when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...

Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Though in his youth ...

LOGAN, Utah — The Book of Mormon is “the physical manifestation of the truthfulness of the restoration and of the divine mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” taught Elder Neil L.

Joseph Fielding Smith’s family tree alone makes him a significant player in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...

The Church emphasizes the need for divine authority. As Joseph Smith, first prophet and President of the Church, taught, "A man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by ...

Joseph Smith III, the Mormon prophet's eldest son, becomes the president of the Reorganized Church. Its headquarters are established in Independence, Missouri. The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act ...

in Colesville Township, Broome County in 1830. Located in what is now Ninevah, the congregation was inaugurated by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Due to local persecution, original members of the ...

Jane Smith, a black pioneer, walks thousands of miles barefoot, to see the Mormon Church prophet Joseph Smith. On the way, she encounters difficulties and finally reaches Smith’s family home.