Posthumous baptisms are performed at the church’s 159 temples around the globe, mostly by young people. Members are escorted to a decorative baptismal font resting on statutes of 12 oxen.

The Mormon Church became increasingly bigoted towards ... In 2020, the church said those who have transitioned medically ...

Two beliefs of the Latter-day Saints that are key to the temple rituals are baptism of the dead by proxy and the sealing of married couples and their families for eternity. The church asserts that ...

Question: Whether the baptism conferred by the community “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”, called “Mormons” in the vernacular, is valid. Response: Negative.

On one side stands the Fairview mayor of the 11,000-resident Dallas-Fort Worth town, and on the other stands the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The latter wants to build a temple to ...