General conference 2022

“This evening we add to that history as we embark upon a new purpose and procedure for the foreseeable future,” President Oaks said. “The gospel of Jesus Christ ...

KSL.com is providing the latest talk summaries and announcements from the April 2022 general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It is to be like the Savior," Eyring said. But, he explained, if we change our natures and become as a little child and build on the foundation of Christ, we can stand firm. "And so it will become more difficult, not easier, to honor the covenants we must make and keep to live the gospel of Jesus Christ," he said.

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They encouraged young men and women eligible to serve missions, but who may not have done so yet because of the pandemic, to prepare. Unlike prior conferences, he and other church leaders did not explicitly address the nationwide reckoning over racial injustice. Andersen encouraged tolerance and acceptance, highlighting the church’s support for non-discrimination legislation in Arizona designed to protect LGBTQ individuals.

Latest talks and announcements from Saturday's General Conference sessions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

All young and senior missionaries “teach and testify of the Savior,” he said. “As you have served diligently and according to your abilities,” Ballard said, “I know that the Lord is pleased with your effort. “….Sadly, not all will remain firm in their love for the Savior and their determination to keep his commandments.” “Prophets have foreseen our day when there would be wars and rumors of wars, and when the whole earth would be in commotion. “This change of heart is not an event; it takes faith, repentance and constant spiritual work to happen,” Gavarret said. “I have learned from experience that the Holy Ghost speaks most often in a quiet voice, heard most easily when one’s heart is meek and submissive, like that of a child,” he said. “... With arms outstretched, the Savior offers the gift of healing to you.” Your exaltation and that of your posterity depend on it.” “The abuse was not, is not and never will be your fault, no matter what the abuser or anyone else may have said to the contrary,” he said. Today’s greatest perils come from “the forces of wickedness,” said Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the church’s governing First Presidency. “Those forces are increasing. “One of those experiences is how my full-time missionary service as a young man in England blessed my life and shaped my spiritual destiny.” “And that faith gave him power to act with courage during a stressful, frightening situation.”

The Saturday morning session of the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah on April 2, 2022. Copyright 2022 ...

As the Church’s schedule changed, that grew to two Sundays a month, so that conference talks now form the entire curriculum used for priesthood and Relief Society. This was back in the days when each ward had a satellite dish and you had to dress up and haul your family over to the chapel to watch Conference in the company of others. I’ve had both good and bad experiences with Conference in the nearly 30 years that I’ve been a member of the LDS Church. In the early 1990s, I attended reasonably faithfully. At first, the program required that the adult curriculum devote one Sunday each month to using a recent General Conference talk as the basis for the lesson. Since so many of the speakers are octogenarians or even older, the tone and format can feel like a relic from another era. My stomach tightens even at the opening visuals, seeing that sea of businessmen in dark suits and the few spots of pastels or bright colors that mark where the women leaders are sitting. The format of General Conference feels like a relic from a bygone era, and I too wonder “why . . . we half to do it.” Some families who had to travel a distance would make a day of it, packing a meal to enjoy between sessions or eating at the home of another family who lived closer. Some LDS parents who want to emphasize the importance of Conference try to make the weekend special with treats, baptizing the event as only Mormons can: in a cascade of sugar. Or, even better, balance what leaders are saying with an emphasis on the exciting things that members are doing, such as we see in the interstitial “world report” that airs between the sessions of Conference but is often far more inspiring than Conference itself? What are the Mormon people getting out of the experience of Conference that we couldn’t receive by hearing our leaders convey messages in other, less scripted, ways? The audience laughed, and so did Elder Holland. So did I, for that matter.

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“Anyone with eyes to see the signs of the times and ears to hear the words of prophets knows that is true,” Eyring said. It is to be like the Savior, who prayed to His Father for strength to be able to do His Father’s will and atone for the sins of all of His Father’s children and then did it.” And so it will become more difficult, not easier, to honor the covenants we must make and keep to live the gospel of Jesus Christ.” But King Benjamin, who understood as well as any mortal what it meant to be a man of strength and courage, makes it clear that to be like a child is not to be childish. Our faith in Him can and will guide us through the complexities of life,” Kacher said. “One hymn that has blessed my life in remarkable ways is ‘Let Us All Press On.’ Recently I have been pondering and learning about a specific phrase in the refrain of that hymn. “Anywhere and everywhere we go, we are always part of Relief Society as we strive to fulfill its divine purpose, which is for women to accomplish God’s work in individual as well as collective ways by providing relief, ‘relief of poverty, relief of illness, relief of doubt, relief of ignorance — relief of all that hinders … joy and progress.'” Relief Society is the covenant women of the Church; it is us — each of us, and all of us — it is our ‘global community of compassion and service,'” Aburto said. “The word ‘heed’ suggests taking notice of or paying attention to someone or something. We love generously and live mercifully, even toward those we think to be our enemies.'” It also prepared me for a lifetime of service to the Lord in His Church,” said M. Russell Ballard, acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He continued, “As an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now call upon you young men, and those young women who desire to serve a mission, to begin right now to talk with your parents about serving a mission.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson presided over the Saturday morning General Conference session. Church courtesy photo.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson presided over the Saturday morning General Conference session. Church courtesy photo ...