Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson is the 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. August 4, 1899, President Ezra Taft Benson was born in Whitney Idaho to George T. and Sarah Dunkley Benson. He was the oldest of eleven children. When Ezra was only twelve years old his father left on a mission. […]
Get to know President Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon B. Hinckley is the fifteenth Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. President Hinckley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner Hinckley on 23 of June 1910. When Gordon B. Hinckley was young, he was very sick. When he was two years old he […]
Get to know Howard W. Hunter
Howard W. Hunter is the fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Howard was born in Boise, Idaho on November 14, 1907. Howards father was not a member of the Church and when it became time for Howard to get baptized his father said “no”. After much pleading from his mother […]
Prophet Spencer W. Kimball Life Sketch
Spencer W. Kimball is the 12th Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Spencer was born in Salt Lake City on the twenty-eighth of March, 1895. His parents were Andrew and Olive Kimball, both parents were . Spencer W. Kimball came from a rich pioneer ancestry. Both sides of his family contributed […]
Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith Life Sketch
Joseph Fielding Smith became the 10th Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Joseph Fielding Smith is the son of the prophet Joseph F. Smith and the grandson of Hyrum Smith, the brother of the prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph F. Smith was born in Salt Lake City to Joseph F. Smith and […]
President David O. McKay, life and timeline
David O. McKay was born in Huntsville, Utah to David McKay and Jannette Evans McKay. David was born on September 8, 1873. President David O. McKay served as Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for almost 19 years! David O. McKay served the Church as a General Authority for nearly sixty-four […]
Prophet George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was born in 1870 to John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr Smith in Salt Lake City Utah. George Albert Smith was the fourth generation of his family to serve as a General Authority! He and his father, John Henry Smith, served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the same time! […]
Emma Smith Interview on the Authenticity of The Book of Mormon
To listen on Spotify click here: Emma Hale Smith saw first hand the miracles of the translation of The Book of Mormon through her husband the prophet Joseph Smith. She was as amazed as anyone would be, and maybe even more so, because she knew her husbands inadequacies. Emma was a strong support to her […]
Joseph Smith’s Countenance by Mary Elizabeth Lightner
In a meeting with Joseph Smith many felt the presence of a Heavenly being. Here is an account written by Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner : "Joseph got up and began to speak to us. As he began to speak very solemnly and very earnestly all at once his countenance changed and he stood mute. Those […]
Get to know President Heber J. Grant
Heber J. Grant was the 7th Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Heber was the first prophet of the Church to be born in Utah. He was born in Salt Lake City on November 22, 1856 to Jedediah Morgan Grant and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant. Heber’s father, Jedediah Morgan Grant, was […]