Prejudice, racial tension, or violence should never have any place in our neighborhoods, communities, or within the church.” “We have been heartbroken to hear of recent attacks on people who are Black, Asian, Latino, or of any other group. “The Lord expects us to teach that inclusion is a positive means towards unity, and that exclusion leads to division,” Stevenson said. About 65,500 children were added to church membership in 2020 - down 47% from a modern peak reached in 2008, church figures show.Īlso on Saturday, Quorum member Gary Stevenson called on church members to be welcoming to people of all faiths and ethnicities on the heels of recent attacks on Asians and following a recent reckoning over racial justice around the world. That trend could be seen in new church statistics released Saturday that showed the number of new children added to church membership rolls declined for the sixth consecutive year. He also lamented that fewer children are being born around the world, even in the most prosperous countries. “They may not fully appreciate what we believe, but we pray that they will more fully understand why, for us, these decisions go well beyond just what a person wants for his or her own life.”Īnderson, a member of a top governing panel called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said church members should step in to help support women if an unanticipated child is coming to allow a child to be born and continue the baby's “journey in mortality.” “Let us share our deep feelings about the sanctity of life with those who make decisions in society,” Anderson said. Hinckley from a 1998 conference, church leader Neil Anderson said abortion is “evil, stark and real and repugnant” and pleaded with women to avoid considering it during his General Conference talk. Wade decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.Ĭiting a speech by former church President Gordon B. Lawmakers in Republican-governed Legislatures in the United States are considering an array of anti-abortion restrictions this year that they hope might reach the Supreme Court and win approval from its conservative majority, overturning the 1973 Roe v. The faith has long opposed abortion, but addressed it only sparingly in recent years. The conference, which is held twice a year, took place without attendees because of the pandemic for the third time.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints decried abortion as evil and issued another plea for members to combat prejudice and racism during the first day of the 191st Annual General Conference Saturday.
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