by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Oct 31, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Church History, Church Organization, Come Follow Me, Revelation
In 1841 and 1842, as the Saints were gathering in and around Nauvoo, Illinois, the Lord gave the Prophet Joseph Smith revelations that related to the gathering and one of the main purposes for gathering, which is building temples and doing work in them. Doctrine and...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Oct 25, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
The difficult days of Missouri and Liberty Jail passed in the spring of 1839 when Joseph Smith and his companions were able to escape captivity and join their families and other Saints in Quincy, Illinois, a community that had welcomed the refugees with open arms....
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Oct 18, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me, Laws and Governments of Humans
The years 1838 and 1839 were excruciatingly difficult for members of the Church in Missouri. When the persecution against them mounted, they made pleas to leaders in the civil government to protect them in their civil rights. But the rights guaranteed in the...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Oct 18, 2021 | Church Doctrine, Church History, Church Organization, Come Follow Me
Because of persecution and other difficulties in Ohio, the Prophet Joseph Smith and other Church members were compelled in early 1838 to flee to Missouri, which became the Church’s new headquarters. There Joseph Smith received several revelations between April...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Oct 3, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me
The revelations that are now sections 111 through 114 of the Doctrine and Covenants were received from August 1836 to April 1838, a period in which the maturing Church faced hosts of problems. These revelations gave comfort and counsel to Church leaders and members...
by Richard E. Turley Jr. | Sep 26, 2021 | Church History, Come Follow Me, Priesthood, Revelation
The first temple of the Church was supposed to be built in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, the center place for the gathering of the Saints and the planned site of the New Jerusalem. But mobs drove out the Saints before it could be completed. A second temple planned...