambique (9-7)
An African mother walks along a dirt road, the dust flying up around a bundle she carries in her arms. She is headed for a vaccination clinic inside the nearby village and looks tired. When an American visitor asks to see her baby, she displays the child proudly.

Another ex-worker files suit against Schanze (9-7)
An article in the Salt Lake City Weekly quoting "Super" Dell Schanze is becoming a super pain for the well-known computer retailer.

LDS Church leaders take in the devastation (9-5)
Refugees among the 5,000 in the downtown River Center who are finding shelter after Hurricane Katrina looked up from their cots in surprise as a group of men in white shirts, suits and ties, hosted by the American Red Cross, walked in Sunday to say hello.

Samoans celebrate rebuilt temple (9-5)
Patience is typically rewarded in the Samoan Islands.

Make dreams come true, LDS Samoans told (9-5)
On the short drive Saturday from his lodgings to Apia Park Stadium, President Gordon B. Hinckley spotted a billboard heralding the 2007 South Pacific Games to be held in Western Samoa.

Can Protestants accept LDS Church? (9-3)
The Southern Baptist Convention Web site categorizes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a "cult" that is "radically" different from historic, biblical Christianity.

Death won't part them (9-3)
Only 20 years into her life on this Earth, Waikato University student Alicia Gibbs has committed herself to her husband, Daniel, not just "till death do us part", but for eternity.

Book Review: I Love Mormons: A New Way to Share Christ with Latter-day Saints (9-2)
The techniques that Evangelicals use to convert Mormons to 'traditional Christianity' do not work. The same cannot be said for the method proposed by David L. Rowe in his new book.

The Inner Sanctum (9-2)
I had just finished up with a tour of the new Mormon Temple in Newport Beach when I came face to face with Kathleen. Forthright, with a shining smile, straight shiny hair and the physique of a beach volleyballer, she seemed to embody the ideal of young Mormon womanhood.

LDS duo haul aid to victims (9-1)
Benny Lillie and Rick Long of the LDS Church's Welfare Services Emergency Response team left Salt Lake City for the Gulf Coast on Monday; by Wednesday they were in the thick of Hurricane Katrina's swath of disaster, methodically visiting town after town to deliver goods--and offering help and hope.

LDS Church lobbying on taxes (9-1)
The LDS Church has been lobbying selected members of the state's Tax Reform Task Force, reiterating the church's stance that charitable deductions on state income taxes be retained.

Utah churches are going extra mile in relief efforts (9-1)
Utah's faith communities are working with national religious and secular organizations to ship relief supplies, collect funding, organize feeding and cleanup teams and to pray for the tens of thousands of people devastated by Hurricane Katrina.