Word: mormons
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Ezra Taft Benson had not appeared in public for two years. Toward the end, he could not leave his apartment and had to be fed by nasal tube. Yet he remained "Prophet, Seer and Revelator," the supreme authority of the Mormon Church until his death last week at the age of 94. A group of dark-suited apostles called the Council of the Twelve will gather this week in the central Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, to "set apart" a new prophet from among themselves. If tradition is a guide, they will select the chief of the council...
...remains vibrant. Its sedulous missionary work has made what seemed to be a quintessentially American faith extraordinarily successful both at home and overseas. The church has nearly 9 million members, up from 5.6 million in 1984. Though a slight majority (4.6 million) live in the U.S. and Canada, the Mormon Church's biggest success story of the past decade is Latin America, where it claims 2.7 million believers. "One of the major themes of 20th century Mormonism has been accommodation," says Richard Bushman, a professor of history at Columbia University and a practicing Mormon. And by doing...
...graduate of both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, Romney is a leader in the Mormon Church...
...ailing 86-year-old took the reigns of the Mormon Church, succeeding the long-infirmed president who died last week. Howard Hunter was the obvious heir, despite his various illnesses; he has been the chief of the church's Council of the Twelve, the governing body of Mormonism. Despite being an octogenarian, Hunter will be the first president of the Mormon Church to have been born during the 20th century...
...describe himself I'm confused. How could you not be?...I've been raised as a total Mormon kid and it doesn't sit well with my personality...