Simple Explanations About What Mormons Believe and Why, From a Lifetime Church Member
The Priesthood is the eternal power and authority of God that He used to create the earth (Moses 1:29-33) and uses to govern the heavens and earth (see here; Matthew 28:18; 1 Corinthians 4:20). God gives some authority to men on earth to exercise this power—but only to men who are willing to live by [...]
Here you can find a basic explanation of women in the Mormon Church and the roles they play in it.
Several years ago, then-president/prophet of the Mormon church, Gordon B. Hinckley, spoke to the women of the Church in this talk. If you read it, you will get some sense for the importance of women in [...]
Many people who know very little about the Mormon church have still heard about Joseph Smith, an American man who was born in Vermont in 1805 and died in Illinois in 1844.
As a 14-year-old, Joseph lived in a time and place in which lots of different religions (mostly Christian) were seeking followers. Different members of [...]
Many believe in God, or at least a higher power of some kind, and want to please Him. But how could these millions or billions of people come to any agreement on what God wants?
Prophets are men who have been given authority from God to speak on His behalf.
He chooses a few men to be [...]
Three years after Joseph Smith was visited by God, he was visited by an angel who called himself Moroni. Through a long course of events, Joseph was given a set of golden plates that had been inscribed by prophets who lived in ancient America.
Through power given him from God, Joseph translated the ancient writings on [...]