The LDS Church has also compiled indexes of the submissions of its members, resulting in several large databases: the International Genealogical Index, or IGI, which includes both data extracted from filmed civil and ecclesiastic records from various worldwide locales and member-submitted information ; the Ancestral File, or AF, which includes the contributions of church members ; and the Pedigree Resource File, or PRF, compiled from member and non-member submissions.

Usually this is a result of having been raised in the LDS faith, or as having converted and spent a large portion of one's life as an active member of the LDS Church.

To confirm means to “ make more sure ” and the ordinance of confirmation also stands as a witness of the individual becoming a member of the LDS church and community and not just an acceptance of Jesus.

Raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), he spent two years in Japan as a Latter-day Saint ( LDS ) missionary from 1976 to 1978.

The community was named after William F. Rigby, a prominent early settler and member of the LDS church.

* Charles W. Nibley-presiding bishop of the LDS Church and a member of the church's First Presidency.

In 1893, married LDS Church member John D. Miles traveled to England and proposed to Caroline Owens, assuring her that he was not polygamous.

Former LDS Church member and prominent critic Fanny Stenhouse wrote in 1875:

Cleaver was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on December 11, 1983, periodically attended regular services, lectured by invitation at LDS gatherings, and was a member of the church in good standing at the time of his death in 1998.

Since 1984, he has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

He would serve in this capacity from 1980 to 1984, when he resigned to accept a call by the LDS Church to become a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

On April 7, 1984, during the Saturday morning session of the annual worldwide General Conference of the LDS Church, Oaks was sustained an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Former Eisenhower cabinet member Ezra Taft Benson — a leading Mormon — spoke in favor of the John Birch Society, but in January 1963 the LDS church issued a statement distancing itself from the Society.

Another member of the team was Dr. Russell M. Nelson, who performed the first open heart surgery in Utah ; he currently is a LDS Church Apostle.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( aka Mormons, Latter-day Saints, LDS ) and other sects in the Latter Day Saint movement, the practice of laying on of hands is employed to confirm a person as a member of the Church and bestow the Gift of the Holy Ghost, bless the sick and give counsel to those in need, to ordain members to offices in the priesthood, and to set church officers apart in their duties.

On April 8, 1900, Smoot was ordained as an apostle of the LDS Church and became a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

They had five children, including Richard G. Hinckley, a general authority of the LDS Church since 2005, and Virginia Hinckley Pearce, a former member of the general presidency of the church's Young Women organization.

To be eligible to receive a temple recommend that will allow one to participate in the Endowment, one must have been converted to the LDS Church and been baptized for at least one year ; if born into the faith, the member must generally be at least 18 years old.

In LDS Church sacrament meetings, the sacrament is passed to members of the congregation after being blessed by a priest from the Aaronic priesthood or a member of the higher Melchizedek priesthood.

In July 1898, W. D. C. Pattison, a suspended member of the LDS Church from Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested and briefly detained after attempting to remove a fence placed around the Temple Lot.

On January 1, 1990, a member of the Church of Christ ( Temple Lot ) who had recently also joined the LDS Church, set fire to the unoccupied church building on the Temple Lot, claiming that his actions were part of a political protest and a prophecy that war was coming to America.

In a speech given at BYU in 2010, Glenn L. Pace, a member of the LDS Church's First Quorum of the Seventy, said, “ Sisters, I testify that when you stand in front of your heavenly parents in those royal courts on high and look into Her eyes and behold Her countenance, any question you ever had about the role of women in the kingdom will evaporate into the rich celestial air, because at that moment you will see standing directly in front of you, your divine nature and destiny .”

" Up, Awake, Ye Defenders of Zion ", originally a militant hymn containing references to trials of LDS members in the central United States and the threatening United States government ( ironically set to the melody for “ Columbia, Gem of the Ocean ,” thus asserting the Saints ’ true patriotism, despite their alleged “ rebellion ”), became an anthem for LDS members during the difficulties preceding and during the Utah War of 1857 – 58.

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

* L. Tom Perry – LDS Church apostle, graduate of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Writing of the " unusual excitement on the subject of religion " described in the First Vision story canonized by the LDS Church, Milton V. Backman, associate professor of history and religion at Brigham Young University, said that although " the tools of the historian " could neither verify nor challenge the First Vision, " records of the past can be examined to determine the reliability of Joseph's description regarding the historical setting.

LDS scholars, particularly at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University, point out that there are no limitations on these biblical passages and declarations ; those who become as God shall inherit all things.

After attending the University of Utah where he earned his undergraduate degree, Hinckley became a missionary for the LDS Church, an unusual occurrence for Depression-era Latter-day Saints.

For example, the LDS Church and the Community of Christ have multiple copies, and the rare books divisions of the University of Utah Marriott Library, Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library, and the New York Public Library each own a copy.

In the LDS Church, he has previously served as president of a student stake on the campus of Brigham Young University, a bishop, and high councilor.

For instance, the historian Daniel C. Peterson, chairman of the LDS apologetics group Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ) at Brigham Young University, suggested the Tanners ' willingness to debunk false documents regardless of their content was a sign of integrity:

Civil rights tension resurfaced in January 1970 during a peaceful student demonstration before a Colorado State-Brigham Young University basketball game in protest of alleged racist practices of the LDS Church.

In 1997, FARMS became part of Brigham Young University after it was invited by Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the LDS Church and chairman of the BYU Board of Trustees.

On June 21, 2000, the LDS Church announced that Ricks College would become a four-year institution known as Brigham Young University – Idaho.

One ( Pepperdine ) is an affiliate of the Churches of Christ and another ( Brigham Young University ) is an affiliate of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS ).

Upon his return in fall 1899, McKay taught at the high school level at LDS Weber Stake Academy ( the predecessor of Weber State University ) and became principal in 1902.

McKay also transferred three LDS colleges to the state of Utah in the 1920s: Snow College, Weber State University and Dixie College.

He guided the remaining LDS school in Utah, Brigham Young University into a full four-year university.

She also had at one time in the 1990s taught in the Sociology Department at LDS Church owned Brigham Young University during the time five faculty members were excommunicated from the LDS Church for their scholarly public writings that were deemed critical of the LDS Church.

KSL-TV is also related to KBYU-FM and KBYU-TV in Provo through Brigham Young University, which is also owned by the LDS Church.

A large number were professors at Brigham Young University, the flagship LDS Church-owned university.

Although the LDS Church cooperated in the production of the book, particularly by setting aside Brigham Young University ( BYU ) resources, the Encyclopedia was meant to be independent and unofficial in the church.

He has a bachelors degree from the University of Utah and a MBA from Harvard Business School .. Matthew Eyring is an Area Seventy in the LDS Church and member of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy.

He served as the ninth President of Brigham Young University and is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).