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G L O B A L M E D I A G U I D E T H E C H U R C H O F J E S U S C H R I S T O F L AT T E R - D AY S A I N T S Contents Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Media Style Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Core Beliefs and Doctrines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5 Structure and Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9 Temples and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 The Church in Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 The Missionary Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12 Welfare and Humanitarian Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Church Educational System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Tabernacle Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Church Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Key Facts and Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Membership Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Top Ten Languages Spoken by Church Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Temples of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-22 “Myth-Conceptions” about the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Services Offered to the Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 2 Overview The Church of Jesus Christ of spiritual darkness covered the earth • Missionaries now serve Latter-day Saints, directed by Jesus for centuries until one morning in throughout the world, bringing Christ through living prophets and the spring of 1820 when God the knowledge of the Restoration of apostles, carries forth the work of Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, the gospel to people in many the Master, teaching the restored appeared to a young boy named nations. doctrines and administering, with Joseph Smith and initiated a full authority, the valid ordinances restoration of all the truths, powers, • Essential ordinances of of salvation. and priesthood authority …