Black Mormons celebrated — some even wept for joy — as their church updated an earlier anti-racism statement Tuesday and pointedly disavowed groups that promote white supremacy. “It has been ...

Until the 1970s, the LDS Church also restricted black ... The story of the Book of Mormon is not a black-white story, as Americans know it, where white is European and black is African.

On Sunday, the LDS Church responded to ... thyself’ (Matthew 22:37–39). The Book of Mormon teaches ‘all are alike unto God’” (2 Nephi 26:33). “White supremacist attitudes are morally ...

The man who made it happen, presenting sponsor Roger Hutson, didn’t show up in a white short-sleeved shirt and black necktie for the DCPA’s “Book of Mormon” Gala, but Gayle Novak ...

Each year has been a lesson in faith and doubt, stretching and engaging what it means to be black ... Book of Mormon; many of its key events take place in North America. Established in 1830, the ...

The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight ... as a model for strengthening ties between today’s black and white Latter-day Saints. Speaking of Jane Manning James, her photograph and ...

Jesus was not a white European-looking man ... of this mark are not fully understood. … Latter-day Saints are blessed as they heed the Book of Mormon’s repeated warnings against pride and ...

The Bible and the Book of Mormon are the two most important sources for the Mormon faith. The Book of Mormon is described by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “a collection of ...

James Jones is a Black Mormon who is using his ... Early in 2021, the publishing company for the LDS Church - it's called Deseret Book - reached out to James after hearing him speak at a conference.

Racism and slavery are tough topics for some, when discussing the early history of Black people and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... Simmons chair of Mormon studies - and ...