Do Mormons Celebrate Thanksgiving?
Samantha Murphey is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Woman) and has interned with the New York Daily News My Thanksgiving memories are a blur of ordinary things — family gatherings, fall leaves, cozy fires, parades, touch football,...
Do Mormons Celebrate Christmas?
By Roy Patrick Gencianeo of the Philippines. At the moment I write this, there are only about 52 days to go before we celebrate Christmas. I can say that time really flies on wings of lightning, and another year is fast approaching. Indeed, one of the most...
Mormon Genealogy
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church) are very interested in Family History, and the Church and its members have done much to facilitate family history work for all, even people who have no interest in the Church. Mormon...
Mormon Doctrine
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often called the Mormon Church) is not part of Christian orthodoxy, nor is it a Protestant church. The orthodox Christian churches evolved from the church organized by Jesus Christ and His apostles. However, after the...
Mormon Cult?
There are anti-cult ministries that either list Mormonism (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) as a cult, or else actively fight against it, employing half-truths, untruths, and perpetuating misconceptions about the Mormon Church. Many of these issues...
Mormon Fasting
Fasting (going without food and drink voluntarily for a certain period of time, usually two or three meals) is an integral part of Mormon doctrine. It gives us the opportunity (and while sometimes it doesn’t feel like an opportunity it really is one) to learn how to...
Gay Mormons
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church, there are members who are homosexual. The stand of the Church is that inclinations are not sinful, and those who do not act out upon their same-sex attraction have not committed sin. There are...
Mormons
The word "Mormons" usually refers to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a worldwide church with over 14 million members. People have nicknamed members of the Church "Mormons" after the Book of Mormon, the translation of an ancient scripture...