Mormon Times
Encyclopedia
Mormon Times was a website
and newspaper insert containing news and information for and about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). According to mormontimes.com, it has moved back to Deseret News.
Mormon Times is produced by the Deseret Morning News
in Salt Lake City, Utah
. It is not an official publication of the LDS Church, and is separate from the weekly official Church News
section included with the Deseret News.
Mormon Times brings the stories, photos, and updates of the more than 50,000 LDS missionaries all together in one place.
The education section contains current-event items drawn from across the LDS Church Educational System
, including its seminary program, weekly fireside meetings, and institutes of higher learning like Brigham Young University
and the LDS Business College
.
As genealogy
research is one of the hallmarks of Mormon
culture, MormonTimes shares news and information relevant to family history
enthusiasts.
Mormon Times works with the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research
to provide its readers with answers on a wide variety of topics in a Q&A section.
Mormon Times provides an entry point to a full, searchable form of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
, courtesy of Brigham Young University
's Harold B. Lee Library
.
Legacy Sundays programing block, which also airs the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's
Music and the Spoken Word
and History of the Saints
.
Blogs about Mormons and Mormonism
Website
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and newspaper insert containing news and information for and about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). According to mormontimes.com, it has moved back to Deseret News.
Mormon Times is produced by the Deseret Morning News
Deseret Morning News
The Deseret News is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is Utah's oldest continuously published daily newspaper. It has the second largest daily circulation in the state behind The Salt Lake Tribune. The Deseret News is owned by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of...
in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. It is not an official publication of the LDS Church, and is separate from the weekly official Church News
Church News
The Church News is a weekly tabloid-sized supplement to the Deseret News and the MormonTimes , a Salt Lake City, Utah newspaper owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
section included with the Deseret News.
Features
Included in the website's sections are stories of the LDS Church's general authorities and news emanating from of the Church Office Building.Mormon Times brings the stories, photos, and updates of the more than 50,000 LDS missionaries all together in one place.
The education section contains current-event items drawn from across the LDS Church Educational System
Church Educational System
The Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non-Latter-day Saint elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students and adult learners...
, including its seminary program, weekly fireside meetings, and institutes of higher learning like Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
and the LDS Business College
LDS Business College
LDS Business College is a two-year college in Salt Lake City, Utah, focused on training students in business and industry. The college is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and operates under the Church Educational System and is associated with the Brigham Young University...
.
As genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
research is one of the hallmarks of Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...
culture, MormonTimes shares news and information relevant to family history
Family history
Family history is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families.- Introduction :...
enthusiasts.
Mormon Times works with the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research
Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research
The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research is a non-profit organization that specializes in Mormon apologetics and responds to criticism of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . FAIR is made up of volunteers who seek to answer questions submitted to its web site...
to provide its readers with answers on a wide variety of topics in a Q&A section.
Mormon Times provides an entry point to a full, searchable form of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
The Encyclopedia of Mormonism is a semi-official encyclopedia for topics relevant to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
, courtesy of Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
's Harold B. Lee Library
Harold B. Lee Library
The Harold B. Lee Library , located in Provo, Utah, is the main academic library of Brigham Young University, the largest religious and second-largest private university in the United States. The library has approximately of shelving for the more than 6 million items in its various collections, as...
.
Mormon Times (TV series)
Following the Mormon Times success in print and online, a TV series premiered on October 3, 2010. The TV series contains short segments with summaries of popular stories from the print version, along with interviews, and is hosted by Kathy Aiken. The show is aired Sunday mornings, and is part of KSL-TV'sKSL-TV
KSL-TV, virtual channel 5, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. KSL-TV is owned by Bonneville International Corporation, which is in turn owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Legacy Sundays programing block, which also airs the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, sometimes colloquially referred to as MoTab, is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning, 360-member, all-volunteer choir. The choir is part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . However, the choir is completely self-funded, traveling and producing albums to...
Music and the Spoken Word
Music and the Spoken Word
Music and the Spoken Word is a weekly 30-minute radio and television program of inspiring messages and music produced by Bonneville Communications with music performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir .The radio program is distributed by the CBS Radio Network and its broadcast center is KSL...
and History of the Saints
History of the Saints (TV series)
The History of the Saints: Gathering to the West is a television documentary series produced by Dennis Lyman and Glenn Rawson. It focuses on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members following the death of Joseph Smith...
.
See also
- BloggernacleBloggernacleThe Mormon blogosphere is the Mormon portion of the blogosphere...
Blogs about Mormons and Mormonism