Now is the time we can learn

3 ways the church is helping Latter-day Saints learn

COURTESY INTELLECTUAL RESERVE Along with o ering seminary classes for high school students, the church also sponsors religious classes known as “institute” for young single adults ages 18 to 30 and married college students.

BY SARAH HARRIS

should prepare for the future. But only now can we do,” President Russell M. Nelson of e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in his closing remarks last general conference. “Now is the time we can learn.”

Here are three things the church is doing now to help people learn:

COURTESY INTELLECTUAL RESERVE Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf speaks from the Conference Center on Temple Square in a worldwide broadcast for all teachers in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The broadcast was made public worldwide on June 12.

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

“We are to learn ‘of things both in heaven and in the earth, and under the earth; things which have been, things which are, things which must shortly come to pass; things which are at home, things which are abroad,’” Elder Uchtdorf said in the October 2009 general conference, quoting Doctrine and Covenants 88:79.

Latter-day Saints have been encouraged to “seek learning, even by study and also by faith,” as is written in Doctrine and Covenants 88:118.

“In part, this means that Church members recognize a kind of learning that incorporates both intellect and spiritual insight,” reads a church newsroom article on education. “At one level, members of the Church do not distinguish between ‘secular’ and ‘religious’ knowledge. ey regard all forms of truth as relevant and sacred.” e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints currently operates educational institutions including Brigham Young University, BYU-Hawaii, BYU-Idaho, Ensign College and BYU-Pathway Worldwide. It also provides religious instruction for high school students and young adults with its Seminary and Institutes of Religion programs.

“I promise that as you diligently work to remodel your home into a center of gospel learning, over time your Sabbath days will truly be a delight. Your children will be excited to learn and to live the Savior’s teachings, and the in uence of the adversary in your life and in your home will decrease.”

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Latter-day Saint youth ages 14 to 18 attend seminary to study the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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The church has helped tens of thousands gain education and training through its Perpetual Education Fund, which offers educational opportunities to eligible young adult members in developing areas of the world, according to a church newsroom article.

‘COME, FOLL OW ME’

Learning was one of the original purposes of the church’s gospel study curriculum — “Come, Follow Me” — that President Nelson announced in the October 2018 General Conference.

“For many years, church leaders have been working on an integrated curriculum to strengthen families and individuals through a home-centered and churchsupported plan to learn doctrine, strengthen faith, and foster greater personal worship,” President Nelson said in his opening address. e resource was “designed to help members learn the gospel in the home,” Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in his talk explaining the curriculum following President Nelson’s announcement.

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“ e aim of all gospel learning and teaching is to deepen our conversion to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and help us become more like em,” states the program manual in the introductory section, “Conversion Is Our Goal.” is curriculum “has the potential to unleash the power of families, as each family follows through conscientiously and carefully to transform their home into a sanctuary of faith,” President Nelson reiterated as he closed the October 2018 conference.

“I promise that as you diligently work to remodel your home into a center of gospel learning, over time your Sabbath days will truly be a delight,” President Nelson said. “Your children will be excited to learn and to live the Savior’s teachings, and the in uence of the adversary in your life and in your home will decrease.”

President Nelson promised in the April 2020 general conference that the “Come, Follow Me” gospel study curriculum would continue to bless Latter-day Saints’ lives.

“Your consistent e orts in this endeavor — even during those moments when you feel that you are not being particularly successful — will change your life, that of your family, and the world,” President Nelson said.

Church members have been learning the gospel using “Come, Follow Me” for almost four years now. is year marks the end of the curriculum’s rst round through the church’s standard works of scripture, having focused on the New Testament in 2019, the Book of Mormon in 2020, the Doctrine and Covenants in 2021 and the Old Testament in 2022.

“Living by and reading the word of God will build faith in Heavenly Father and His plan of salvation and in the Savior Jesus Christ and His Atonement,” the First Presidency wrote in a letter announcing “Come, Follow Me” in June 2018.

COURTESY INTELLECTUAL RESERVE Reactions by Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center were overwhelmingly positive as President Russell M. Nelson announced 12 new temples throughout the world.

GENERAL CONFERENCE

Latter-day Saints have gathered at general conferences to learn from church leaders since the rst conference in 1830.

“General conference provides an opportunity to receive personal revelation as living prophets and other general Church leaders give counsel and direction,” the First Presidency wrote in a Sept. 2 letter announcing the upcoming October 2022 general conference. “We encourage members to listen to, study and apply the counsel given.”

President Nelson has expressed hope that general conference may “be a time of peace and spiritual feasting.”

In October 2021, President Nelson said, “Please make this conference a time of feasting on messages from the Lord through His servants.” In addition to listening and taking in the messages during general conference, Nelson wants members to walk away from the weekend with one goal — “Learn how to apply them in your life.” e purpose of every general conference, President Nelson said in April 2020, is to help members better hear Jesus Christ.

“We have prayed, and invite you to pray, that the Spirit of the Lord will be with us in such rich abundance that you can hear the messages that the Savior has especially for you — messages that will bring peace to your soul,” President Nelson said. “Messages that will heal your broken heart. Messages that will illuminate your mind. Messages that will help you know what to do as you move ahead through times of turmoil and trial.”

Elder Je rey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2019 that the church’s conference tradition “will mean little or nothing unless we nd Jesus at the center of it all.”

“ e prayer of every speaker, the hope of all who sing, the reverence of every guest — all are dedicated to inviting the Spirit of Him whose Church this is — the living Christ, the Lamb of God, the Prince of Peace,” Elder Holland said.

“The prayer of every speaker, the hope of all who sing, the reverence of every guest — all are dedicated to inviting the Spirit of Him whose Church this is — the living Christ, the Lamb of God, the Prince of Peace.”

— Elder Je rey R. Holland,

of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

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