June 29th, 2025, 10:30am MDT
Church President Russell M. Nelson invited new mission leaders to embrace the “Book of Mormon conversion power” at a 2025 seminar for new mission leaders. Members of the first president met with Hindu spiritual leaders in Salt Lake City and Gary E. Stevenson of Twelbe’s apostle Quorum, who served children with complex terminal illnesses in Chile.
In a new video, church leaders share how simple invitations from members contributed to their conversion.
The ground broke due to Hungary’s first temple, and the groundbreaking date for Fairbanks Alaska Temple has been announced. In Byu-Idaho’s prayer, Elder Raymond Egbo, a general authority of 70, invited his students to develop the testimony of Jesus Christ.
This week’s podcast marks the 5,000th broadcast of “Music and Spoken Word,” and the new stakes in Papua New Guinea and Cameroon are evidence that the gospel is spreading around the world.
Church leaders expressed their sadness after a vehicle accident in Lesotho, Africa.
Read the overview and find links to these articles below.
1. President Nelson calls Mormon’s book “one of the biggest tools of conversion.”
In his final message to new mission leaders looking to commence their ministry around the world, Church President Nelson shared his testimony from the Book of Mormon and his ability to strengthen individual conversions to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
For more information about President Nelson’s address, please see here.
2. Hindu spiritual leaders visit with first presidency in Salt Lake City
Members of the first presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints welcomed his sacred Brahmavihari Swamiji, Bochasanwasi Shri Akshal Prushotham Swaminarayan Sansa and Brahmavihari Swamiji, an important social organization to the salt lake in Salt Lake City, within the Hindugi.
For more information about this story, please see here.
3. Church donations help children in Chile with complicated and terminal illnesses
Elder Stephenson visited the Smiles of Heroes Center in Santiago, Chile. The church recently donated a van and various medical supplies to the centre.
“It was touching to see the expanded love in each child,” Elder Stephenson said.
Click here to learn more about Elder Stevenson’s visit.
4. Video: Easy Ways to “Love, Share, Invite”
The new video featuring 12 Apostles and other quartered church leaders Elder Patrick Caeron summarises how simple invitations contributed to individual conversions.
Watch the “Love, Share, Invitation” video here.
5. A groundbreaking date set on Fairbanks Alaska Temple on the ground broken for Hungary’s First Temple
140 years after the first Latter-day Saint Missionaries arrived in Hungary, the ground broke due to the Budapest Hungarian Temple, the first home of the Lord of Hungarian.
The church announced the groundbreaking date for Fairbanks Alaska Temple in a June 23 news release.
Click here to find out more about Bad Pest Hungarian Temple. Read about Fairbanks Alaska Temple.
6. “Come and see”: Elder Egbo invites students from Byu-Idaho to build a testimony of Jesus Christ
Elder Egbo gathered the June 24th prayer into the story of Matthew 16 and testified to Jesus Christ.
“I call you a fellow student,” Elder Egbo said.
For more information about Elder Egbo’s address, please see here.
7. Podcast Episode 246: Looking back at 5,000 episodes of “Music and Spoken Language”
Tabernacle Choir President Michael O. Levitt and “Music and Speaked Words” producer, principal and presenter Derrick Porter will be taking part in the Church News Podcast over the past week to discuss the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square’s historic milestone: 5,000 broadcasts.
For more information about this episode, please see here.
8. The Gospel is spreading all over the world – New Stakes created in Papua New Guinea and Cameroon
A day after the baptism, similar to that of the book in the Book of Mormon, a new shares of Papua New Guinea were organized.
Cameroon’s first stock was organized on June 1 by Elder Paul B. Peeper, the 70 presidents of the African Central President and the first counselor to the African Central President.
For more information about the new shares in Papua New Guinea, please see here. Read on about Cameroon’s first stakes.
9. Lesotho’s Latter-day Saints chase eight young women and two leaders killed in the crash
On June 21, the church issued a statement expressing grief following the death of a young woman and her leader in a vehicle accident in Lesotho, Africa.
Click here for more information about this story.
