* Newsroom of LDS Church

* Official Edition of the LDS standard works with cross references and study helps

* Official Edition of the LDS Bible: complete text in PDF, including footnotes and chapter headings.

The LDS Church's 1981 edition also contains two " Official Declarations " at the book's conclusion, the first renouncing polygamy in 1890, and the second in 1978 announcing the opening of priesthood ordination to all worthy male members including previously restricted members of African descent.

The text of Official Declaration — 1 has been included in every LDS Church printing of the Doctrine and Covenants since 1908.

Official LDS Church historian B. H. Roberts removed the quote from his History of the Church compilation, saying he found evidence that W. W. Phelps wrote that paragraph and that it was " based on inaccurate premises and was offensively pedantic.

* LDS magazine Ensign: Official LDS Church Magazine's description of the golden plates.

* Official LDS Salt Lake Temple Page

* Official LDS Kona Hawaii Temple page

* Official LDS Chicago Illinois Temple page

* Official LDS Nauvoo Illinois Temple page

* Official Utah Tourism site: The LDS Conference Center

* Official LDS Freiberg Germany Temple page

* Official LDS Bern Switzerland Temple page

The Manifesto was canonized in the LDS Church Standard Works as Official Declaration — 1 and is considered by mainstream Mormons to have been prompted by divine revelation, which is disputed by Mormon fundamentalists.

* Official Declaration — 1: Full text of the Manifesto and other background statements from LDS Church Doctrine and Covenants

However, while plural marriage is eschewed by the LDS Church today, it continued to be practiced, even after The Manifesto ( the 1890 Official Declaration by then LDS President Wilford Woodruff, by which he counseled the Saints to discontinue plural marriage ).

* Official LDS Vernal Utah Temple page

* Official LDS Mesa Arizona Temple page

* Official LDS Church Hong Kong Website

* Official LDS London England Temple page

* Official LDS UK London England Temple page

* Relief Society General Presidents, Relief Society, Serving in the Church, LDS Church-a list of biographies available about each of the General Presidents of the Relief Society of the LDS Church

She has authored several books, including the biographies of two presidents of the LDS church — Gordon B. Hinckley and Ezra Taft Benson.

* GrupoSUD. com-A large general interest Spanish-language discussion group for LDS Church members.

* Janez Potočnik ( LDS, Slovenia ): European Commissioner for the Environment

* LDS, National Rail station code for Leeds railway station, England

* LDS Church, abbreviation for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

* LDS ( automobile ), various single seat race cars built for the South African Formula One Championship by Louis Douglas Serrurier

* LDS Podebrady ( Laboratory of Distant Studies ), project of the Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies, Charles University, Czech Republic

Tattoos and body piercings are also discouraged, with the exception of a single pair of earrings for LDS women.

" LDS Church apostle Gordon B. Hinckley noted that the " more good " translation is incorrect but added that " Mormon means ' more good '" is a positive motto for members of the LDS Church.

In some countries, Mormon and some phrases including the term are registered trademarks owned by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. ( a holding company for the LDS Church's intellectual property ).

In the United States, the LDS Church has applied for a trademark on " Mormon " as applied to religious services ; however, the United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the application, stating that the term " Mormon " was too generic, and is popularly understood as referring to a particular kind of church, similar to " Presbyterian " or " Methodist ", rather than a service mark.

In the 1990s, Jewish groups vocally opposed the LDS practice of baptism for the dead on behalf of Jewish victims of the Holocaust and Jews in general.

While premiering a TV series in January 2009, Hanks called supporters of Proposition 8 " un-American " and criticized the LDS ( Mormon ) church members, who were major proponents of the bill, for their views on marriage and their role in supporting the bill.

Young men between the ages of 19 and 25 ( usually beginning at the age of 19 ) are encouraged to prepare themselves to serve a two-year, self-funded ( the LDS Church pays for transportation, health and dental care, etc.

These include titles such as Ward Activities for the Clueless, Food Storage for the Clueless, On My Own and Clueless: An LDS Guide to Independent Life, A Convert's Guide to Mormon Life, and A Parent's Survival Guide to the Internet.

The LDS Church performs baptisms for the dead in these fonts.

It was named for an early LDS apostle, Charles C. Rich.

The LDS Church has published copies of the Proclamation in many languages, distributing them worldwide, and Mormons have framed the proclamation for display in their church buildings and homes.

Today followers of the LDS movement come, in increasing numbers, to important LDS sites in Hancock county, partly for vacation and partly for religious pilgrimage.

In March 1912, the LDS Church published their first lessons for the MIA Scouts in the Improvement Era.

By 1928, the LDS Church had designated Scouting as the official activity program for its young men.