Fun Facts
Who is the current Prophet of the LDS Church?
Who is Russell M. Nelson
Which President introduced the plan to build smaller temples, therefore creating a temple building boom, increasing the number to over 100?
Answer: Gordon B. Hinckley
Under his Presidency, the Church rebuilt the Nauvoo temple and also built a temple in upstate New York, near where the Church was founded. President Hinckley also appeared on "60 Minutes" several times and traveled around the globe to educate the world about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sustained in March 1995, he was President until his death in 2008.
He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture before becoming President of the Church of Latter-Day Saints.
Answer: Ezra Taft Benson
He served from 1985 until his death in 1994.
The eleventh President of the LDS Church, which man once said, "I only ask to go where the Lord would have me go, and only to receive what the Lord would have me receive..."?
Answer: Harold B. Lee
Sustained in July 1972, Harold B. Lee used his short 18 months as President preparing the Church for a rapid expansion of members in the decades to come. He died in December 1973. President Lee spent much of his time in the Twelve working with the Welfare Program he helped to create.
What President married Emma Ray Riggs Jan 2, 1901, becoming the first couple married in the Salt Lake Temple in the 20th Century?
Answer: David O. McKay
David O. McKay grew up in Huntsville, UT. He served 44 years in the Quorum of the Twelve before being called as President of the LDS Church in April 1951. President McKay is responsible for the structure of the Sunday School and wrote many of the first instruction manuals. He also created the first stakes of Zion outside of the United States of America. He died in January 1970, at 96 years old.
In 1844 this LDS leader ran for President of the United States.
Answer: Joseph Smith Jr.
In February, 1844, Joseph Smith announced his candidacy for President of the United States, with Sidney Rigdon as his vice-presidential running mate.
After being kicked out of Missouri, the Saints settled in a place called Commerce in Illinois. Joseph renamed it Nauvoo, a word meaning what?
Nauvoo is Hebrew for "beautiful" although it also indicates a feeling of rest. Commerce was a swamp at the time and hardly appeared able to live up to the grand name, but Nauvoo eventually became one of the most beautiful cities in the United States.
Who was President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during World War II?
Answer: Heber J. Grant
President from November 1918 to May 1945, President Grant developed the Church's Welfare Program. His business experiences earlier in life helped him to modernize the Church and its procedures.
What is the first name of the prophet who was prophet for twelve years and during that time doubled the number of working temples?
Answer: Spencer
Born on March 28, 1895, in Salt Lake City, Spencer W. Kimball grew up in Thatcher, Arizona. He became Church President on December 30, 1973, at the age of 78. While he was president, he produced great advances in doctrinal understanding. He died in Salt Lake City on November 5, 1985.
Which President of the LDS Church was born in England, but learned of the Church in Toronto, Canada, during the mission of Parley Pratt in 1836, the first outside of the United States?
Answer: John Taylor
John Taylor was in Carthage Jail when Joseph Smith was killed. He suffered serious wounds himself, but survived. He was sustained President in October 1880. He served for 7 years, dying in July 1887.
Who was Prophet in 1998?
Who is Gordon B. Hinckley
Who was President of the LDS Church when the Salt Lake temple was dedicated?
Answer: Wilford Woodruff
Sustained President in April 1889, Wilford Woodruff wrote the famous Manifesto in 1890, that stated the Mormon Church no longer practised plural marriage. He also organized the Genealogical Society in Salt Lake. He died in September 1898.
This LDS leader served as the first governor of the Utah Territory.
Answer: Brigham Young
After petitioning the US Government to create the State of Deseret, he was presented with the compromise to create the Territory of Utah.
Temples in operation
What is 282
Which Prophet served as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for less than one year?
Answer: Howard W. Hunter
As a young adult, his band, Howard's Croonaders, toured for five months on the SS President Jackson. Howard W. Hunter gave up his band for married life and Church service. President of the LDS Church from June 1994 to March 1995, he spent his months encouraging members to be temple worthy and to attend as often as possible.
What do the 12 oxen on which temple baptismal fonts rest represent? Why oxen? Why not something more aesthetically appealing? Why the number twelve?
Moses pronounced a blessing on all twelve tribes of Israel (see Deut. 33). One of the most significant of these blessings was given to the family of Joseph. With prophetic foresight, Moses was inspired to bless the descendants of Joseph with the responsibility to gather Israel in the latter days. Deut. 33:17
Who was the eighth latter day prophet?
Answer: George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was born on April 4, 1870, in Salt Lake City. When he was 33 years old he became an Apostle. He became President of the Church on May 21, 1945. George Albert Smith died in Salt Lake City on his eighty-first birthday, April 4, 1951.